Manual PC Scrabble Online

Manual

BASIC GAME MECHANICS

To learn about the general rules and scoring of the game, see

SCRABBLE

Game Rules (General) on pages 11-14. The follow-

ing section describes the mechanics of the computer version of the

game; it does not offer a comprehensive look at the game rules.

Picking or drawing new letter tiles for your rack can be done in

two ways:

“Manually” – In default mode, players select the tiles

manually. To select a tile, click on any of the face-down tiles in the Tile Selection Screen. The Tile

Selection Screen opens automatically when it is a player’s turn to pick new tiles. The player selects

one to seven tiles, depending upon how many are needed to replenish his or her rack.

Auto Pick – When you enable Auto Pick from the Player Options menu (see Options on pages

19-20), the game automatically and randomly selects your new tiles for you from the available Tile

Pool. You can also activate Auto Pick from the Tile Selection Screen. Once Auto Pick is enabled for

a player, that player no longer sees the Tile Selection Screen.

Letter tiles may be placed on the board in two ways:

Drag and Drop – Click on a tile in your rack and drag it to an empty square on the board. Click a

second time to release the tile into the highlighted square. Tiles may be returned to the rack in the

same manner.

Typing – First, click on the square where you wish to begin a word. Clicking once makes a right-

facing arrow appear (for horizontal words). Clicking twice makes a down-facing arrow appear

(for vertical words). You can only type a word that uses the letters currently in your rack. As you

type each letter, the corresponding tile disappears from your rack and appears on the board. Press

Enter on your keyboard to play the word. Press Backspace on your keyboard to “erase” a letter.

When you have formed a word on the board that you wish to play, click on PLAY or press Enter on

your keyboard.

To Start a New Game:

The first step is the Player Login (see page 6). You must first create or select a Player Profile.

See

SCRABBLE

Game Rules (General) on pages 11-14 if you wish to learn or review the general

rules for playing the

SCRABBLE

game. The

SCRABBLE Online

game follows the same rules as the clas-

sic board game, adapted slightly for the computer.

To learn more about how to physically play the game and use the game’s interface, see Game Screen

below, Basic Game Mechanics (pages 9-11) and/or Game Buttons (pages 14-17).

To learn more about the horizontal Menu Bar at the top of the game screen, see Menu Bar on pages 19-20.

GAME SCREEN

The

SCRABBLE Online

Main Game Screen consists of:

1. The horizontal Menu Bar at the top of the screen.

2. The Player Display(s) to the left of the Game Board. These

contain running information about each player, including

name, current score, last word score, and time remaining

(if Timer mode is enabled) for the player taking a turn.

3. The Game Board. In the Standard

SCRABBLE

game, this

consists of empty squares for placing tiles and a text box at the bottom of the board that displays

turn-based game information, such as the current point value of the word being formed.

4. The Game Buttons. In the Standard

SCRABBLE

game, these buttons are SHUFFLE/TAKE BACK,

PASS/PLAY, RESTART, EXCHANGE, TILES, TOOLS and (in certain situations) CHALLENGE. See pages

14-17 for more about the Game Buttons.

5. The Tile Rack. This contains the player’s current letter tiles. There are usually seven letter tiles in the

rack at the start of a turn, but toward the end of the game, there may be fewer tiles.

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