Have you ever played duplicate bridge? As for conventions, I should send you a list that use - not very many. There's so much to learn.
A long bridge post is coming -- but regarding scrabble: I find myself increasingly wanting to not get too far ahead of people whose vocabulary consists of one-syllable words. In one case, I was so far ahead that I began seeing how few points I could make on a play so that they could catch up. In another case, someone is so weirdly ahead of me, that I'm convinced they must be a robot. They play so strategically that they make it impossible for me to make more than a few points no matter what letters I have. So I guess I'm just using this as an experiment to find out who I am (and to see if my daughter is still alive). Now bridge . . . later tonight. Maybe a pm.