Tournament SCRABBLE players use some specialized equipment, including rotating boards with grids to hold the tiles in place, clocks to account for the 25 minutes allotted to each player in a game, and tournament-quality tiles, which have a smooth surface so that identifying letters and blanks by feel is less likely. You may wish to visit a SCRABBLE club and get an idea of the different kinds of equipment that are available before making a purchase. Following are links to some equipment suppliers, listed alphabetically by the first name/corporate name of the supplier.

www.protiles.net – Tournament Quality SCRABBLE tiles originated by Bob Schoenman

www.genetimer.com – Adjudicator timers, boards, racks, and more by Gene Tyszka

NASPA Store – the shopping site of the North American SCRABBLE Players Association – tiles, tile racks, and lexicons

www.samtimer.com – Sam Timers, boards, tiles, racks, and more by Sam Kantimathi

Photo Credit: Patricia A. Hocker (NASPA)

Photo Description: Tiles are arranged on a Scrabble board in a geometric pattern reminiscent of a snowflake, using all 100 tiles in a standard Scrabble set and making all valid words. The design was made by Daniel Stock.