Scrabble

The game for word nerds 🤓

How to Play

Aim: To use all letter tiles and score the highest number of Scrabble points.

Set up

2-4 Players (or teams) can play. Each player chooses 7 letter tiles at random from the central pile (tiles face down or in a bag) and places them on their rack. To determine the order of play, each player picks a random tile; play order is determined by alphabetical order of these tiles.

Game play

During each turn, players make words using the tiles on their rack, placing tiles on the board and recording the total Scrabble point score of the word they play during each turn. Special score squares on the gameboard can only be claimed once, by the first player who places a tile on them. When players use tiles on the board, they have to replace them with the same number of tiles from the central pile. Rare letters score more points when used. Proper nouns are not allowed, nor are abbreviations. At the end, when no more words can be played, players deduct the Scrabble points of tiles left on their rack from their total score. The player (or team) with the highest score wins.

Fun facts about the game:


• Expert players average 330-450 points per game. The true mark of a Scrabble expert is someone who scores an average of 30+ Scrabble points per turn!
• If all 7 tiles are played on the board in one turn, this is called "BINGO" or "BONUS" and is worth an extra 50 points!.
• Scrabble was invented in 1938 by Alfred Mosher Butts, an American architect.
• Different versions have been made for several other languages including Swedish, Russian and Welsh and Hungarian 🌍