Scrabble Media
Resources from around the community to help you learn words, improve your word game strategy, and connect with other players globally. We also include Scrabble in popular media including books and film here.
OFFICIAL COCO CHANNELS
SCRABBLER LIVE STREAMS
Will Anderson
“Will Anderson here, former U.S. Scrabble champion and word game fanatic. Enjoy watching me play Scrabble, Boggle, old Nintendo word games, and every other word game under the sun every Monday and Thursday at 8:00 p.m. EST.”
Austin Shin
Austin Shin, Scrabble Grandmaster and a former UK and US National Champion, will stream Scrabble games from CoCo Club on Tuesday nights and from Scrabble Go on Thursday nights. His stream will also feature additional content including tournament game analysis, other word games and in-person Scrabble games with other fun twists along the way!
Ben Schoenbrun
Watch Scrabble expert and 2019 Hood River Champion Ben Schoenbrun talk all things Scrabble on his live Twitch stream. Ben streams Mondays and Thursdays starting at 8 p.m. Eastern, usually for a bit over 2 hours, with the occasional weekend stream thrown in. In general, Monday streams will be a bit more casual, whereas Thursday streams will have more focused content.
Jeremy Khoo
“Scrabble grandmaster and grad student; I stream online tournament games + live coverage of online/irl tournaments”
James Curley
James streams Scrabble!
SCRABBLE STATISTICS SITES
RandomRacer
RandomRacer.com is a site run by Josh Castellano that collects and presents statistics and comments from annotated Scrabble games. All content is updated daily starting at midnight (EST).
Tournament Statistics Kit
Check out Weibin Toh’s statistics on Scrabble tournament games!
BOOKS & FILMS
Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive SCRABBLE Players
Book written by Stefan Fatsis
Fatsis introduces readers to those few players who are “at the board,” exploring the underground world of colorful characters for which the Scrabble game is life--playing competitively in tournaments across the country. Along the way, Fatsis chronicles his own obsession with the game and his development as a player from novice to expert.
Letterati: An Unauthorized Look at Scrabble and the People Who Play It
Book written by Paul McCarthy
Letterati spans the history of competitive Scrabble in North America. Yet, there is more to the history of Scrabble than just playing the game. There is a parallel plot line that revolves around many of the top players, who have wanted to see the game develop through the outside sponsorship of tournaments, the unfettered publication of strategy books and the encouragement of a professional class of players.
You Go First
Book written by Erin Kelly
Newbery Medal winner Erin Entrada Kelly’s fourth novel for tweens is a humorous and poignant page-turner about family, bullying, art, Scrabble, and the challenges of middle-school friendships.
Scrabylon
Film directed by Scott M. Petersen
In this 2002 film, Director Scott M. Petersen follows competitive Scrabble players as they compete in the world championships.
Word Wars
Film directed by Eric Chaikin, Julian Petrillo
This 2004 documentary focuses on four of Scrabble's highest-ranked players as they advance from heated competition in neighborhood parks and clubs to highly organized regional and national tournaments.
Girl, Unstrung
Book written by Claire Handscombe
Nothing's going to distract Clara from her big life plan as a viola player. Not her semi-famous dad. Not her new stepmom. Not her annoying sisters. And definitely not Tim, the swoopy-haired Scrabble geek…
Queen of the Tiles
Book written by Hanna Alkaf
When Najwa Bakri walks into her first Scrabble competition since her best friend’s death, it’s with the intention to heal and move on with her life. Perhaps it wasn’t the best idea to choose the very same competition where said best friend, Trina Low, died. It seems that even though Najwa is trying to change, she’s not ready to give up Trina just yet.