HowDoYouPlayItGameRules,Reviews,TipsAndStrategiesSkiptoContent↓ScrabbleRules:HowdoyouPlayScrabble?Scrabbleisawordgameforages8andup.Thisisagamefor2-4players.Itrequiresaspecializedgameboard,100lettertiles,andtileracks.GamePlayAccordingtoScrabblerules,alltilesshouldbeplacedinaletterpouchorplacedfacedownonthetablebesidetheboard.Ensurethatlettersarewellmixed,andthatplayersdonotknowwhichletterisinwhatspot.Todeterminewhogoesfirst,eachplayerdrawsaletter–theplayerwiththeletterclosestto“A”goesfirst.The‘blank’tileautomaticallygoesfirst.Ensureyouthoroughlyremixthetilesbeforedrawingletters.Eachplayerdraws7lettersandplacesthemonhisorherletterrack.Accordingtoscrabblerules,therearethreemainstepstoaturn: 1)PlayaWord2)TotaltheScoreforthatWord3)DrawTilestoReplacetheTilesPlayedThefirstplayermustplayhisorherfirstwordonthecentersquareoftheboard,thespotthathasa‘star’onit.Allwordsmustbetwoormoreletterslong.Wordsareplayedeitherverticallyorhorizontally.Diagonalwordplayisnotpermitted.Playalwaysmovesclockwise(totheleft).Eachplayermustplayoffofwordsalreadypresentontheboard.Thismayinvolvechangingexistingwords(forexample,makingtheword‘play’into‘player’)orbyincorporatingaletterintothewordyouareplaying.Youmayonlyplacelettersinastraightlinehorizontallyorvertically.Youcanplacelettersinbothdirectionsonasingleturn.Thelettersplacedmustformcompletewords.Anytimetwoormoreletterstouch,theymustformvalid,legalwords.Forexample,ifyouaddan‘s’toanexistingwordtomakeitapluralandthenbuildaseparatewordfromthat‘s’intheoppositedirection,youwouldgetfullcreditforbothwords.Notilecanbemovedorshiftedonceitisplayed(baringasuccessfulchallenge). Wheneverawordisplayed,otherplayersmaychallengethewordiftheydonotbelieveitisarealwordoritisspelledwrong.AccordingtoScrabblerules,playersshouldagreebeforethegamebeginsonthedictionarytheywilluse.Allwordsinthatdictionarythatarelabeledaspartsofspeech,includingforeignorigin,obsolete,andslangwords,arepermitted.Theonlywordspresentinadictionarythatarenotlegalareasfollows:abbreviations,prefixesa