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Setup

Place all letter tiles in the pouch or facedown besides the board. Then mix or shuffle them.

Draw a letter to decide who will start to play. The one with the letter closest to "A" starts. A blank title beats any letter.

When both players draw the same letter, draw another one. Now return all letters to the pool and remix (shuffle) them. …

1. Practice. You can buy Scrabble books and check the many useful practice tools available on the Internet.

2. Consider balance at the letters on your rack.

   e.g. It might be smart to form a word eliminating double letters in your rack even if it's not the highest-scoring move you have available. …

Components

• 2-sided gameboard
• 101 letter tiles
• 44 scoring chips
• Instructions

Object of the Game

Cover the gameboard letters with matching letter tiles, and collect the most scoring chips by completing words.

Setup

1. For this game, use the gameboard side with letters and pictures on the squares.

2. The Kitty: Form the "kitty" by placing the scoring chips in a pile within reach of all players.

3. The Pool: Turn all the letter tiles facedown within reach of all players, then mix them up.

4. Draw seven tiles from the pool and place them faceup in front of you. All players do the same. …

Components

• Plastic Pot with Lid
• 4 Plastic Scoops
• 98 Letter Tiles
• 4 Blank Tiles
• 2 "Fly in the Soup" Tiles
• 72 Word Cards
• Instructions

Object of the Game

It's the "soup"er fun word game that your whole family can play! Draw a card and choose one of the five words on it.

Then quickly scoop tiles out of the pot looking for letters that match the letters in your word. Don't scoop out a "fly", or you'll lose all of your tiles!

The first player to match the word wins the round and keeps the card. …

The clever "tile lock" system on this gameboard keeps your tiles in place when you move or tilt it. And the smaller tiles, racks and board make the game perfect for Scrabble fun ot the run!

Components

• Gameboard
• 100 letter tiles
• 4 letter tile racks
• tile storage bag
• Instructions

Object of the Game

In the SCRABBLE game, players form interlocking words, crossword fashion, on the board using letter tiles of different values.

Each player competes for high score by taking advantage of the letter tiles, as well as the premium squares on the board. In a 2-player game, a good player will score in the 300-400 point range. …

Il's your opportunity to play the classic game of Scrabble with a magical twist!

Original rules apply, but you can enhance your score with special features, such as playing Harry Potter Cards and earning bonus points for playing Magical words.

Components

• Game Board
• 100 Wooden Letter Tiles
• 4 Wooden Tile Racks
• 1 Drawstring Bag
• 26 Harry Potter Cards
• 4 Magical Word Bonus Cards
• Rules

Object of the Game

In SCRABBLE: World of Harry Batter, all of the traditional rules of Scrabble apply: Players form interlocking words, crossword fashion, on the board using letter tiles of different values. …

Components

• Game case
• 100 Letter tiles
• Letter pouch
• 4 Racks

Setup

Letters: Place all letter tiles in the pouch, or facedown beside the board, and mix them up. Draw for first play. The player with the letter closest to "A" plays first.

A blank tile beats any letter. Return the letters to the pool and remix. All players draw seven new letters each and place them on their racks.

Scorekeeper: Pick a player to keep score on paper (not included).

Object of the Game

In the SCRABBLE game, players form interlocking words, crossword fashion, on the gameboard using letter tiles of different values. Each player competes for high score by taking advantage of the letter tiles, as well as the premium squares on the board. …

Components

• 55 Letter Cards
• 3 Blanks
• Instructions

Object of the Game

Race to change the word in front of you. The first player to get rid of all their cards is the winner!

Setup

1. Choose 1 player to be dealer and shuffle the card deck.

2. Everyone agree on a 4-letterword to start (e.g., GAME).

3. Search through the deck and place the letters G, A, M and E in the play area, as shown on the next page.

4. Distribute the remaining letter cards as equally as possible between all of the players. …

Components

• Electronic Turbo Slam Unit with Storage Tray
• 55 Letter Cards
• 12 Action Cards
• Instructions

Object of the Game

Race to get rid of your cards by playing them to change a four-letter word.

Be first to hit the Slam button when it makes the turbo sound, and you'll get to draw an action card which could help you get rid of even more cards! To win, be the first player to run out of the cards in your hand.

The Cards

The Letter Cards

You can play either side of a letter card. …

Components

• Prize Tile Podium
• 4 Scrabble player boards
• 100 Scrabble letter tiles
• tile bag
• 4 player racks.

Object of the Game

To have the highest score at game's end when all 100 tiles have been used.

Setup

Place the Prize Tile Podium in the middle of the table. Give each player a player board and a tile rack, and place these as shown in the diagram.

Put all 100 tiles inside the tile bag. Each player selects 7 tiles (unseen) from the bag, and places them on his rack. Next, one player selects tiles from the bag and places them FACE UP on the Prize Tile Podium. …

Long Opening

A long first word opens the game up faster, so you may set a minimum length of 4, 5 or 6 letters for the first word placed on the board.

If the first player cannot make a word of the agreed-upon length, play passes until a player can do so.

Rearrange Letters

You are allowed to rearrange the letters of a word already on the board before adding one or more new tiles to it.

The final word (or words) must be acceptable. …

Impress your friends and family with SCRABBLE terminology. Our glossary will have you sounding like a SCRABBLE pro in no time. Just click on a letter to jump to that section of the glossary.

Abbreviations: DLS: Double Letter Score; DWS: Double Word Score; TLS: Triple Letter Score; TWS: Triple Word Score; ?: Blank; PTS.: Points.

Alphagram: The alphabetic arrangement of a group of letters. Example: BEGNU is the alphagram of the word BEGUN.

Anagram: A word that is spelled with the exact same letters as another word. Example: KITCHEN is an anagram of THICKEN, and vice versa. GAPE is an anagram of PAGE. …