COLLINS OFFICIAL SCRABBLE LISTS - An announcement by Allan Simmons
Many players have been asking when a new Collins Official Scrabble LISTS will be published to correspond with the new Collins Official Scrabble WORDS book. Historically, the LISTS book has not sold as well as the WORDS book and with the ever-increasing use of software tools for players to generate their own lists it is perhaps not surprising that a new LISTS book in its current form is not a viable Collins publication.
Nevertheless, it is recognized that there is still a market for something that might have a wider appeal among social players as well as fulfilling a lot of the needs of regular tournament and club players but which isn't as lengthy as the existing LISTS book. I am now engaged on a project with Collins to deliver a Scrabble Lists 'lite' which will be more selective in its content and presented in a more user-friendly and inspiring way. It is anticipated that this book will be available later in 2016 and will come under the title of The Scrabble Trainer. Meanwhile some draft samples of how the pages may look and the anticipated contents can be seen here.