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Solve Position and learn more about Scrabble® rules and strate- now click on Game Mentor to see the best playable move.
gies in the CLASSROOM Afterwards, you may carry on with the position or quit the mode.
2. Placing and Clearing Tiles
Play all the game Modes available in the PLAYROOM Start by deciding where you want to set your tiles by selecting
the Board, Rack or Opponent rack radio button.
- Board: compose your word by clicking on the tiles. They’re sent to
the working area. You can then set the word on the board by drag-
Play Rated Games in the CHAMPIONSHIP ROOM ging it with the right button and orient it with the left button.
You can also compose your word directly on the board.
- Rack and Opponent rack: fill racks by clicking on tiles.
Play online or on your Local Area Network in the ONLINE ROOM To clear tiles from board, working area and racks, you can right-click
on each tile or use the Clear board or Clear racks buttons in the
B. Options Solve position window.
Options are displayed in the Main menu and in all the rooms. At any D. Help File
time, press Escape or click the Menu button to access to your menu This section grants you access to the SCRABBLE® 2005 Edition Manual.
and then click the Options button.
You can personalize your game by changing Skins, Boards, Windows, IV. The PLAYROOM
and Sound Effects, or by sorting the Tiles.
You will find a description of all game Modes and Types on the
III. THE Classroom following pages.
The CLASSROOM grants you access to the Tutorial, the
Library, the Solve Position Mode and the Help file. A. The Board
The tile colour code on the
board is:
Official SCRABBLE® 2005
Edition green letters for
tiles of validated words
A. Tutorial Black letters for not-yet-
This section grants you access to the Official SCRABBLE® 2005 Edition validated tiles
Rules, Hints, Exercises and Commented Games. Hexadecimal notation on
the edges of the board
B. Library indicates word position.
The Library grants you access to a list of games played by SCRABBLE®
experts. - In English: Letters from A to O horizontally, numbers from 1 to 15
vertically. According to convention, notation for words is letter+number
C. Solve Position with the a for across and d for down.
1. Description - In French: Letters from A to O vertically, numbers from 1 to 15
In the Solve position window, the Mentor horizontally. According to convention, notation for horizontal
provides the Best Solution for your position. words is “letter+number” and “number+letter” for vertical words.
Set the tiles, submit the position then click on the Moving Your SCRABBLE® 2005 Edition Board
Mentor to see the best submitted move. You can change the Board Position by dragging it on the screen. Its
Compose a position by filling the Board, your Rack position will be saved automatically in your layout
and the Opponent rack, and then click Submit. If the
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B. Tile Placing Hooks: Sorts by number of hooks
There are two different ways of placing tiles on the board. You can access all the words set on the board by scrolling
Direct drag and drop: down the entry field
Directly drag tiles from the rack to the board using the Left mouse Note: There are no definitions in the English game.
button
- Everywhere: Click the Left mouse button to select, validate and E. Game Mentor
move a tile. The Mentor suggests the best playable word as well as extensive
- Board: Right-click to return a tile to its previous position. information on the Board and Rack.
- Working area: Right-click on a word and drag it to the board. While
maintaining the right-click, click the Left mouse button to orient the F. Printing a game
word vertically or horizontally. At the end of the game, SCRABBLE® 2005 Edition allows you to print or
Keyboard entry: cancel your game. Choose Print to print out your game
Click on an empty square of the board where you want to set the first let- to the default printer.
ter of your word. A horizontal arrow appears in this square. Another click
on the square transforms the arrow into a vertical one. The arrow orien- G. Game Types
tation indicates the orientation of the word. Now enter the word with Each Game Setup requires that you choose a Game Type.
your keyboard. 1. Standard
Note: in Duplicate Mode, once a human player has played, his or her word The classical way to play SCRABBLE® 2005 Edition
disappears and the CPU word is played. Then, the best one is selected
and set on the board. 2. 7/8
The “7/8-letters” mode is available in both Standard and Duplicate
C. Saving and Opening Games SCRABBLE® 2005 Edition modes. Each player draws eight letters instead
of seven but is allowed to play only seven. The SCRABBLE® 2005 Edition
In any Mode you can access the Pause menu by pressing the Escape but- score bonus is granted when the seven letters are used in a single move.
ton on your keyboard or by clicking the Menu button. To save a file, As usual, the game ends when there are no more tiles in the bag and/or
select Save on the Pause menu. To open an existing game, select Load on no more valid words to play.
the Pause menu.
3. Joker
D. Dictionary The Joker mode is available in both Standard and Duplicate
SCRABBLE® 2005 Edition modes. Each player has six letters and a blank
The Dictionary lets you verify or search a valid in his rack at each turn. The blank is replaced as soon as it is played. The
word in the Official SCRABBLE® Words blank has no value. It takes the value of the letter it stands for, even if the
International List. letter is no longer available in the bag.
Type your letters in the top box. Then click on one As usual, the game ends when there are no more tiles in the bag
of the following buttons to perform an action: and/or no more valid words to play.
Search: Searches in the official dictionary 4. Blitz
In Duplicate Mode, standard thinking time is 3 minutes per move
Build: Lists valid words using any combination and only 1 minute in Blitz games.
of letters
Anagram: Lists valid words using all the letters H. Game Setup Window (for Scrabble® and Duplicate)
Hooks: Uses the word as prefix or suffix and provides an exhaustive 1. General Tab
list of valid words You can choose the Game type you want to play by checking its box.
Word: Sorts the results alphabetically (the list is sorted by letter). Check the "Enable" Box to choose the duration of the game and of each
Extra letters are in lower case capitals. move.
Length: Sorts by length Check the "Random player order" box if you want the player order to
be defined randomly".
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Check the "Lose turn on invalid word" box if you want the player that Time Info Window: this window displays the current turn remaining
plays an invalid word to lose its turn. time and the total time elapsed.
Check the "See opponent rack" box to cheat on the opponent's rack. Moves List Window: stores the last word played by each player, with
Note: this mode is not available in Duplicate Mode. score and position. Blank letters are written in capital letters.
2. Player Tab
Click "Players" on the top of box. In this window you can choose your J. Duplicate Game
virtual opponents. 1. Description
Click the Personality you'd like to change. DUPLICATE is an official mode of the SCRABBLE® 2005 Edition, played
The name of the opponent you've selected is displayed in the top mostly in French-speaking countries. Every turn, the players all use the
opponent box of the Game Setup window. same letters and the winner is the one who achieves the top scoring
Choose whose player is going to play first. word. Chance and strategy do not come into play.
Note: this mode is not available in Duplicate Mode. 2. Method
Click Done to closed Setup Game Details. The Turn Begins: Letters appear in the player’s rack. When a gamer has
I. Standard Game played, his or her word is deleted from the board after 2 seconds and
replaced by the CPU word. After another 2-second delay, a window is
Number of players: 1-4 displayed with the accepted word, its position, points and the name of
Working Area: Tiles can be dragged and dropped from the rack and the relevant player. The player clicks the OK button to close the window.
from the board, in order to compose a word. The accepted word is displayed on the board as the final one. The players’
Letter colour code: scores and percentages are updated. The turn ends.
- Black for letters from K. Conundrum Game
player’s rack
- Red for joker letters Players (human or AI) have 14 turns to compose the longest valid word
from player’s rack from a series of random letters. The game is played on a special 7 to
- Green for letters from 12-letter board (depending on the board/rack size setting), but uses the
board (tiles are also standard mode to store the letters.
slightly coloured). The player who achieves the longest word will receive an additional 50
points bonus, added on after the multipliers.
Rack: Where tiles appear
after draw (letter colour: L. Anagram Game
black) The Anagram Game is fairly similar in appearance and function
There is room for 7 tiles to the Conundrum Game. The human players take 12 turns to guess
only (8 tiles in 8-Letter the correct solution to a series of anagrams given to them in the form
mode only). of random tiles.
The custom board (between 7 and 12 tiles wide, depending on the
Shuffle/Cancel button: mixes up your tiles if there are none on the board/rack size setting) has two tiers – the top tier displays the correct
board. If at least 1 tile from the rack is on the board, the SHUFFLE but- anagram. The bottom tier’s blank spaces allow the player to place his
ton becomes a CANCEL button. solution.
Exchange/Evaluate button: exchanges up to 7 letters, but will pass your After a player has completed a turn, the next player is given the same
turn. If at least 1 tile from the rack is on the board, the EXCHANGE but- number of tiles, but the mystery word will be different and the tiles
ton becomes the EVALUATE button. Click on it to view your word’s themselves will be different. Please note that tiles are not discarded
potential score. from the bag, but are randomly picked anew for each word.
Pass/Play button: lets you PASS your turn, or PLAY your word. At the end of each turn, the correct word will be shown. It's not a unique
solution. Any valid word will be accepted.
Player's Window: this window displays the player number, name, The Anagram Game score is very different to the other games’ scores.
score, and last move. Correctly guessing a word will yield a score depending on the word
length. Each letter gives 1 point.
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M. Crossagrams Game V. THE CHAMPIONSHIP ROOM
This Mode is a single-player only crossword game where a list of tiles
is replaced with anagrams. Welcome to the CHAMPIONSHIP Room. where you set up Tournaments
and play Rated Games. Rated Games affect your overall SCRABBLE®
1. Description 2005 Edition rating. Everything counts: no taking back moves, no advice,
Every word of the list has to be a SCRABBLE® 2005 Edition no coaching, and no hints. It’s between you and your opponent.
valid word
Anagrams are sorted alphabetically A. Rated Game
In expert mode, 2-letter anagrams are replaced with “No clue” 1. Understanding the Rating System
By default, when a Crossagram Game starts, the first horizontal word
(top left) is highlighted. There are two rating systems (Online and Offline) working the same
If you use the keyboard, a letter entered with the keyboard appears in way.
the selected square of the board, if it is one of the rack’s letters. The When you play a Rated Game, its result affects your online
next square (according to word orientation) is then selected. If the last SCRABBLE® 2005 Edition ratings. SCRABBLE® 2005 Edition records a
square is filled with a letter, the first square of the word is the next separate rating for online and offline games in the TOURNAMENT
selected square. Room. When you play on Ubi.com, SCRABBLE® 2005 Edition keeps
a few of your game statistics, including your record, your performance
2. Method against individual opponents, etc.
Left-click on an empty grid square: all the squares of the word are A game played via LAN doesn’t affect your online rating, or your
online statistics, as a Ubi.com game does.
highlighted and a direction arrow marks the selected square.
The tiles in the rack correspond to the letters of the word
in the anagram list. Toggle horizontal/vertical orientation for the word 2. Play a Rated Game
(horizontal by default). Click on the Rated Game button.
Left-click on a tile on the rack: the tile is stuck to the pointer while Choose your opponent from the list.
the Left button is pressed. On the upper right corner, three numbers illustrate the impact on
Drag a tile on a black square: the tile returns to its initial position. your rating should you win, lose, or draw against the selected
Drag a tile from the Working Area and drop it on a non-empty square opponent.
of the board: the dropped tile disappears and returns to the Working Click Personality to view the details of each opponent.
Area. Click on a line of the anagram list: highlights all the squares of Select a Time Control (Minutes per Game).
the word set on the grid. Tiles change in the rack.
Click OK to start the game.
Click the Hint button: displays hint letters one by one on the board.
Click the Submit button: the grid is submitted for corrections. The score is
calculated and displayed: number of correct answers/number of words.
- If there is no error, a congratulation message is displayed.
- If there are errors, wrong words and empty squares are crossed out
in red.
In the PLAY AGAIN box, click NO to return to the game,
click YES to load a new grid.
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3. Adjourning a Game Check the Rated Tournament check box, if you want the tournament
Select ADJOURN in the Pause menu. results to affect your rating.
Click Next.
Then choose the tournament players.
From the right column, select the opponent you want to add as a par-
ticipant, and click <<. The selected opponent appears in the left list of
tournament participants.
Repeat this step for every opponent you want to add.
If you want to remove a participant, click >>.
If you want to check out the playing style, or biography on each
available opponent, click the Personality button.
Click Next.
In the # of Rounds box, type a number. SCRABBLE® 2005 Edition
displays the number of games in the tournament, depending on the
4. Resuming an Adjourned game: tournament type and number of rounds specified.
When you click on Rated Game, a list of adjourned games is displayed. Click Finish.
Select the game you wish to play. In the Save In box, specify a location and name for the saved
5. Withdrawing: tournament. SCRABBLE® 2005 Edition saves the tournament as a CMT
file with your specifications.
To withdraw, click on the withdraw button in the Pause Menu.
b) Duplicate
B. Tournament Select your opponent and the number of rounds. Please note that
1. Creating and Running a Tournament the number of rounds must be an odd number.
In the Tournament room, select Tournament.
2. Viewing Tournament Results
a) Standard Once all the tournament rounds are competed, the Tournament Results
Set the Tournament Type appear.
- In a Championship Tournament, Click Games to display a window with the summary of each completed
each gamer plays against all the
others. game.
- In a Swiss event, the players are
matched according to their 3. Suspending and Adjourning Tournaments
progressive scores after each Select Adjourn in the Pause menu.
round.
Select the number of players in 4. Loading a Tournament
the tournament. SCRABBLE® Click the Load button in the Main menu or in the Pause menu in
2005 Edition displays the maxi- Tournament mode > Load
mum number of participants
allowed in each type of tourna- Open the CMT file you saved.
ment. The tournament starts where you left off.
Specify a Time Control. This will be applied for every game of the
Tournament.
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VI. The ONLINE Room VII. Credits Testers:
Liviu Galateanu
DEV TEAM Andrei Mungiu
A. LAN Producer Cosmin Cojocea
Click the LAN button. SCRABBLE® 2005 Edition Brahim laaouina Mihail Vieru
prompts you to specify whether you want to host a Programming Marcel Epure
new LAN game or join an existing LAN game. Robert Neculau
Lead programmer Alexandru Agapie
To host a session, click on the Create button and Salaheddine Essediki
supply the information about your game. Then Programmers UBI.COM TEAM
wait for your opponent to join you. Abderrahim Boukriss Online Gaming Producer
Hassan Boulmarouf Eric Lagel
To join a session, select the game you want to join from the Active
Games list, and then click Join. (The Active Games list displays all the Lhoucine khabir Programming Manager
games currently hosted on the local network.) SCRABBLE® 2005 Game design Olivier Chappe
Edition connects you to the hosted game, so you can start playing over Vincent Monnier Lead Developer
your Local Network. Zoran Milisavljevic Roger McFarlane
Sound design Developers
B. Online Mohammed rabia Philippe Lalande
Welcome to the Online Mode, the place where you can play José Covatta
SCRABBLE® with other SCRABBLE® 2005 Edition owners over the Graphics
Fatima selhani Philippe McLean
Internet on Ubi.com. You can also communicate or chat with other François Rochette
remote players. It displays information on players who are currently con- Production assistants
nected to Ubi.com. Najib icharmad EXPERTS
Note: Playing an Internet game requires a 56.6 Kbps or faster Tarik tiktik France
modem/direct connection. Specials thanks BenMoha Boualem
Sandrine Houalet UK
1. Starting an Online Game on Ubi.com STUDIO MANAGING DIRECTOR Sarah Wilks
Click on the Online button in the online room. Alexis Godard Paul Allen
Connect to Ubi.com with one of available accounts, or create one. Stewart Holden
CEO Jared Robinson
Yves Guillemot Alastair Ives
2. Lobby System INTERNATIONAL Herve Bohbot
When you connect to Ubi.com, you have access to 4 lobbies for PRODUCTION MANAGER Mike Willis
SCRABBLE® Standard and Duplicate, for both novice and advanced. You Christine Burgess-Quemard Allan Simmons (ABSP Chairman)
can join one of those lobbies and create a game, or join one. INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL THANKS
CONTENT DIRECTOR Jean-Michel Guizard
3. Rated/Unrated Games Online Serge Hascoet
You can play rated or unrated games in the Online mode. Separate rat- Franck Maniquant
LOCALIZATION
ings are provided for Online (Duplicate and Standard) and Solo games. Localization Studio Manager MATTEL, INC.
Coralie Martin Sr. Manager
Patricia Masai
Localization Project Manager
Claudine Cézac AssociateProducer
Jonathan Bradbury
QUALITY ASSURANCE
QA Manager :Roxana Magdo (Botez) SPECIAL THANKS
Lead Tester : Marcel Samoschi Jim Huntley, Phillip Nelkon,
and Ben Spayd
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