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Avg. Customer Rating: 2.0 / 5.0
Another embarrassingly poor Collins Scrabble book On the face of it a handy Gem-size Scrabble dictionary with definitions sounds like a good idea, especially for travelling Scrabble players but, prompted by comments in another review, I took a careful look at the content. There appears to have been very little lexicographical editorial control. A few examples:
Included letter names: AR EF; Excldued letter names: EM EN ES
Included Greek letters: ALPHA GAMMA CHI; Excluded Greek letters: BETA PHI
Included Interjections: AH HI OI UM -... more info
This is truly the biggest waste of money ever What an appalling little book this is. I was somewhat sceptical that such a small dictionary could contain the permissible Scrabble words, but the Scrabble endorsement (and let's face it - they have called it the Scrabble Dictionary) and the Collins brand persuaded me that somehow they had managed it. If they left out the half hearted definitions (who cares what the word actually means when you have been challenged on a word) and just filled the book with words they might have pulled it off. But no. Even... more info
what the...? This is a truly awful item.
It is certainly not a comprehensive list of allowed words and you get the impression that Collins GEM got the office junior to knock it out in the coffee break! Word entries are mixed together in some cases.
Would recommend you just buy a normal dictionary.
Don't waste your money This is far from being 'essential for all Scrabble players'. In fact, if you go to any Scrabble club or tournament armed with it, you'll get polite acknowledgement before being quietly taken aside and informed that despite being endorsed by Mattel, it's not used. I realise that some only want a quick reference for playing Scrabble socially, but this is a very poor one to use and is best avoided.
