Lesson 12 of 15
Managing your rack
Good players think about the tiles they keep as much as the word they play. A mix of vowels and consonants makes your next turn much easier.
All consonants instead? Some short words need no A, E, I, O or U. These don't even need a Y: HM, MM, SH, BRR, CWM, HMM, NTH, PHT, SHH and TSK.
If your rack is hopeless, swap: put any number of tiles back in the bag and draw the same number. You score nothing that turn, and you can only swap while at least seven tiles are left in the bag. In Tileside, tap Swap.
Practice vowel dumpsShort words made almost entirely of vowels.See the vowel-heavy wordsFour- and five-letter words that clear three or four vowels at once.Practice words with no vowelsFor the rack that's all consonants.Shopping for a better rack?Our accessories guide compares racks, tile bags and timers.Practice
Your rack is E E I I O U R. What's usually best?
Practice
Which of these has no A, E, I, O or U?
Forgot what a word means? Table words
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