Scrabble

I.
TITLE OF THE GAME:
II. ORIGIN/ HISTORY:

ORIGIN:
● 1931 Alfred Butts translated his lifelong love of crossword puzzles into a
board game.
● Butts studied the front page of The New York Times to calculate how
frequently each letter of the alphabet was used.
● He then used each letter's frequency to determine how many of each letter he
would include in the game. He included only four "S" tiles so that the ability to
make words plural would not make the game too easy.
HISTORY:
● Butts initially called the game "Lexiko", but later changed the name to "Criss
Cross Words", after considering "It", and began to look for a buyer.
● Sold the rights to entrepreneur and game-lover James Brunot, who made a
few minor adjustments to the design and renamed the game "Scrabble", a word
meaning "to grope frantically" (from the Dutch "Schrabben", to scrape or
scratch)
III. FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT:

FACILITIES:
● It can be played indoors.
EQUIPMENT:
Scrabble Board
A standard Scrabble board will consist of cells that are located in a large
square grid. The board offers 15 cells high and 15 cells wide. The tiles used on
the game will fit in each cell on the board.
Scrabble Tiles
There are 100 tiles that are used in the game and 98 of them will contain
letters and point values.
Timer
Scoresheet (depends on the players)
IV. RULES OF THE GAME

When playing Scrabble, anywhere from two to four players will enjoy the
game. The object when playing is to score more points than other players. As
words are placed on the game board, points are collected and each letter that is
used in the game will have a different point value. The main strategy is to play
words that have the highest possible score based on the combination of letters.
There are 2 blank tiles that can be used as wild tiles to take the place of
any letter. When a blank is played, it will remain in the game as the letter it
substituted for.
Different letters in the game will have various point values and this will
depend on how rare the letter is and how difficult it may be to lay that letter.
Blank tiles will have no point values.
Tile Values
Below are the point values for each letter that is used in a Scrabble game.
0 Points - Blank tile.
1 Point - A, E, I, L, N, O, R, S, T and U.
2 Points - D and G.
3 Points - B, C, M and P.
4 Points - F, H, V, W and Y.
5 Points - K.
8 Points - J and X.
10 Points - Q and Z.
Extra Point Values

When looking at the board, players will see that some squares offer
multipliers. Should a tile be placed on these squares, the value of the tile will be
multiplied by 2x or 3x. Some squares will also multiply the total value of the word and
not just the single point value of one tile.
Double Letter Scores - The light blue cells in the board are isolated and when these are
used, they will double the value of the tile placed on that square.
Triple Letter Score - The dark blue cell in the board will be worth triple the amount, so
any tile placed here will earn more points.
Double Word Score - When a cell is light red in colour, it is a double word cell and these
run diagonally on the board, towards the four corners. When a word is placed on these
squares, the entire value of the word will be doubled.
Triple Word Score - The dark red square is where the high points can be earned as this
will triple the word score. Placing any word on these squares will boos points drastically.
These are found on all four sides of the board and are equidistant from the corners.
One Single Use - When using the extra point squares on the board, they can only be
used one time. If a player places a word here, it cannot be used as a multiplier by
placing another word on the same square.
Process of the Game
Starting the Game
Without looking at any of the tiles in the bag, players will take one tile. The player
that has the letter that is closest to “A” will begin the game. A blank tile will win the start
of the game. The tiles are them replaced to the bag and used in the remainder of the
game.
Every player will start their turn by drawing seven tiles from the Scrabble bag.
There are three options during any turn. The player can place a word, they can
exchange tiles for new tiles or they can choose to pass. In most cases, players will try to
place a word as the other two options will result in no score.
When a player chooses to exchange tiles, they can choose to exchange one or all of the
tiles they currently hold. After tiles are exchanged, the turn is over and players will have
to wait until their next turn to place a word on the board.
Players can choose to pass at any time. They will forfeit that turn and hope to be
able to play the next time. If any player passes two times in a row, the game will end
and the one with the highest score will win.
The First Word Score
When the game begins, the first player will place their word on the star spin in the
centre of the board. The star is a double square and will offer a double word score. All
players following will build their words off of this word, extending the game to other
squares on the board.
Play continues in a clockwise direction around the Scrabble board.
Replacing Scrabble Tiles
Once tiles are played on the board, players will draw new tiles to replace those.
Players will always have seven tiles during the game. Drawing tiles is always done
without looking into the bag so that the letters are always unknown.
The Fifty Point Bonus
Exciting rewards can come when players use all seven tiles to create a word on
the board. When this happens, players will receive a 50 point bonus, in addition to the
value of the word. If the game is near the end and players are not holding seven tiles,
they do not get the bonus for using all of their tiles. This is only collected for seven letter
words placed.
The End of a Scrabble Game
Once all tiles are gone from the bag and a single player has placed all of their
tiles, the game will end and the player with the highest score wins.
Tallying Scrabble Scores
When the game ends, each player will count all points that are remaining on their
tiles that have not been played. This amount will be deducted from the final score.
An added bonus is awarded to the player that ended the game and has no
remaining tiles. The tile values of all remaining players will be added to the score of the
player who is out of tiles to produce the final score for the game.
The Scrabble player with the highest score after all final scores are tallied wins.
Accepted Scrabble Words
Any word that is found in a standard English dictionary can be used in the game
of Scrabble. There are also Official Scrabble Dictionaries that can be purchased for
more word options.
V. SKILLS
Vocabulary Skills
Bluffing Skills
Spelling Skills
Strategy Skills
Counting Skills
VII. VALUES BEING DEVELOPED

Patience
Fellowship
VIII. REFERENCE
Hasbro, Inc. website:
https://scrabble.hasbro.com/en-us/rules
PE 213
Individual/Dual/
Team Sports and
Games
Ms. Angelina G. Adante
WED/7:00AM-9:00AM
BSA-2A
TOPIC: Scrabble
GROUP 5
Leader: Bautista, Elly
Acosta, Joy
Balasbas, Jullie Anne
Chris Escat
Flores, Jhun Marvin
Ng, Emily
Rosario, Paul Assie

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TITLE OF THE GAME:

II. ORIGIN/ HISTORY:

III. FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT:

IV. RULES OF THE GAME

Extra Point Values

VII. VALUES BEING DEVELOPED

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