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Instructions

This is a game for 2-4 players. The object of the game is to receive the most points by the time someone has run

out of tiles.

Preparation: Cut out all of the tiles and arrange them face down or else put them in a bag so that the letters

cannot be seen. Everyone draws a tile. The person whose letter is closest to the beginning of the alphabet goes

first. Everyone draws seven tiles and arranges them so that they cannot be seen by the other players. Blank tiles

can be used to represent any letter until they are played, at which time they become a fixed letter.

Gameplay: Players each take a turn in a clockwise fashion. On each turn, players may put down between 1 and

7 tiles onto the board. For the play to be valid, the player must form a real, English word that is not a proper

noun (like the name of a person or a place.)

The first word played must cross the star in the center of the board. Only one tile is allowed per square. Words

can only be read from left to right or top to bottom; they cannot be placed diagonally. After the first word is

played, all subsequent words must be connected to words that are already on the board. Players may create

words that run through or along another player’s word, as long as all words formed are real and can be found

and defined in the dictionary.

Once a player has completed their turn, they must take more tiles so that they always have seven in their hand.

If a player cannot play, they can choose to pass or to use their turn to replace undesirable tiles with new ones

drawn blindly from the pile.

After every turn, each player counts up how many points they received. Points are recorded on a score pad with

a running total over the course of the game. Once the tiles are all played, the game is over.

Scoring: Each tile has a point value written on it. Some letters are rare and are therefore more valuable. More

points can be achieved if the same letter is used for two different words during one turn. (For instance, if the

word “Ape” was played by the previous player and you put “Bat” with the “T” underneath the “A” from “Ape,”

then “T” would count twice: once for “Bat” and once for “At.”)

The colored squares give added value to points and can be tallied as follows:

• DL: This means “Double Letter.” If your tile sits on this square, multiply the tile’s value by two when

you add up your score.

• TL: This means “Triple Letter.” If your tile sits on this square, multiply the tile’s value by three when

you add up your score.

• DW: This means “Double Word.” If any letter from your word sits on this square, the whole word gets

multiplied by two. If one of your tiles is also on a DL or TL square, make sure you double or triple the

value of the letter before you double the value of the whole word.

• TW: This means “Triple Word.” If any letter from your word sits on this square, the whole word gets

multiplied by three. If one of your tiles is also on a DL or TL square, make sure you double or triple the

value of the letter before you triple the value of the whole word.

• Bonus: If a person uses all seven tiles at once, they earn an extra 50 points.

At the end of the game, any remaining tiles in a player’s hand is subtracted from their total score and added to

the score of the person who ended the game. The winner is the person with the most cumulative points at the

end of the game.

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