I'm a nationally ranked Scrabble player, and I've noticed the best players use a strategy most people are afraid to try

Patty Hocker/North American Scrabble Players Association

• I'm a tournament Scrabble player, and people often ask me how they can improve their Scrabble skills.
• I've noticed that beginner players are often afraid of using one of the most useful tactics in the game: exchanging your tiles.
• Even though it doesn't score any points, exchanging your tiles can rid you of bad letters and set you up for high-scoring moves in the future.

Scrabble is one of the most beloved board games of all time, with millions of people worldwide delighting in its mix of language and strategy.

Yet for all the people who have played a game of Scrabble before, I'd wager that most of them are overlooking one of the most useful tactics in the game.

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