| Throughout the game the players play on their own, each turn rolling and selectively rerolling the dice up to a total of three rolls. At any point, the player can declare his word for that turn and add the appropriate score to his total. The score is derived from adding up the values of the letters in the declared word. If I tell you that U is also worth 1 point, then you can work out that QUEUE will have a word value of 13. But then this ‘word value’ is multiplied by the number of letters in the word. So QUEUE would score you 13x5 = 65. This multiplying function means longer words can yield significantly more points, especially if you use the more awkward letters (word scores of over 200 points are possible, although very rare). But don’t worry about the maths; the package includes ready-reckoner sheets so you can just look up the scores. |  |