{"id":16170,"date":"2023-08-03T11:16:22","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T11:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theukrules.co.uk\/?page_id=16170"},"modified":"2023-09-05T07:21:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T07:21:26","slug":"scrabble","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.theukrules.co.uk\/rules\/children\/games\/scrabble\/","title":{"rendered":"Scrabble Rules UK | How to Play Scrabble Word Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

SCRABBLE RULES UK<\/strong>: The main goal in playing the popular word game is to score more points than the other players.<\/p>\n

Scrabble game rules are for players age eight (8) and up – mainly because of its wordiness.<\/p>\n

Players achieve high scores by combining lettered square tiles to create proper words (e.g. placed strategically onto a Scrabble game board).<\/p>\n

Each tile displays one letter from the English alphabet. Thus, players score points by placing several tiles in a row to form a word.<\/p>\n

Players must set out the words that they create in a ‘crossword-like fashion’ on the board. Hence, words will flow in rows across the board from left to right or drop downward in columns.<\/p>\n

The letters used in the official Scrabble rules game have different point values. So, each player must collect their points tally after setting each word on the board.<\/p>\n

And how does that work?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Playing words that produce high score tallies is the main strategy of Scrabble rules and regulations. The highest scores are based on the optimal combination of high-scoring letter tiles.<\/p>\n

Play continues until one player has played all their tiles and there are no more to draw into play. In this case, the rules for playing Scrabble board games state that normal play would then finish.<\/p>\n

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Equipment Used in Scrabble<\/h2>\n
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Scrabble Game Board<\/h5>\n

A traditional board consists of 225 cells inside a large square grid. The grid of squares runs 15 high and 15 wide – making 225 cells in total.<\/p>\n

Note<\/strong>: Super Scrabble game board has 441 grid squares (21 cells high by 21 cells wide).<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Scrabble Letter Tiles<\/h5>\n

A game of standard Scrabble rules uses one hundred (100) tiles. Even so, there will only be 98 tiles that contain a letter and associated point value.<\/p>\n

There will be two (2) blank tiles without letters or point values. The two ‘wild tiles’ allow players to nominate any letter when played on the board. However, blank tiles do not contain any point values.<\/p>\n

Different letters will score various point values. In general, it depends on how rare the letter is used in spoken English language. It also relates to how difficult it could be to lay that particular letter in the game.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Note<\/strong>: The special rules of Scrabble word game apply to playing a blank tile. The nominated letter must remain in play as the substituted letter.<\/p>\n

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Start of a Scrabble Game<\/h2>\n

Unlike many of the games for children and adults<\/a>, Scrabble rules do not begin with a coin toss. Instead, players take a single tile from the bag of 100 letter tiles.<\/p>\n

They do so without looking inside the Scrabble bag. Thus, the choice of letter is based more on luck than skill to start the game.<\/p>\n

The player who chooses a letter ‘A<\/strong>‘ or one closest to the letter ‘A<\/strong>‘ will start the game. Pulling out a blank tile also means you can start the game off. Players must replace all the tiles back into the bag for use during the game.<\/p>\n

Each player takes their turn after drawing out seven (7) tiles from the bag. During each turn players have three options:<\/p>\n

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  1. Place a word on the game board.<\/li>\n
  2. Exchange some or all their current tiles for new tiles from the bag.<\/li>\n
  3. Choose to give up their turn and pass.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Note<\/strong>: As a general rule in Scrabble instructions, players will try to score by placing a word. The other two options do not result in any score.<\/p>\n

    Exchanging tiles on your turn means you lose your turn. Players cannot exchange tiles and place a word on the board in the same turn.<\/p>\n

    Official Scrabble rules allow players to pass their turn at any time. They lose that turn with the aim of playing next time around. Even so, the game ends if any player passes twice in a row. In this case the player with the highest score would win the game.<\/p>\n

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    Scrabble Tile Values English<\/h2>\n
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