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SCRABBLE

Grade 12

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Scrabble

Brief History:

Originally called Criss Cross, the game, which was based on the crossword puzzle and anagrams,
was developed by Alfred M. Butts, an architect, in 1931. It was redesigned, renamed as Scrabble, and
marketed by James Brunot in 1948. It was first sold in Great Britain in 1954. He had previously invented
a similar game called Lexiko. He decided how many points each letter was worth by looking at books and
newspapers and counting how often each letter was used in the English language.

Brief Description:

In this classic word game, players use their seven drawn letter-tiles to form words on the
gameboard. Each word laid out earns points based on the commonality of the letters used, with certain
board spaces giving bonuses.Mar 5, 2020. Scrabble, board-and-tile game in which two to four players
compete in forming words with lettered tiles on a 225-square board; words spelled out by letters on the
tiles interlock like words in a crossword puzzle.

How to play:

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 POINTS 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.

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