So you’ve been a club or tournament Scrabble player for a while, and you’re looking to improve your word knowledge to move up the ranks.  That’s fantastic!  Many players believe that you have to spend hours every day if you want to win Scrabble tournaments, and while learning more words can never be harmful, you don’t have to devote your life to learning words if you want to win.  This page will provide advice for players of all levels to improve their word knowledge if they want to progress up the various Scrabble ranks.

By now, you should already know the tournament Scrabble basics: the two and three letter words, the short vowel dumps, and the short JXQZ words.  As such, I’ll be listing the next set of words that players should learn, as well as their respective ratings if you want to move up the respective Scrabble ranks quickly: