HASBRO Scrabble Onyx User Manual

FOR 2 TO

4

PLAYERS

/

AGES 8 TO ADULT

CONTENTS

Gameboard,

100

letter tiles, tile pouch, 4 tile

racks,

score book, pencil, and sand timer

OBJECT

In

the

SWBm

using

board
taking advantage of the letter tiles, as well as the premium squares on the board.

2-player game, a good player scores in the

letter

&me, players form interlocking words, crossword fashion, on the

tiles

of

different values.

Each

player competes for high score by

300-400

point range.

SETUP

Place

all

letter tiles in the pouch,
Draw for first play. The player with the letter closest to
beats any letter.
letters each and place them in their

Return

the letters to the pool and remix. All players draw seven new

or

facedown beside the board, and mix them up.

"A"

plays first. A blank tile

racks.

GAMEPLAY

1. The first player combines two or more of his or her letters to form a word, and
places the word on the board to read either across or down with one letter on the

*

center

2.

Complete your
as many new letters as you played, always keeping seven letters on your
long

3.

Play passes to the left. The second player, and then each in
letters to those already played to form new words. All letters played on a turn must
be placed in one row across
If, at the same time, they touch other letters in adjacent rows, those must form
complete words, crossword fashion, with
for all words formed or modified on his or her

square. Diagonal words are not allowed.

turn

by counting and announcing the score for that

as

there

are

enough left in

the

pouch.

or

down the board to form at least one complete word.

turn.

Then draw

rack,

turn,

adds one or more

all

such letters. The player gets full credit

turn.

In

a

as

4.

New words

a

Adding one or more letters

b. Placing a word at right angles to a word already on the board. The new word must

use
and 4 on page 6.)

c. Placing a complete word parallel to a word already played so the adjacent letters

also form complete words. (See

5.

No tile

6.

Blanks:

must state which letter it represents. It remains that letter for the rest of the game.

7.

You may use a
your discarded
then

8.

Before the game begins, players should agree on which dictionary they will use, in
case of a challenge.
foreign origin, and as archaic, obsolete, colloquial, slang, etc.) are
exception of the following: words always capitalized, abbreviations, prefixes and

suffixes standing alone, words requiring a hyphen or an apostrophe.
Any play may be challenged before the next player starts a

is unacceptable, the challenged player takes back his or her tiles and loses

the play challenged is acceptable, the challenger loses his or her next

(not just one) made in one play are challenged simultaneously. If any word is

unacceptable, the entire play is unacceptable. Only one

Consult the dictionary for challenges only.

9.

Ending

uses his or her last letter, or when all possible plays have been made.

may

be formed by:

to

a word or letters already on the board.

one

of the letters already on the board or must add a letter

Turn

5

on page 6.1

may

be shifted or replaced after it has been played and scored.

The two blank tiles may be used as any letters. When playing a blank, you

turn

to

exchange

letter@) facedown. Draw the same number of letters from the pool,

mix

your discarded letter@) into the pool. This ends your

All

words labeled as a part of speech (including those listed of

the

Game:

The game ends when

all,

some, or none of your letters. To do this, place

turn

all

letters have been drawn and one player

to

it.

(See

turn.

permitted

turn.

If

the play challenged

turn.

is lost on any challenge.

.

Turns

that

All

2,3

with the

turn.

words

l

i

I

,

I

If

SCORING

1.

Thescorekeepes~eseachp~er'sscore,~entetingit~eachaUn.Thescorevalueofeach

letter

is

indid

2.

The

score

on

that

turn,

3.

Premium

it; a

dark

4.

Premium

letters is placed on a

square.
tripling the word score.

If a word covers two premium word squares, the score is doubled and then re-doubled

Include

by a number

for each

Letter

blue square triples the letter score.

Word

plus

turn

the

additional

Squares:

Squares:

premiums

at

the

bottom

of

is

the sum of the letter values

points

obtained from

A light blue square doubles the score of a letter placed on

The score for an entire word is doubled when one of its

pink

square; it is tripled when one of its letters is placed on a

for double or triple letter values, if any,

the

tile.

The

score

value of a blank

in

each word@) formed or

placing

letters on

premium

before

is

zero.

modified

squares.

red

doubling or