
As soon as the word is played – for an extra 50 point bonus – the game stops and whoever has the most points wins.

This game is like any other Scrabble game except that before starting play all players agree on a target word, such as KAJAWAH (a camel’s litter). You can adapt the rules by limiting play to four letter words, or you can alter the game to ‘Fives’ or ‘Threes’. Only four tiles can be placed on the board during any one move, yet words of any length can be made by hooking onto words already on the board i.e. You can introduce a penalty to the player in whose turn a pile collapses, such as deducting any points gained via the now fallen letter tower. Here, creating new words by stacking tiles upon existing letters is allowed – so long as all words on the board remain valid. Ramifications, Stacking Scrabble or DIY ‘Upwords’ In tournament Polyglot Scrabble, originally developed for the American Translators’ Association, you can play words in whatever language you like.Ĥ. Once all the tiles have been taken, the first person to use all of his tiles and complete his puzzle is the winner.

When a player successfully uses each of his or her face-up tiles, they must shout “take two” and every player takes two more tiles. All tiles are placed face-down in the middle of the players, each of whom is given seven face-up starting tiles to build their own valid Scrabble grid.

Take Two (also called Speed Scrabble or Bananagrams) is played without a board. Also, the ‘double challenge’ rule applies – which means that you can uncover any poker-like bluffing by challenging your opponent to reveal the “real” word that the anagram makes. The rules are identical to Scrabble except that all words played must be anagrams of real words. So, why not challenge yourself and a fellow Scrabble addict to a game of Clabbers, or gather a group for a game of Quizzify to really test your word knowledge, strategy skills – and perhaps your luck too!ĭon’t forget, you can check your scrabble words (and those of your Clabbers opponent) with the Collins Dictionary Scrabble Checker.

Discover the best Scrabble hints, tips and secrets by clicking on any of the book covers below:Īlthough Scrabble played the standard way is an endlessly varied game in itself, below are a number of alternative methods of play including stacking, foreign languages, and even a quizmaster to test your board game brainpower.
