Category Archives: News

Sorry for the website problems

If you’ve visited Word Helper over the last couple of days you may have noticed all has not been well. It started on Tuesday when I did a routine upgrade to the web server.  It should have taken less than … Continue reading

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Have Scrabble tile values just changed?

If you keep up to date with the news, you might have just come across a disturbing story! According to the BBC news, the value of all the Scrabble tiles have just been changed! Woah!  Really? No, not really.  Not … Continue reading

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I need your help!

I want to thank everyone for all your lovely comments and support with the change of the site name that was forced upon us. But we’re not quite out of the woods yet, and I need your help if you … Continue reading

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Ok, so I made a mistake!

Oops. You will probably already know that due to legal problems I had to rename the site from its original name of scrabblehelper.net. Well I only had a week to do it, and so I had to choose a new … Continue reading

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scrabblehelper.net has become cheatwords.net

If you’re reading this, you’ve found our new site at cheatwords.net. So what happened to the old “Scrabble Helper” site at scrabblehelper.net? Well the nice people who make the Scrabble game contacted me.  They were happy with the concept of … Continue reading

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Scrabble Cheat

I just heard the news that a junior Scrabble player has been ejected from a tournament in Florida for cheating. What amazing strategy did he use to cheat over his opponent?  He hid 2 blank Scrabble tiles in his hand … Continue reading

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New dictionaries

I’ve just made a small update to the dictionaries on the Scrabble Helper site: I’ve added a new dictionary called ‘USA home & school’ – this is the ‘Official Scrabble Players Dictionary’ (OSPD4), sometimes referred to as ‘Merriam Webster’.  It’s … Continue reading

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Major site upgrade!

I’ve just put live one of the biggest upgrades to the site since I launched it 4 years ago! There are four main improvements: We now show results for “lateral play” – that’s when you play a new word alongside … Continue reading

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Crossword Solver iPhone app

Do you like crosswords as well as Scrabble? Do you have an iPhone, iPod touch or iPad? Then you might be interested in my new FREE app – The Crossword Solver. Click here to download it from the App Store … Continue reading

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iPhone app – extended offer!

Thanks to all of you who’ve already download the Word Finder iPhone App! The special launch offer is now over  🙁 However I’ve been persuaded to put together an extended offer for the rest of the launch week 🙂 Until … Continue reading

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