How to Play Squabble

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Last Updated: January 31, 2023

Squabble is game based on Scrabble, with a twist. The game can be played with two or more players and is suitable for those aged 8 and up.

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You could put your scrabble board face down on the dining room table for example.
Players will take turns moving clockwise around the table.
The first three players, in turn, each flip over a single tile for all players to see.
Any player can call out the word and then sets the word in front of themself.
If a player can add at least one letter to any word in play, they can take those tiles from the other player and make the new word adding to their points total. Words can be created at any time. Players may not rearrange the letters of the words in play. For example, nut can be changed to nuts but not stun.
Score even higher scores by taking two or more words from other players to create a new word as long as all the taken letters are used. A player could, for example, take the word nut from one player, and shell from another player to add a new letter 'S' and created the word nutshells .
The object of the game is to make as many words as possible with the highest total points. Add the letter scores of all the words infront of each player. The player with the highest score is the winner.

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Why do I have to make a word that is at least three tiles long?

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Three-letter words are more difficult to create than two-letter words, and the game is supposed to be challenging.

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Where do I get the pieces?

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Squabble uses the same pieces as the game Scrabble; you can simply buy a Scrabble set from a toy store, and use the pieces to play Squabble. You can also buy a set of letter tiles online.

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So the blank tiles are used as wild cards?

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The blank tiles can be any letter, the person placing that tile down chooses. However, you do not get any points for a blank tile.

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