Scrabble

Question 1

board-and-tile game in which two to four players compete in forming words with lettered tiles on a 225-square board; words spelled out by letters on the tiles interlock like words in a crossword puzzle

Answer 1

Scrabble

Question 2

an American architect, invented Scrabble in 1938 during the Great Depression.

Answer 2

Alfred Butts

Question 3

How mang tiles are there?

Answer 3

225

Question 4

Initially dubbed as

Answer 4

Lexiko and Criss-Cross Words

Question 5

a standard Scrabble board will consist of cells that are located in a large square grid.
The board offers 15 cells high and 15 cells wide. The tiles used on the game will fit in each cell on the board.

Answer 5

Scrabble Board

Question 6

There are 100 tiles that are used in the game and 98 of them will contain letters and point values

Answer 6

Scrabble Tiles

Question 7

Tile Values

Answer 7

1 Point - A, E, I, L, N, O, R, S, T and U.
2. Points - D and G
3 Points - B, C, M and P.
4 Points - F, H, V, W and Y.
5 Points - K
8 Points - J and X.
10 Points - Q and Z.

Question 8

The light blue cells in the board are isolated and when these are used,
the will double the value o the tile
placed on that square

Answer 8

Double Letter Score

Question 9

The dark blue cell in the board will
be worth triple the amount, so any tile placed here will earn more points.

Answer 9

Triple Letter Score

Question 10

When a cell is light red in colour, it is a double word cell and these run diagonally on the board, towards the four corners.

Answer 10

Double Word Score

Question 11

The dark red square is where the high points
can be earned as this will triple the word score

Answer 11

Triple Word Score

Question 12

is a board game where players aim to earn the highest score by spelling words with letter tiles

Answer 12

Scrabble