USE – you cannot reuse the Triple Word Score. Designate one person to print words and determine scores on the Scrabble Challenge Score Sheet. The score for each word is the sum of the letter values, plus the additional points obtained from placing letters on premium color squares.

You can make more than one word in a turn by playing parallel to an existing word. Yes, that’s the key. All of your letters must be part of the same word, played in the same direction (e.g. horizontally).

The score value of each letter is indicated by a number at the bottom of the tile. 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).

Yes, sox is in the scrabble dictionary.

BLOCKING. The act of playing a word on the board that stops the opponent from making a potentially large score. It also refers to the act of playing words that make it harder for either player to score many points.

No, iv is not in the scrabble dictionary.

No, sux is not in the scrabble dictionary.

POWER TILES They are the two blanks, the four Ss and the J, Q, X and Z.

In games like Scrabble and Words With Friends, a hook is a letter tacked onto an existing word, letting a player piggyback on words that have already been played. It’s better to let your opponent play, then scoop up their points with interest by playing a few well-chosen extra letters.

Yes, ox is in the scrabble dictionary.

Yes, fe is in the scrabble dictionary.

According to the official Scrabble rules, “all words labeled as a part of speech” are allowed, including those listed as “archaic, obsolete, colloquial, and slang.” Foreign words are permitted as long as they appear in English dictionaries.

Scrabble is scored by adding the numbers on each letter tile together within the word that is formed on a player’s turn, which includes letters that were played from the player’s rack and letters already on the board.

In the game of Scrabble, a challenge is the act of one player questioning the validity of one or more words formed by another player on the most recent turn. In double challenge (most common in North American tournaments), if one or more of the challenged words is not in the agreed-upon dictionary or word source,…