Word game for 2-4 players. Form words cross-word style using letters of different values.
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• Word game for 2-4 players.
• Form words cross-word style using letters of different values.
• High score wins!• Good player scores in
the 300-400 range.
Before Beginning…
• Pick a dictionary in case of word challenges
• All words permitted except words always capitalized, prefixes &suffixes, abbreviations, standing alone, words with hyphens or apostrophes.
Who goes first?
Letter closest to beginning of alphabet
Let the games begin…
• Draw 7 tiles and place on the rack
• Form words on rack
• Keep rack hidden from the others
Bad luck!
Hope that you don’t draw
combinations like these! Three options for play:
1. Pass, forfeit, no score
2. Exchange 1 to 7 tiles, score nothing
3. Play a word and earnscore
Lay it on the line!• First player combines
2 or more letters to form one word
• Diagonals not allowed• Begin on the pink star
center square• Add up total score for
the word and record it. • Draw the same # of
tiles that you played.
Forming New Words Alternate turns and play new words by:
1. Adding letter(s) to a word already on the board
2. Placing word at a right angle
3. Placing a complete word parallel to a word 2 blank tiles can be any letter but can’t change
When does it end?
• All tiles have been drawn
• One of the players has used all letterson rack
• Win the game by achieving highest score
• Remaining tilescount against you
Double letter score
Triple letter score
Double word score
Triple Word score
Use all 7 tiles in a turn and score 50 bonus points!
Scoring
Scoring examples
14 points
9points
25points
16points
CreditsCreated & Produced by
Karin Rennerfor TET 745
Advanced Digital PresentationsSummer 2005
utilizing PowerPoint, LiveWeb,Camtasia, Photoshop and
Windows Media Player
Scrabble & Probablility: It’s all in the numbers
Number of Tiles Letters
1 J, K, Q, X, Z
2 B, C, F, H, M, P, V, W, Y, blank
3 G
4 D, L, S, U
6 N, R, T
8 O
9 A, I
12 E