And here’s a competitive scrabble search engine:

http://rollyo.com/stevena/competitive_scrabble/

WORD GAMES ON YAHOO

     YAHOO has dozens of word games, for many tastes and levels of expertise. (It also has a nice card games section, but, since I’m listing only family-safe sites and some of the games are played for money, I’ve left that section out.)

http://games.yahoo.com/word-games

YAHOO’S BOARD GAMES

     YAHOO has Chinese checkers, backgammon, checkers, dominoes, go, jigsaws . . . and that’s just the beginning.

http://games.yahoo.com/board-games

BECOME A CHESS EXPERT

     Have you always wanted to learn chess? Or maybe you know the basics but would like to become really good at it. The means are all online. Here’s a site that gives basic instruction:

http://www.chessclub.demon.co.uk/tutorial/play_chess.htm

     And another site with flash movies for beginners.

http://www.chessdryad.com/education/magictheater/

     And then you’ll find chess secrets for beginners:

http://www.realchess.com/chesssecrets.html

     And now, some secrets for the more advanced player:

http://www.logicalchess.com/resources/lessons/endgame/

     Then a site where you can play online chess with people from all over the world! After all, a chess board speaks its own language.

http://www.letsplaychess.com/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=109987

     And, last of all, play chess against a computer. The site says, “When it is your (White's) turn to move, the chess board will gently pulse.”

http://turbulence.org/spotlight/thinking/chess.html