Scrabble - is a word game in which two to four players score in both directions on a single turn.
turn. The letters placed must
points by placing tiles bearing a single letter onto a board
divided into a 15×15 grid of squares. The tiles must form
words that, in crossword fashion, read left to right in rows or
downward in columns, and be included in a standard
dictionary or lexicon.
Objectives: The basic objective of Scrabble is to play tiles
marked with letters on a 15x15 grid to form words. After the
initial word is played, players take turns adding words to
existing letters.
No. of players: Scrabble is a game that is played by 2, 3 or 4
people.
Rules of the game:
According to scrabble rules, there are three main steps to a
turn:
1) Play a Word
2) Total the Score for that Word
3) Draw Tiles to Replace the Tiles Played
The first player must play his or her first word on the center
square of the board, the spot that has a ‘star’ on it. All
words must be two or more letters long. Words are played
either vertically or horizontally. Diagonal word play is not
permitted.
Play always moves clockwise (to the left). Each player must
play off of words already present on the board. This may
involve changing existing words (for example, making the
word ‘play’ into ‘player’) or by incorporating a letter into the
word you are playing. You may only place letters in a
straight line horizontally or vertically. You can place letters
form complete words. Anytime two or more letters touch,
they must form valid, legal words. For example, if you add
an ‘s’ to an existing word to make it a plural and then build
a separate word from that ‘s’ in the opposite direction, you
would get full credit for both words. No tile can be moved or
shifted once it is played (baring a successful challenge).
Whenever a word is played, other players may challenge the
word if they do not believe it is a real word or it is spelled
wrong. According to Scrabble rules, players should agree
before the game begins on the dictionary they will use. All
words in that dictionary that are labeled as parts of speech,
including foreign origin, obsolete, and slang words, are
permitted. The only words present in a dictionary that are
not legal are as follows: abbreviations, prefixes and suffixes
standing alone, words that require a hyphen or apostrophe,
and words requiring capitalization. Many Scrabble players
opt to buy an Official Scrabble Player’s Dictionary. There is also
a free online Scrabble dictionary available for use.
If you want to challenge an opponent’s word, you must
challenge it before play moves on to the next player. If the
challenged word is not legal, those tiles return to the
player’s hand and that player loses the turn. If a word is
challenged and it is legal, the challenger loses his or her
next turn. If multiple words are made in a turn, all words
are challenged when one word is challenged. If any of the
words are not legal, all tiles are returned to their owner’s
hand and that player loses his or her turn. The dictionary
should only be consulted if a word is actually challenged,
and should never be used before a word is played for
verification purposes.
 Scoring system:  Tiles
 Tile Racks
According to scrabble rules, there are two types of premium  Miscellaneous
squares: Premium Letter and Premium Word Squares. A
light blue square is a Premium Letter Square and it doubles  Software & References
the score of the letter placed on it. A dark blue square is a Playing Time
Premium Letter Square and it triples the score of the letter
There are two commonly accepted methods for
placed on it. A pink square is a Premium Word Square and if
any letter from a word is placed on this square, the value of controlling the time of a SCRABBLE game. First, a
the entire word is doubled. A red square is a Premium Word three-minute hourglass may be used to time each play.
Square and if any letter from a word is placed on this After 54 minutes the game is over and both players now
square, the value of the entire word is tripled. When have one more play before totaling the final scores.
calculating the value of a word that is on a Premium Word
Square, Premium Letter Squares should be factored into the
word total first. Premium squares only count on the first It expands knowledge on every family members and it
turn they are used on. If a subsequent turn uses a letter helps them to communicate more with each other.
that was previously placed on a premium square, the tile on
that square is only worth it’s face value. The only time a
premium square is active for more than one word is if more
than one word is created with a letter on a premium square
on a single turn. Only use premium squares that are under
tiles used in a given word when calculating point totals for
each word created in a turn. For example, if you create
‘jobs’ and ‘cakes’ by adding the ‘S’ tile to the end of the
existing word ‘job’, and the ‘K’ tile is on a red square, you
would count ‘jobs’ for it’s face value (13) but you would
triple the value of ‘cakes’ (30) and your total for the turn
would be 43 points.

According to scrabble rules, if a player is able to play all 7

tiles in a single turn, in addition to the score for that word,
that player is awarded 50 points.

Equipment:
 Board
 Timer