[jyl]

I'm playing two Scrabble-like games with a couple of remote opponents using "Words With Friends" (iPhone app).

I'm not very good at Scrabble, and my opponents are both fiendish, remorseless, gloating monsters. I really want to beat them.

Is it ethical for me to use a dictionary? How about an online Scrabble word finder, where I type in letters, and it gives me all the words they make? How about an automated Scrabble solver, where I enter the board and my letters, and it gives me the optimal word to play?

Does it make any difference if these opponents are my wife and daughter?