I'm a terrible speller, but I always win when I play Scrabble.
The Box:
The box is a rectangle. It is a red colour that has Scrabble written in white. There is a picture of the board on the front.
In The Box:
On the back of the top are the rules of how to play Scrabble, (I think that's great, because when the rules are on a loose piece of paper they get lost).
Inside the box is a square board. There is an official Scrabble Dictionary, 100 wooden tile, that have large letters and tiny numbers, on them. There is a pouch, to put the tiles in and a wooden rack, for each player, to put the squares on.
How To Play
All of the tiles are put into the pouch, (in the older sets we placed them face down), and you shake the bag.
Every player pulls out a tile, and person that has the closest tile to A, begins the game.
There is an exception to this rule, a blank tile is better than an A.
The first player picks 7 new letters, and puts it on their rack. Then the player to the left does the same, until all the players have their tiles.
The Rules:
The first player combines two or more of his or her letters to form a word and places it on the board to read either across or down with one letter on the centre square.
Diagonal words are not allowed.
Complete your turn by counting and announcing your score for that turn.
Then draw as many new letters as you played; always keep seven letters on your rack, as long as there are enough tiles left in the bag.
Play passes to the left. The second player, and then each in turn, adds one or more letters to those already played to form new words.
All letters played on a turn must be placed in one row across or down the board, to form at least one complete word. If, at the same time, they touch others letters in adjacent rows, those must also form complete words, crossword fashion, with all such letters.
The player gets full credit for all words formed or modified on his or her turn.
New words may be formed by:
Adding one or more letters to a word or letters already on the board.
Placing a word at right angles to a word already on the board. The new word must use one of the letters already on the board or must add a letter to it.
Placing a complete word parallel to a word already played so that adjacent letters also form complete words.
No tile may be shifted or replaced after it has been played and scored.
Blank Tiles:
The two blank tiles may be used as any letters.
When playing a blank, you must tell the other players what letter it represents. It remains that letter for the rest of the game.
You may use a turn to exchange all, some, or none of the letters. To do this, place your discarded letters face down. Draw the same number of letters from the pool, then mix your discarded letters,into the pool. This ends your turn.
Any play may be challenged before the next player starts a turn. If the play challenged is unacceptable, the challenged player takes back his or her tiles and loses that turn. If the play challenged is acceptable, the challenger loses his or her next turn.
You only look in the dictionary for challenges only. Before there was an offical dictionay, you could spell Zoo, this way, or an old English way, Zo. Now you can only
spell it Zoo.
All words made in one play are challenged simultaneously. If any word is unacceptable, then the entire play is unacceptable. Only one turn is lost on any challenge.
The game ends when all letters have been drawn and one player uses his or her last letter; or when all possible plays have been made.
Scoring:
You use a score pad or piece of paper to keep a total of each player's score, entering it after each turn. The score value of each letter is indicated by a number at the bottom of the tile. The score value of a blank is zero.
The score for each turn is the sum of the letter values in each words formed or modified on that turn, plus the additional points obtained from placing letters on Premium Squares.
If a word is formed that covers two premium word squares, the score is doubled and then re-doubled, (4 times the letter count), or tripled and then re-tripled,
(9 times the letter count).
Please note:
The centre square is a pink square, which doubles the score for the first word.
Letter and word premiums count only on the turn in which they are played. On later turns, letters already played on premium squares count at face value.
When a blank tile is played on a pink or red square, the value of the word is doubled or tripled, even though the blank itself has no score value.
When two or more words are formed in the same play, each is scored. The common letter is counted (with full premium value, if any) for each word. (
If you play seven tiles on a turn, it's a Bingo. You score a premium of 50 points after totalling your score for the turn.
Premium Letter Squares:
A light blue square doubles the score of a letter placed on it; a dark blue square triples the letter score.
Premium Word Squares:
The score for an entire word is doubled when one of its letters is placed on a pink square: it is tripled when one of its letters is placed on a red square. Include premiums for double or triple letter values, if any, before doubling or tripling the word score.
The Letters That Are Left
When the game ends, each player's score is reduced by the sum of the players un-played letters. In addition, if a player has used all of his or her letters, the sum of the other players' un-played letters is added to that player's score.
The Winner:
The player with the highest final score wins the game. In case of a tie, the player with the highest score before adding or deducting un-played letters wins.
Where can you buy Scrabble?
You can buy this game in many countries around the World. If you want to order on line, the link is:
https://mattelscrabble.com/en/adults/index.html
My Conclusion;
I love this game. It teaches children and adults, how to spell and learn new words. I highly recommend it to you.
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Thank you for reading my review. :)
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