# Scrabble scoring **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 28, 1999, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-scoring/3568 "1999-09-28T21:09:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [September 28, 1999, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-scoring/3568/1 "1999-09-28T21:09:00Z")
If you are luck enough to drop enough tiles that you cover two “triples,” do you count that as 6 times the letter scores or 9 times? (Yes, I know that that spans 8 spots, and at least one letter has to already be on the board.) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 1999, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-scoring/3568/2 "1999-09-28T21:23:00Z")
Nine times. If you’re looking for some high scores in scrabble, you should know these words. [http://members.aol.com/gulfhigh2/words14.html](http://members.aol.com/gulfhigh2/words14.html) * * * Jacques Kilchoer Workers of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains. ---
**Author:** ![Nickrz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@Nickrz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nickrz)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 1999, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-scoring/3568/3 "1999-09-28T21:45:00Z")
Don’t forget to add 50 for the bingo! ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 1999, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-scoring/3568/4 "1999-09-28T21:55:00Z")
Nine times says WHO? ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-scoring/3568/5 "1999-09-29T00:15:00Z")
Nick - You do get 50 points for a bingo, but you can play a triple-triple without playing a bingo. Yes, it is tripled and that score is tripled, which means it is effectively x9. Now then - Play a 15 letter word on three Triple Word Scores and you get 3x3x3, or 27 times your score! I know my Scrabble, kids… Not much else, unfortunately… * * * Yer pal, Satan ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-scoring/3568/6 "1999-09-29T14:01:00Z")
Not to beat a dead horse, or anything, but who SAYS you get to triple the already tripled score? Can someone quote the rule that governs this, please? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrabble-scoring/3568/7 "1999-09-29T14:51:00Z")
From Official Scrabble Tournament Rules found online at [www.math.utoronto.ca/~jjchew/scrabble/rules/nsa.html](http://www.math.utoronto.ca/~jjchew/scrabble/rules/nsa.html) > [@](#): > > \G. Triple-Triples (TWS-TWS)\ > > If a word is formed that covers two red Triple Word Squares, the score is TRIPLED AND THEN TRIPLED AGAIN, which > is NINE times the total letter count. I will concede that Official Tournament Rules occassionally differ from the rules in the game. That said, the Triple-Triple rule is the same in the rules that come with the game. Direct from the Hasbro site at [www.hasbroscrabble.com/rules3.html](http://www.hasbroscrabble.com/rules3.html) is the following: > [@](#): > > \4.Premium Word Squares:\ > > The score for an entire word is doubled when one of its letters is placed on a pink square: it is tripled when one of its letters is placed on a red square. Include premiums for double or triple letter values, if any, before doubling or tripling the word score. > > If a word is formed that covers two premium word squares, the score is doubled and then re-doubled (4 times the letter count), or tripled and then re-tripled (9 times the letter count). NOTE: the center square is a pink square, which doubles the score for the first word.