What are the rules in playing scrabble?

Answer 1

All the tiles are placed face down in a single layer. The game may be played with 2-4 players, and at the beginning each player selects seven of the face-down tiles. These are then arranged on a tile holder (one to each player) that the other players cannot see. One person is selected to go first (the youngest is traditional, but pick however you like). That person lays out the first word starting from the center tile on the game board. However many tiles the person uses to make the word, he will collect that many tiles from the face-down pile, so that at the end of his turn he will still have seven tiles on his holder. After this, each person takes a turn in which they play a word that somehow connects with the word(s) on the game board and collects enough tiles to bring their hand back up to seven at the end of their turn.

Each word must be a real word, not a proper noun, in standard American English -foreign words, acronyms, names, compound words and slang are not acceptable. Generally the Oxford Dictionary is referenced as the final rule regarding whether or not a collection of letters constitutes a word, although for most amateurs any dictionary will do.

At the end of the game, the person with the most points wins. Points are scored at each turn by totaling the number of points on each tile played by that person and adding in any game board bonus points (double or triple letter, double or triple word). If a person uses all seven of his letters in a single play, he is awarded an additional 50 points. The game is over when all the tiles have been picked up and no further words can be played.