![]() But they are increasingly introducing CSW grades in various tournaments, and even some solely CSW tournaments. Americans and Canadians play by CSW rules in international tournaments and TWL in 'domestic' North American tournaments. TWL (Tournament Word List) is itself drawn from a range of sources, mostly different editions of Webster's. The word source used in global Scrabble, known as Collins Scrabble Words or CSW (formerly Official Scrabble Words or OSW) is actually not a single dictionary, but an amalgam of three: Collins, Chambers and TWL, the current Northern American wordlist. The World English-language Scrabble Players Association (WESPA) states in its rules The SWL contains over 242,000 words, the supplemental lists contain about 125,000 words, about 141,000 words, and about 144,000 words respectively, for a grand total of 652,000 words of length 2 to 12. The Dutch Scrabble association, the Scrabble Bond Nederland (SBNL) uses the Scrabble Word List (SWL) for words up to 9 letters and publishes separate lists for 10, 11, and 12 letters. ![]() Perhaps you should restrict your question to a specific language, as not all languages are as liberal in word formation. ![]() So the answer to your question will be it depends. That is why Icelandic has such a large dictionary, which is not even exhaustive - it can't be. For instance, a chair you use at a desk in the office, an office chair, is one word in German, "ein Bürostuhl" (literally a "deskchair").Īs you can see, that way new words are created easily and on the fly. In an agglutinative language, words are created by joining words together. Ties are decided by the highest score before subtracting the unplayed letters.The answer will vary widely per language and will depend on how new words are created in a language. Who wins Scrabble: The game is won by the highest final score. Unplayed letters: At the end of the game each player has to count the unplayed letter values from their rack and subtract the sum from the final score. Bingo words are worth extra 50 points in addition to the original word score. Bingo rules: Playing all seven tiles in a single turn is called a Bingo. The common letter is counted for each word individually. Multiple words in one turn: When two words are formed in a single play then both word values are added to the score. Connecting a new word that lands on a double word score with an existing word will not result in doubling the existing words score. Words that manage to cover two premium word squares are doubled (4 times letter values) or tripled (9 times letter values) twice. If a placed word touches a letter premium square and a word premium square then the letter premium is added before doubling or tripling the whole word score. Double word score (DWS) and triple word score (TWS) squares double or triple the whole word. Double letter score (DLS) and triple letter score (TLS) squares double or triple the point value of the tile placed on them. Bonus points: Premium squares can only be used once for extra points. If the word was placed on a premium square then the extra points are also added to the score. Scoring Scrabble plays: Each words score is calculated by adding up all single letter values. Each tile(letter) has a point value written at the bottom right. A paper and pen are good tools to keep score. Using a scrabble score calculator is a fast way to do addition. How to keep score: Each player has to keep track of their own score by calculating and writing down the new score after each play that has been made.
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