Lesson 3 of 15
Building on the board
After the first word, every play has to connect to tiles already on the board. All the tiles you put down go in one straight line, across or down, with no empty squares between them.
One tile can make two words at once. Add a letter to the end of a word that's already there, and play your new word from that same tile.
That last rule catches people out. If your tiles sit alongside a word, each new tile has to make a real word with the tiles it touches, across and down. For example, AX played right under HO makes AX, HA and OX. Those little words score as well, which is why short words matter so much.
Practice
HOUSE is on the board. Which of these is allowed?
Practice
You add S to HOUSE and play SAT down from it. Which words score?
Forgot what a word means? Table words
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