TIP: Want to be better Scrabble player? Know
your two-letter words.
There are 96 two-letter words in the official
Scrabble dictionary.
Children and parents are invited to the Hudson
Public Library on Saturday, Jan. 12, from 2 to 4
p.m. to learn more tips and strategies from expert
Scrabble player and 1998 Scrabble champion Ben
Loterstein. You might also meet a new Scrabble
partner.
Loiterstein is a certified teacher who works
with the National Scrabble Association on its
School Scrabble Program. More than .5 million
students across America are playing Scrabble in
their classrooms and Loiterstein helps teachers
incorporate Scrabble into their language arts
programs.
He also coaches students for Scrabble
competitions.
At the library event in Hudson, participants
beginning at 2 p.m. will play Scrabble to learn
many strategies. Then at 3 p.m., the Scrabble
master will simultaneously play 12 games of
Scrabble against teams of students in grades fifth
through eighth.
Teachers and parents may join one of the teams
but only one adult per team and each team can have
no more than four people.
Beat Mr. Loiterstein and win a prize!