3.  What is scrabble?

4.  Scrabble is a word game in which two to four players score points by forming words from individual lettered tiles on a game board marked with a 15-by-15 grid. The words are formed across and down in crossword fashion and must appear in a standard dictionary. Official reference works and provide a list of permissible words. The Collins Scrabble checker can also be used to check if a word is allowed. [1]word gamecrossworddictionaryCollins [1]

5.  The name Scrabble is a trademark of Hasbro, Inc. in the United States and Canada and of Mattel elsewhere. Scrabble was a trademark of Murfett Regency in Australia, until 1993 when it was acquired by J. W. Spear & Sons. The game is also known as Literati, Alfapet, Funworder, Skip-A-Cross, Scramble, Spelofun, Square-write, Palabras Cruzadas ("crossed words") and Word for Word.trademarkHasbro, Inc.United StatesCanada MattelAustralia1993J. W. Spear & SonsLiterati

6. History

7.  In 1984, Scrabble was turned into a daytime game show on NBC. Scrabble ran from July 1984 to March 1990, with a second run from January to June 1993. The show was hosted by Chuck Woolery. The tagline of the show in promo broadcasts was "Every man dies, not every man truly Scrabbles." game showNBC Chuck Woolery

8.  Before the game, the letter tiles are either put in an opaque bag or placed face down on a flat surface. Opaque cloth bags and customized tiles are staples of clubs and tournaments, where games are rarely played without both.

9.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wsc_2005_g ame3.jpg

10.  http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commo ns/b/b8/Scrabble_tiles_en.jpg

11.  The game is played by two to four players on a square (or nearly square) board with a 15-by-15 grid of cells (individually known as "squares"), each of which accommodates a single letter tile. In official club and tournament games, play is always between two players (or, occasionally, between two teams each of which collaborates on a single rack).

12.  The game contains 100 tiles, 98 of which are marked with a letter and a point value ranging from 1 to 10. The number of points of each lettered tile is based on the letter's frequency in standard English writing; commonly used letters such as E or O are worth one point, while less common letters score higher, with Q and Z each worth 10 points.

13.  The game also has two blank tiles that are unmarked and carry no point value. The blank tiles can be used as substitutes for any letter; once laid on the board, however, the choice is fixed. The board is marked with "premium" squares, which multiply the number of points awarded: dark red "triple-word" squares, pink "double-word" squares, dark blue "triple-letter" squares, and light blue "double-letter" squares. The center square (H8) is often marked with a star or logo, and counts as a double-word square.

14.  Each word formed in the play is scored this way:

15.  Any tile played from the player's rack onto a previously vacant square that is a "double- letter" (light blue) or "triple-letter" (dark blue) premium square has its point value doubled or tripled as indicated.

16.  Add the normal point value of all other letters in the word (whether newly played or existing).

17.  For each newly played tile placed on a "double- word" (light red) premium square, the total of each word containing that tile is doubled (or redoubled).

18.  For each newly placed tile placed on a "triple- word" (dark red) premium square, the total of each word containing that tile is tripled (or re- tripled).

19.  Premium squares affect the score of each word made in the same play by constituent tiles played upon those squares. Premium squares, once played upon, are not counted again in subsequent plays.

20.  From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia