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Letters please.
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Rules

You should have a game board, 100 letter tiles, a letter bag, and four racks.

Before the game begins, all players should agree upon the dictionary that they will use, in case of a challenge. All words labeled as a part of speech (including those listed of foreign origin, and as archaic, obsolete, colloquial, slang, etc.) are permitted with the exception of the following: words always capitalized, abbreviations, prefixes and suffixes standing alone, words requiring a hyphen or an apostrophe.

Place all letters in the pouch, or facedown beside the board, and mix them up. Draw for first play. The player with the letter closest to "A" plays first. A blank tile beats any letter. Return the letters to the pool and remix. All players draw seven new letters and place them on their racks.

Game Play

  1. The first player combines two or more of his or her letters to form a word and places it on the board to read either across or down with one letter on the center square. Diagonal words are not allowed.
  2. Complete your turn by counting and announcing your score for that turn. Then draw as many new letters as you played; always keep seven letters on your rack, as long as there are enough tiles left in the bag.
  3. Play passes to the left. The second player, and then each in turn, adds one or more letters to those already played to form new words. All letters played on a turn must be placed in one row across or down the board, to form at least one complete word. If, at the same time, they touch others letters in adjacent rows, those must also form complete words, crossword fashion, with all such letters. The player gets full credit for all words formed or modified on his or her turn.
  4. New words may be formed by:
    • Adding one or more letters to a word or letters already on the board.
    • Placing a word at right angles to a word already on the board. The new word must use one of the letters already on the board or must add a letter to it. (See Turns 2, 3 and 4 below.)
    • Placing a complete word parallel to a word already played so that adjacent letters also form complete words. (See Turn 5 in the Scoring Examples section below.)
  5. No tile may be shifted or replaced after it has been played and scored.
  6. Blanks: The two blank tiles may be used as any letters. When playing a blank, you must state which letter it represents. It remains that letter for the rest of the game.
  7. You may use a turn to exchange all, some, or none of the letters. To do this, place your discarded letter(s) facedown. Draw the same number of letters from the pool, then mix your discarded letter(s) into the pool. This ends your turn.
  8. Any play may be challenged before the next player starts a turn. If the play challenged is unacceptable, the challenged player takes back his or her tiles and loses that turn. If the play challenged is acceptable, the challenger loses his or her next turn. Consult the dictionary for challenges only. All words made in one play are challenged simultaneously. If any word is unacceptable, then the entire play is unacceptable. Only one turn is lost on any challenge.
  9. The game ends when all letters have been drawn and one player uses his or her last letter; or when all possible plays have been made.

Scoring

  1. Use a score pad or piece of paper to keep a tally of each player's score, entering it after each turn. The score value of each letter is indicated by a number at the bottom of the tile. The score value of a blank is zero.
  2. The score for each turn is the sum of the letter values in each word(s) formed or modified on that turn, plus the additional points obtained from placing letters on Premium Squares.
  3. Premium Letter Squares: A light blue square doubles the score of a letter placed on it; a dark blue square triples the letter score.
  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.
  5. Letter and word premiums count only on the turn in which they are played. On later turns, letters already played on premium squares count at face value.
  6. When a blank tile is played on a pink or red square, the value of the word is doubled or tripled, even though the blank itself has no score value.
  7. When two or more words are formed in the same play, each is scored. The common letter is counted (with full premium value, if any) for each word. (See Turns 3, 4 and 5 in the Scoring Examples section.)
  8. BINGO! If you play seven tiles on a turn, it's a Bingo. You score a premium of 50 points after totaling your score for the turn.
  9. Unplayed Letters: When the game ends, each player's score is reduced by the sum of his or her unplayed letters. In addition, if a player has used all of his or her letters, the sum of the other players' unplayed letters is added to that player's score.
  10. The player with the highest final score wins the game. In case of a tie, the player with the highest score before adding or deducting unplayed letters wins.

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Players exchange turns forming words horizontally or vertically on the board, trying to score as many points as possible for each word.

Tile Placement:

  • The first word must be placed so that 1 of the tiles is on the star in the center of the board.
  • Every word following that must be placed so that at least 1 tile is shared from an existing word on the board.
  • Tiles can only be placed in the same line vertically or horizontally each turn.
  • Tiles can be placed so that multiple new words are formed simultaneously using neighboring letters.
  • Words cannot be placed if they create an illegal word using neighboring letters.
  • All words labelled as a part of speech (including those listed of foreign origin, and as archaic, obsolete, colloquial, slang, etc.) are permitted with the exception of the following: proper nouns (words always capitalized), abbreviations, prefixes and suffixes standing alone or words requiring a hyphen or an apostrophe.

Scoring:

  • Double the value of any tiles that were played this turn on a DL space, and triple the value of any tile that was played on a TL space this turn. Do not double the value of tiles on DL and TL spaces for tiles that were played on previous rounds.
  • Add up the values of all letters in the word, even if some were played on a previous turn.
  • Double the value of the word if any tiles this turn were played on a DW space (and double it again in the case were 2 DW spaces were played upon). Triple the value of the word if any tiles this turn were played on a TW space (and triple it again if 2 TW spaces were used). Do not multiply words if tiles on DW or TW spaces were used from a previous turn.
  • It is possible to create multiple words with the same play. In this case, score each new word separately, including bonuses, and sum all of the new words together.
  • 35 bonus points are awarded whenever a player uses all 7 tiles on their rack in a single turn.

End Game:

  • The game ends when one player plays every tile in his rack, and there are no tiles remaining to draw from. The game could also end if three successive turns have occurred with no scoring and as long as the score is not zero-zero.
  • After the last tile is played, the opposing player will lose points equal to the sum of the value of his remaining tiles. This amount is then awarded to the player who placed the last tile.

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Here we list the rules for playing Wordfeud. Most know how to play, but many doesn’t know about all the rules for the game, so they can’t utilize all possibilities at any given time in the game. These are the basic rules. Read in the Wordfeud Tips and Tricks section for tips on how to use these basic rules to maximize your Wordfeud score.

  1. The player who invites to a Wordfeud game will start off the game. The first word have to cover the star in the middle of the board, but you don’t have to start with the first letter on the star.
  2. When you choose a game you can either choose ‘random’ board or ‘standard’ board. Standard board means that it is a given board, with all special bonus positions/squares in the same place every time. DW, TW, DL and TL will always be in the same positions. A random board means that the DL, TL, DW and TW are placed at random every time. Random is more unpredictable, and will possibly give single word scores that can be extremely high, by combining the DL, TL, DW and TW positions. Some would say that it makes it more fun, as you can always catch up by getting a big score on a special word. The ´professionals´and tournaments play the standard board.
  3. You can spell a word horizontally, spelling it to the right, or vertically spelling it downwards. It’s not allowed to spell upwards or to the left. 
  4. At least one of the tiles you play must be placed adjacent to an existing board tile, except when you start and you have to use the star in the middle.
  5. Each player will receive 7 tiles to start, and you will refill up to 7 tiles when you use letters/tiles in the game, until there are no more tiles left to take from. There are a total number of 104 tiles in each game.
  6. The letters have a given value which is set (see table above), and the sum of the word will be the sum of the letter values. When all tiles is used the game is over, or when the possible score for the player with the least amount of points (based on the tiles left and the possible words on the board) is less than the score of the opponent. You can also surrender at any given point in the game to finish it.
  7. You have 72 hours to play a word. If you exceed this limit, you will lose the game.
  8. A blank tile is a joker, and can represent any given letter, but will give 0 points to the sum of the word.
  9. DL stand for Double Letter value. Any tile put on a DL will contribute to double the value of the letter to the total score for the word. 
  10. TL stands for Triple Letter value, and will triple the points of that specific letter.
  11. DW stands for Double Word count. If you manage to cover a DW with your word, your total sum of that word will be double the value of all letters used. 
  12. TW stands for Triple Word count. This will triple the score of your word. 
    * Letter multipliers are applied before considering word multipliers.
  13. So if you are able to get more than 1 of these bonus possibilities on 1 word, the score of your word will possibly be many times the sum of your letter values. If you cover 2 TW in 1 word, you will first triple the score, and then triple it again. This means 9 times the score of the word. So combine as many of the special bonus positions as possible. 
  14. If you manage to use all tiles/letters available (which is 7) in 1 play you trigger something called a ‘BINGO’. This adds 40 points to your total score for the word. 
  15. If a player is unable to form new words with the tiles at his disposal, he can instead choose to pass his turn to the opponent. If three passes are made in a row, the game will end and final scores are calculated according to the rules below.
  16. A player can choose to swap one or more of his tiles instead of playing a word. Note that this is only possible if there are at least seven remaining tiles in the bag.
  17. The game ends when one of the players has used all his tiles and there are no more tiles left in the bag, or after three consecutive passes. Points on remaining tiles are subtracted from each player's score, then added to the opponent's score if he used all his tiles.
  18. Not a rule, but in the top right corner you have a ‘chat’ button. If you hit that you can write messages to your opponent for free. Nice way to chat with your friends while you play.
  19. You can play against your family and friends by adding them, or they add you. If you want to have a random opponent, you can choose ´find player´and an available player in the network will be chosen for your game.

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