2. Scrabble is an internationally popular word game where word
power, strategy and luck are equally important
It is recognised as an excellent means for increasing
vocabulary and word power
It also helps improve analytical skills and sharpens
mathematical ability
Scientifically proven to delay the onset of Alzheimer’s disease
3. THE HARDWARE
The Scrabble Board
Tile bag with 100 Tiles
Tile Racks
Timers or Clocks
7. BASIC MOVES
A¹ R¹ M³
EXAMPLE WITH ‘A R M’ ALREADY PLAYED ON THE BOARD ON THE
BOARD AND THE 7 TILES ON YOUR RACK BEING ‘U B D N A H S’
8. PLAYING
THROUGH
AN EXISTING
LETTER
A¹ R¹ M³
B³
A
¹N¹
D²
EXAMPLE WITH ‘A R M’ ALREADY PLAYED ON THE BOARD ON THE
BOARD AND THE 7 TILES ON YOUR RACK BEING ‘U B D N A H S’
9. HOOKING
A LETTER TO THE
FRONT OR BACK
OF AN EXISTING
WORD TO
CREATE NEW
WORDS
A¹ R¹ M³
B³
A¹
N¹
D²
S¹Hч
A¹
N¹
D²
EXAMPLE WITH ‘A R M’ ALREADY PLAYED ON THE BOARD ON THE
BOARD AND THE 7 TILES ON YOUR RACK BEING ‘U B D N A H S’
10. EXTENSION
PLAY
EXTENDING A PRE-
EXISTING WORD
A¹ R¹ M³ B³ A¹ N¹ D² S¹
EXAMPLE WITH ‘A R M’ ALREADY PLAYED ON THE BOARD ON THE
BOARD AND THE 7 TILES ON YOUR RACK BEING ‘U B D N A H S’
11. PARALLEL
PLAY
PLACING A WORD
PARALLEL TO AN
EXISTING WORD
SUCH THAT MORE
THAN ONE WORD
IS FORMED
A¹ R¹ M³
B³ A¹ Hч
EXAMPLE WITH ‘A R M’ ALREADY PLAYED ON THE BOARD ON THE
BOARD AND THE 7 TILES ON YOUR RACK BEING ‘U B D N A H S’
12. BASIC MOVES
1) To play through an existing letter
2) Hooking a letter to the front or back of an existing
word to create new words
3) Extension play – extending a pre-existing word
4) Parallel play – placing a word parallel to an existing
word such that more than one word is formed
A BINGO is a move in which all seven tiles are
used. a bonus of 50 points is added to the score for
scoring a bingo
13. BINGO
ALL SEVEN
TILES ARE
USED
+50 PTS
A¹ R¹ M³H
ч
U¹
S¹
B³
A¹
N¹
D²
EXAMPLE WITH ‘A R M’ ALREADY PLAYED ON THE BOARD ON THE
BOARD AND THE 7 TILES ON YOUR RACK BEING ‘U B D N A H S’
Hч
U¹
S¹
B³
A¹
N¹
D²
14. PASSING OR EXCHANGING A
TURN
What do you do when you have an
opening rack like this?
Tip: Passing is not advisable while playing, it’s
always better to exchange your tiles if you have a
bad rack
15. CHALLENGING A MOVE
If a player wishes to challenge any of the
words he can check the validity of the
words by looking them up in the official
word lists
If the word is invalid, player 1 loses his turn for playing an invalid
word. If the word is valid, player 2 loses 5 points for challenging a
correct word
16. WHICH DICTIONARY IS USED
FOR SCRABBLE TOURNAMENTS?
The Collins Scrabble Word List 2012
is the accepted dictionary in Scrabble
The dictionary has over 2,70,000
words!
17. ENDING A GAME
The game ends when the bag is emptied and
one player finishes all his letters
If Player 1 has used all his tiles first, then
along with the score for his final play he
gets double the points of player 2’s remaining
letters
18. 2 Player Board Game
These are timed games using Chess clocks with 25
minutes per player and penalties for going overtime
Scores are calculated for every move and when the tiles
run out, the player with the highest cumulative score wins
Tournament Formats may vary – Australian Draw,
KOTH , Tsh or Round Robin
TOURNAMENT SCRABBLE
19. The international flavour of the game can be
appreciated by the fact that both ‘COLOR’ and
‘COLOUR’ ARE VALID
All international currencies are valid (even old and
extinct ones). E.g. ZLOTY (Poland), XU
(Vietnam), DINAR (Saudi Arabia), EURO
(Europe), BAHT (Thailand)
20. All units of measure are valid. E.g. EL, EM, COULOMB,
AMPERES, VOLT, HERTZ, PARGANA
All titles are valid. E.g. KING, EMPEROR, DUKE, EARL,
PASHA, VIZIER, PESHWA
There are quite a few Indian words. E.g. ASANA, YOGA,
ASHRAM, PAJAMAS, ZENANA, BAZAAR, MAHATMA,
ALAAP
21. ONLINE SCRABBLE TOOLS
Zyzzyva -- A free word study
program written by Michael W. Thelen.
Quackle -- Free crossword game artificial
intelligence and analysis tool that rivals
the best players in the world
22. 3. Scrabble Player's Handbook -- a definitive and
free ebook on
how to play Scrabble, written by a dozen of the
best
tournament players in the world
4. Aerolith -- Useful tool for anagramming and
studying words
ONLINE SCRABBLE TOOLS
24. WordBiz is a Windows program that allows you to play scrabble on ISC
server using a graphical interface.
ONLINE SCRABBLE TOOLS
25. SKILLSETS REQUIRED TO
BECOME A CHAMPION
Vocabulary Skills
Anagramming Skills
Mathematical Skills
Strategy
Analytical reasoning
Risk Assessment
Gambling (Probability Assessment)
26. VOCABULARY SKILLS
Basics – 2 Letter words (124)
3 Letter Words (1310)
Bingo Spotting using common beginnings and
endings
High probability 7 & 8 letter words
27. MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
Rapid assessment of high scoring plays in
every move
Probability assessment - Drawing wanted or
unwanted tiles from the bag
Endgame planning