The Essentials

If you want to get into tournament Scrabble you need the following:

1. Rotating Scrabble board
2. Tournament tiles
3. Racks (I prefer extra-long)
4. Game clock (I have an Adjudicator)
5. Scoresheets with tracking area
6. Pen/pencil
7. Clipboard
8. Official Tournament And Club Word List, Second Edition (OWL)
9. NSA Membership
10. Rulebook

It is essential to know everything there is to know about the game itself and be able to remember it at any moment. For example, I should be able to shake you out of a deep sleep at 3 a.m. and get correct answers to the following questions (which I would YELL at you):

1. How many Ts are in a Scrabble set?
2. What is the procedure if you overdraw 1 tile and have already put the new tiles on your rack?
3. How many double-word squares are there on a Scrabble board?