The six main differences compared to previous tracking sheets are as follows:

The letters are tracked in columns rather than rows, i.e. all the E's are stacked on top of each other with the A's in a column next to them rather than having the letters next to each other. The advantage in this is that the remaining letters are increasingly in a straight line rather than being increasingly jagged towards the mid to end game and it's easier to see what's left and what words can be made at a glance.

The letters are arranged in their groups according to the strength of the letters (i.e. the order in which letters should be retained on one's rack to maximise bonus chances), so the vowels are arranged E,A,I,O,U. If any player isn't sure which letter to retain on her rack, all she has to do is look at the tracking sheet and it shows that the letters to the left of each group are the best ones to keep. Most of us know that E+A is better to keep than I+U, but what about the consonants and 3 and 4 pointers? Not everyone knows that the H is the strongest letter among the 4 pointers and that the R is the best consonant (better than N,T, L and D). [These values were worked out by the top Scrabble computer programs in the world, and are definitely used by the top players in SA and most top players internationally.]

There are spaces to record the values assigned to the blanks, to avoid confusion later in the game.

There are areas for writing down hook queries and word queries.

There is an area for recording the last tiles of the game, enabling better end-game strategy.

The tracking sheet was designed in Microsoft Word 97 so is customisable if received or downloaded via email/Internet.