Scrabble and Retrograde Analysis

Authors

Simon Norton

Abstract

Reading Mike Keith's article "Scrabble-Tile Double Word Squares and Rectangles" (WW Feb 2011) led me to ask the following question: which of the word grids he gave are actually legal positions in a game of Scrabble? Chess problemists use the term "retrograde analysis" for the study of how chess positions might have arisen in a legal game; this concept is of course equally applicable to other games, including Scrabble.

Recommended Citation

Norton, Simon (2011) "Scrabble and Retrograde Analysis," Word Ways: Vol. 44 : Iss. 3 , Article 7.
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol44/iss3/7