Scrabble Question

[DanBlather]

@Earl Snake-Hips Tucker

Not meant to be snarky, but. . …

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.

[Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker]

Sorry. Shoulda read the whole thread. Missed Post #15.

[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:

[Malacandra]

@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.

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:

  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.

[gigi]

@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:

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.

[KidScruffy]

@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.

Parker Brothers is discontinuing Scrabble??

[FlyingCowOfDoom]

But what happens if you’re playing Scrabble on a treadmill? Will it take off?

–FCOD

[gigi]

@KidScruffy

Parker Brothers is discontinuing Scrabble??

No, silly. Hasbro is discontinuing Scrabble.

[glee]

@Southern Yankee

<hijack>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.</hijack>

And chess is even better!

[GorillaMan]

@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.

Well, I’ve got three tile-less games on the go at the moment. On Facebook