# Scrabble Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 17, 2007, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-question/423091 "2007-10-17T21:14:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-question/423091/21 "2007-10-18T17:37:21Z")
[QUOTE=Earl Snake-Hips Tucker] Not meant to be snarky, but. . .. [/QUOTE] You failed. > [@](#): > > Does your game have a boxtop with the rules on it? They give examples at the bottom, and I’m pretty sure that one of the examples shown is like your example. Does _your_ game have a boxtop? If so you could have looked it up before speculating here. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-question/423091/22 "2007-10-18T17:53:05Z")
Sorry. Shoulda read the whole thread. Missed Post #15. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-question/423091/23 "2007-10-18T17:59:19Z")
Not to be a total prat here but…have you by any chance looked at the box top that came with the game? It should have the rules printed on the underside of the boxtop. I’ll have to play just Scrabble once Monopoly is all electronic money :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-question/423091/24 "2007-10-18T19:42:21Z")
[QUOTE=DanBlather] Yes I did think of that and even looked at the official Scrabble web site. The question came up in a discussion with a co-worker. I’ve always played as to allow the example n the OP, but he read the instructions differently. He knew that things like adding “emon” below were allowed: p lemon a y But in his mind the specific example in the OP was two separate plays: one to pluralize the existing word and another to build a new word at right angles. BTW, there is nothing in the OP about scoring. [/QUOTE] Perhaps they have changed the design of the box lid - it’s nearly twenty years since I last saw it - but I remember the sequence of play they show as follows: HORN FARM using the R from HORN PASTE at right-angles to FARM making FARMS and PASTE OB added to the M making MOB, NOT and BE. Thus: ```auto F A HORN MOB PASTE ``` In other words, **Earl Snake-Hips Tucker** was right; the box-lid covers the exact situation you’re asking about. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-question/423091/25 "2007-10-18T19:51:17Z")
[QUOTE=Ludovic] Not to be a total prat here but…have you by any chance looked at the box top that came with the game? It should have the rules printed on the underside of the boxtop. I’ll have to play just Scrabble once Monopoly is all electronic money :mad: [/QUOTE] I heard Scrabble isn’t going to be made with tiles anymore. I can’t imagine how it would work but it just won’t be the same. ---
**Author:** ![Carnacki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5e925/32.png) [@Carnacki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnacki)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-question/423091/26 "2007-10-18T19:58:58Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] I heard Scrabble isn’t going to be made with tiles anymore. I can’t imagine how it would work but it just won’t be the same. [/QUOTE] Parker Brothers is discontinuing Scrabble?? ---
**Author:** ![FlyingCowOfDoom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyingcowofdoom/32/21776_2.png) [@FlyingCowOfDoom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingCowOfDoom)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-question/423091/27 "2007-10-18T20:13:18Z")
But what happens if you’re playing Scrabble on a treadmill? Will it take off? –FCOD ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-question/423091/28 "2007-10-18T20:57:30Z")
[QUOTE=KidScruffy] Parker Brothers is discontinuing Scrabble?? [/QUOTE] No, silly. **Hasbro** is discontinuing Scrabble. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-question/423091/29 "2007-10-18T20:58:55Z")
[QUOTE=Southern Yankee] \I think this is a good time to add my theory that playing Scrabble TM and doing crossword puzzles from an early age really does make for a more intelligent adult.\ [/QUOTE] And chess is even better! ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-question/423091/30 "2007-10-18T22:41:10Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] I heard Scrabble isn’t going to be made with tiles anymore. I can’t imagine how it would work but it just won’t be the same. [/QUOTE] Well, I’ve got three tile-less games on the go at the moment. On Facebook 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-question/423091.md?page=1)