What do we KNOW about Scrabble? What do we WANT to know about Scrabble? What did we LEARN about Scrabble?
 

History

  
1. Scrabble was invented many years ago because our parents and grandparents played scrabble when they were young. 1. Who invented the game of Scrabble? When was it invented? 1.
2. Scrabble is a word game. One purpose of the game is to build people's vocabulary base. 2. What was the inventors purpose in inventing Scrabble? 2.
  3. How did the inventor decide on the point value for each letter tile? 3.
  4. What was the first major store to sell Scrabble? 5.
  5. What company manufactures Scrabble today? 6.
  Rules  
1. We play scrabble on a board. 1. What equipment comes in the Scrabble box? 1.
2. We make words out of the tiles in our rack. The words are placed on the board going across or up and down. We count up our points and add the points onto our score. 2. How many players may play Scrabble at one time? 2.
3. After we make a word on the board, we pick more tiles. 3. How is the game played? 3.
  4. How do we decide who goes first? 4.
4. There are special spaces on the Scrabble board that allow us to double or triple the letter or word score. 5. What is the object of the game? 5.
5. The game ends when there are no more letters in the bag and one player has played all of the tiles on his rack or no player can make any more words. 6. Which words are allowed? 6.
6. When a player uses up all of his tiles and there are none left in the bag, opponents point valued of the tiles that are left on their racks are added to the score or the player how "went out" and subtracted from the opponents scores. The person who has the most points at the end of the game, is the winner. 7. What kinds of words are not allowed? 7.
  8. How are blanks used? 8.
  9. Can tiles in our rack be exchanged? 9.
  10. What happens if a player places tiles on the board and does not make an allowed word? 10.
 

Strategies

  
1. Prefixes and suffixes may be added to a word that is already on the board. All the letters in the new word are scored. 1. What are some ways to add onto an existing word? 1.
  2. What are some words beginning with q that do not follow with a u? 2.
  3. What are some two letter words? 3.
  4. What are some reversible 3 letter words? 4.
  5. What is a bingo? 5.
 

Masters

  
  1. Who are some Scrabble masters? 1.
  2. How do the Scrabble masters train for competitions? 2.
  3. What are some strategies used by the Scrabble masters in the Scrabble 2001 and 2003 World Championships. 3.

 

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