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 SCRABBLE

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A game played on a specialist board sized 15 x 15 squares, where 2-4 players choose lettered tiles and attempt to make words from their letters. Words are formed in a crossword fashion with overlaps and intersections.

Popularity
Tens of thousands play club and tournament Scrabble worldwide, due to fact it is an easily accessible game, easy to play and also lends itself to tournament play as well as fun play.

Location
Can be played almost anywhere as it is a self-contained board, tile and rack system.

Age
A game for all players of ages 8 and upwards

Ability
The game takes little time to set up and the rules are very easy. Skills required to play the game effectively are mathematics (basic counting), strategic positioning of tiles and a strong vocabulary.

Description
An important feature of the game is the presence of colour-coded squares. These affect the scoring depending on the colour of the square. The central square, which is often denoted with a large star, is the starting point of the game and is a double word score square. Other squares are triple word score, double letter score and triple letter score. All letter tiles have a points value and this is multiplied by any premium square score that they may be sitting on.

Potential
For good players, the opportunity to play better opponents in the form of either computer opponents or through club and tournament play, exist.

Closely Related Activities
crosswords 166,

Further Reading
Visit the Association of British Scrabble Players at www.absp.org.uk or the Official Worldwide Scrabble website at www.scrabble.com

Cost
A scrabble board can be bought for les than £20 - computer scrabble for about £35

Level of Demand
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