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Scrabble: How to Confuse and Destroy Your Opponents
by Chris Higgins - September 15, 2009 - 9:01 AM

Here’s a brief talk by Scrabble Jedi Master Mehal Shah on simple techniques for kicking butt at Scrabble. It’s from Ignite, an event series in which presenters give very brief (five-minute) talks as their slide decks auto-advance every fifteen seconds (that means 20 slides total). There is no backing up, pausing, or digression. You’ll be amazed how much Scrabble strategy Shah can share with you in just five minutes.

Discussed: how to play clean, and how to play dirty.

See also: 30 more Ignite talks.

(Via Kottke.org.)

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  1. very fun! the first half (the clean part) is how my great grandmom used to play. so frustrating!

    posted by Mangesh Hattikudur on 9-15-2009 at 12:40 pm

  2. Awesome!

    I never expected scrabble to be so entertaining, haha!

    posted by Troy H on 9-15-2009 at 12:53 pm

  3. I would listen to that guy for an hour–very entertaining and funny!

    posted by cmfalls on 9-15-2009 at 1:04 pm

  4. Thanks for the post! If there is an Ignite! convention in your area, you should check it out. Even better, you should give a speech.

    posted by Mehal Shah on 9-15-2009 at 2:03 pm

  5. I love this man…but if I used any of his techniques, my wife (who beats me five out of 8 times) will divorce me!
    …I think I’ll try them anyway.

    posted by Dixon on 9-15-2009 at 8:32 pm

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