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Scrabble Rules - Scrabble Official Rules

When playing Scrabble, anywhere from two to four players will enjoy the
game. The object when playing is to score more points than other
players. As words are placed on the game board, points are collected and
each letter that is used in the game will have a different point value. The
main strategy is to play words that have the highest possible score based
on the combination of letters.

The Scrabble Board

A standard Scrabble board will consist of cells that are located in a large
square grid. The board offers 15 cells high and 15 cells wide. The tiles
used on the game will fit in each cell on the board.

Scrabble Tiles

There are 100 tiles that are used in the game and 98 of them will contain
letters and point values. There are 2 blank tiles that can be used as wild
tiles to take the place of any letter. When a blank is played, it will remain
in the game as the letter it substituted for.

Different letters in the game will have various point values and this will
depend on how rare the letter is and how difficult it may be to lay that
letter. Blank tiles will have no point values.

Tile Values

Below are the point values for each letter that is used in a Scrabble game.

0 Points - Blank tile.

1 Point - A, E, I, L, N, O, R, S, T and U.

2 Points - D and G.

3 Points - B, C, M and P.

4 Points - F, H, V, W and Y.

5 Points - K.

8 Points - J and X.

10 Points - Q and Z.

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Extra Point Values

When looking at the board, players will see that some squares offer
multipliers. Should a tile be placed on these squares, the value of the tile
will be multiplied by 2x or 3x. Some squares will also multiply the total
value of the word and not just the single point value of one tile.

Double Letter Scores - The light blue cells in the board are isolated and
when these are used, they will double the value of the tile placed on that
square.

Triple Letter Score - The dark blue cell in the board will be worth triple
the amount, so any tile placed here will earn more points.

Double Word Score - When a cell is light red in colour, it is a double

word cell and these run diagonally on the board, towards the four corners.
When a word is placed on these squares, the entire value of the word will
be doubled.

Triple Word Score - The dark red square is where the high points can be
earned as this will triple the word score. Placing any word on these
squares will boos points drastically. These are found on all four sides of
the board and are equidistant from the corners.

One Single Use - When using the extra point squares on the board, they
can only be used one time. If a player places a word here, it cannot be
used as a multiplier by placing another word on the same square.

Starting the Game

Without looking at any of the tiles in the bag, players will take one tile.
The player that has the letter that is closest to “A” will begin the game. A
blank tile will win the start of the game. The tiles are them replaced to the
bag and used in the remainder of the game.

Every player will start their turn by drawing seven tiles from the Scrabble
bag. There are three options during any turn. The player can place a
word, they can exchange tiles for new tiles or they can choose to pass. In
most cases, players will try to place a word as the other two options will
result in no score.

When a player chooses to exchange tiles, they can choose to exchange

one or all of the tiles they currently hold. After tiles are exchanged, the
turn is over and players will have to wait until their next turn to place a
word on the board.

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Players can choose to pass at any time. They will forfeit that turn and
hope to be able to play the next time. If any player passes two times in a
row, the game will end and the one with the highest score will win.

The First Word Score

When the game begins, the first player will place their word on the star
spin in the centre of the board. The star is a double square and will offer a
double word score. All players following will build their words off of this
word, extending the game to other squares on the board.

Play continues in a clockwise direction around the Scrabble board.

Replacing Scrabble Tiles

Once tiles are played on the board, players will draw new tiles to replace
those. Players will always have seven tiles during the game. Drawing tiles
is always done without looking into the bag so that the letters are always
unknown.

The Fifty Point Bonus

Exciting rewards can come when players use all seven tiles to create a
word on the board. When this happens, players will receive a 50 point
bonus, in addition to the value of the word. If the game is near the end
and players are not holding seven tiles, they do not get the bonus for
using all of their tiles. This is only collected for seven letter words placed.

The End of a Scrabble Game

Once all tiles are gone from the bag and a single player has placed all of
their tiles, the game will end and the player with the highest score wins.

Tallying Scrabble Scores

When the game ends, each player will count all points that are remaining
on their tiles that have not been played. This amount will be deducted
from the final score.

An added bonus is awarded to the player that ended the game and has no
remaining tiles. The tile values of all remaining players will be added to
the score of the player who is out of tiles to produce the final score for the
game.

The Scrabble player with the highest score after all final scores are tallied
wins.

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Accepted Scrabble Words

Any word that is found in a standard English dictionary can be used in the
game of Scrabble. There are also Official Scrabble Dictionaries that can be
purchased for more word options.

There are some words that are not allowed to be played and these include
suffixes, prefixes and abbreviations. Any word that requires the use of a
hyphen or apostrophe cannot be played in the game. Any word that
required the use of a capital letter is not allowed.

When playing an English version of the game, foreign words are not
allowed to be placed on the board. However, if the foreign word does
appear in a standard English dictionary, it is allowed. The reason for this
is due to the fact that the word is spoken enough and is considered part
of the English language.

Scrabble Letter/Point Values

Tile # Of Tiles Point Values
BLANK 2 0
A 9 1
B 2 3
C 2 3
D 4 2
E 12 1
F 2 4
G 3 2
H 2 4
I 9 1
J 1 8
K 1 5
L 4 1
M 2 3
N 6 1
O 8 1
P 2 3
Q 1 10
R 6 1
S 4 1
T 6 1
U 4 1
V 2 4
W 2 4
X 1 8
Y 2 4
Z 1 10

English editions of Scrabble have 100 letter tiles, distributed as follows and as above:

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 2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)

 1 point: E ×12, A ×9, I ×9, O ×8, N ×6, R ×6, T ×6, L ×4, S ×4, U ×4
 2 points: D ×4, G ×3
 3 points: B ×2, C ×2, M ×2, P ×2
 4 points: F ×2, H ×2, V ×2, W ×2, Y ×2
 5 points: K ×1
 8 points: J ×1, X ×1
 10 points: Q ×1, Z ×1

Scrabble two letter words list

 AA, AB, AC, AD, AE, AG, AH, AI, AL, AM, AN, AR, AS, AT, AW,
AX, AY
 BA, BE, BI, BO, BY
 DA, DE, DO
 ED, EF, EH, EL, EM, EN, ER, ES, ET, EW, EX
 FA, FE
 GI, GO
 HA, HE, HI, HM, HO
 ID, IF, IN, IS, IT, IE
 JO
 KA, KI
 LA, LI, LO
 MA, ME, MI, MM, MO, MU, MY
 NA, NE, NH NO NU
 OD, OE, OF, OH, OI, OK, OL,OM, ON, OP, OR, OS, OW, OX, OY
 PA, PE, PI, PO
 QI
 RE
 SH, SI, SO
 TA, TE, TI, TO
 UH, UM, UN, UP, US, UT
 WE, WO
 XI, XU
 YA, YE, YO
 ZA
Two-Letter Words Without Vowels

CH, FY, HM, MM, SH, ST, KY, NY, PH

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High Point Value 2-Letter Words

JO, KA, KI, QI, EX, XI, XU, ZA

Five of these words can be made plural with an "S".

KAS, KIS, QIS, XIS, ZAS

2-Letter Words with Definitions

Bold indicates word cannot be extended with "S'
Plus sign (+) indicates word can be extended by "ES'

1. AA rough jagged lava found in Hawaiian volcano

2. AB an abdominal muscle
3. AD short form of advertisement
4. AE one (Scots.)
5. AG+ agriculture
6. AH (verb) to say "Ah" for joy etc
7. AI a three-toed South American sloth
8. AL+ an East Indian tree
9. AM+ a present tense of the verb be
10. AN+ as in ifs and ans, things that might have happened, but which
11. did not [adj]
12. AR+ the letter "R"
13. AS to that extent
14. AT+ in the position of
15. AW+ exclamation of disappointment
16. AX+ (verb) to work on with an axe
17. AY+ an affirmative vote (also AYE)
18. BA the eternal spirit in Egyptian mythology
19. BE+ (verb) to exist
20. BI a bisexual person
21. BO Amer. slang for friend
22. BY+ near; a side issue (pl. BYS)
23. CH English dial. for I
24. DA a Burmese heavy knife
25. DE+ preposition meaning of or from, in names
26. DI a plural of deus (a god)
27. DO (verb) to achieve; a celebration (pl. DOS)
28. EA a river (dial.)
29. ED education
30. EE Scots. dial. for eye (pl. EEN)
31. EF the letter "F"
32. EH (verb) to say "Eh" for surprise etc
33. EL an elevated railway
34. EM+ a printer's measure

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35. EN+ a printer's measure, half of an EM

36. ER an expression of hesitation
37. ES+ the letter "S"
38. ET a past tense of eat
39. EX+ the letter "X"
40. FA a musical note
41. FE a Hebrew letter
42. FY an interj. expressing disgust (also FIE)
43. GI+ a judo or karate costume
44. GO+ (verb) to depart; a Japanese board game (pl. GOS)
45. GU+ a simple violin used in Shetland (also GJU, GUE)
46. HA+ an exclamation of surprise
47. HE a male
48. HI+ an exclamation of greeting
49. HM interj. expressing thoughtful consideration
50. HO+ interj. calling attention
51. ID+ part of the psyche
52. IF a condition
53. IN (verb) to harvest
54. IO a cry of joy
55. IS a present tense of be
56. IT impersonal pronoun
57. JA yes
58. JO+ a sweetheart
59. KA+ (verb) to serve (also KAE)
60. KI the spirit of Japanese martial art, see QI
61. KO a Maori digging stick
62. KY+ cows (also KYE)
63. LA a musical note
64. LI+ a Chinese distance unit
65. LO look, behold
66. MA+ mother
67. ME+ a musical note (also MI)
68. MI same as ME, above
69. MM exclamation of satisfaction
70. MO+ a moment
71. MU a Greek letter
72. MY belonging to me
73. NA+ interj. of disbelief
74. NE arch. form of not
75. NO+ a no vote (pl. also NOES)
76. NU a Greek letter
77. NY+ (verb) to approach (pl. also NYS)
78. OB+ an objection
79. OD+ a mystic universal force
80. OE a grandchild in Scotland (also OY, OYE)
81. OF belonging to
82. OH (verb) to exclaim "Oh" for surprise
83. OI a NZ bird, petrel
84. OM a syllable intoned as part of a mantra
85. ON+ to go on
86. OO wool (Scots.)

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87. OP+ an abstract art style

88. OR+ the heraldic colour gold
89. OS+ a bone
90. OU a bloke
91. OW+ interj. expressing pain
92. OX+ a mammal with hooves
93. OY+ same as OE, above
94. PA father
95. PE+ a Hebrew letter (also PEH)
96. PI+ (verb) to jumble or disorder (pr.p. PIEING, PIING)
97. PO a chamber pot
98. QI a Chinese life force
99. RE+ a musical note
100. SH+ interj. requesting silence
101. SI a musical note
102. SO a musical note (also SOH)
103. ST an exclamation of impatience
104. TA+ thanks
105. TE+ a musical note
106. TI+ a small tree
107. TO+ as far as
108. UG (verb) to cause hatred
109. UH interj. expressing disbelief
110. UM interj. of hesitation
111. UN one
112. UP (verb) to increase
113. UR+ interj. expressing hesitation
114. US+ a third person pronoun
115. UT+ a musical note
116. WE+ a third person pronoun
117. WO+ a curse
118. XI a Greek letter
119. XU a Vietnamese coin (pl. XU)
120. YA you
121. YE you
122. YO a call for effort
123. YU precious jade
124. ZA contraction of "pizza"
125. ZO a Himalayan cross between a yak and a cow (also DZO, DSO,
ZHO,DZHO)

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Three-Letter Plural Words

The three letter words that are provided here are mostly plural
forms of the two letter words already discussed. In some cases,
these words can mean something completely different, such as
when placing an S on an already placed AS.

AAS, ABS, ADS, AGS, AHS, AIS, ALS, ARS, ASS, AYS, BAS,
BES, BIS, BOS, BYS, DOS, EDS, EFS, ELS, EMS, ENS, ERS,
ESS, FAS, FES, GOS, HAS, HES, HIS, IDS, IFS, INS, ITS,
KAS, KIS, LAS, LIS, MAS, MIS, MOS, MUS, NOS, NUS, ODS,
OES, OHS, OMS, ONS, OPS, ORS, PAS, PES, PIS, QIS, RES,
SIS, SOS, TAS, TIS, UNS, UPS, UTS, WOS, XIS, YES, ZAS

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Q Without U Words: Alphabetical Order

These words are legal according to the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th
Edition. They may not be legal if you use a different dictionary. The word list
used in tournament games in the United States is known as the Official
Tournament and Club Word List, created by the National Scrabble Association.

FAQIR (Muslim or Hindu monk)

FAQIRS (plural of FAQIR)
MBAQANGA (a style of South African music)
MBAQANGAS (plural of MBAQANGA)
QABALA (occult or secret doctrine, variation of CABALA)
QABALAH (variation of CABALA, QABALA)
QABALAS (plural of QABALA)
QABALAHS (plural of QABALAH)
QADI (Islamic judge)
QADIS (plural of QADI)
QAID (a Muslim tribal chief or senior official)
QAIDS (plural of QAID)
QANAT (gently sloping underground tunnel for irrigation)
QANATS (plural of QANAT)
QAT (leaf of the shrub Catha edulis)
QATS (plural of QAT)
QI (a circulating life energy in Chinese philosophy)
QIS (plural of QI)
QINDAR (Albanian currency, variation of QINTAR)
QINDARKA (plural of QINDAR)
QINDARS (plural of QINDAR)
QINTAR (Albanian currency)
QINTARS (plural of QINTAR)
QIVIUT (musk-ox wool)
QIVIUTS (plural of QIVIUT)
QOPH (19th letter of the Hebrew alphabet)
QOPHS (plural of QOPH)
QWERTY (the traditional configuration of computer keyboard keys)
QWERTYS (plural of QWERTY)
SHEQALIM (plural of SHEQEL)
SHEQEL (any of several ancient units of weight)
TRANQ (sedative)
TRANQS (plural of TRANQ)
UMIAQ (type of Eskimo boat)
UMIAQS (plural of UMIAQ)

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Q Without U Words: By Word QANATS

Length QINDAR
QINTAR
QI QIVIUT
QAT QWERTY
QIS SHEQEL
QADI TRANQS
QAID UMIAQS
QATS QABALAH
QOPH QABALAS
FAQIR QINDARS
QADIS QINTARS
QAIDS QIVIUTS
QANAT QWERTYS
QOPHS QABALAHS
TRANQ MBAQANGA
UMIAQ QINDARKA
FAQIRS SHEQALIM
QABALA MBAQANGAS

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