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Presenting the Scrabble Luck Calculator

Scrabble is a volatile game. It’s not uncommon for underdogs to make tournament upsets. Why? Luck. It plays a large role in Scrabble, and efforts to remove it, by changing tile values, for instance, have mostly been in vain.

Still, Scrabble skills matter. For those looking to improve them, it’s natural to wonder how much they can trust their wins or losses as indicators of progress. If

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