Basicturn

1.You and your opponents each draw one letter tile from the draw pile. Whoever draws the tile nearestto the letter"AHplays first. Play then

passes to the left. Returnthe tiles, letter-sidedown, to the draw pile
and mix them up again.	I	I

2.You and your opponents draw seven letter tiles each. Stand your tiles in your rack as shown in Figure 1.Don't let your opponents see your letters.

Whoever plays first must form a word of two letters or more that covers at least one of the four game squares in the center of the gameboard.

On your turn, play one or more letter tiles, either to form a new word that connects to aword already on the board, or to change a

word already on the boardto a different word. All letters played on your turn must be in the same row of game squareseither across or down. Tally and announce your point score, then draw letter tiles from the

draw pile to replacethe ones you played.

IMPORTANT:A word is legal and can be used in the game if it is in the dictionary and it does not fall into any of the categories of illegalwords listed in Rule 7 on page 5.