Scrabble Streaks Word Search

A word search game played using your own Scrabble or Bananagram tiles. The game board is composed of 36 movable squares, each with four bigrams (2-letter fragments) and/or single letters within boxes. LASERCUT WOODEN COMPONENTS: Eight-piece frame and 40 base tiles. Also included is a list of valid 3-letter words and common acronyms (eg FAQ, VIP). GOAL: Make words from adjacent letters (streaks). You can play solo or with multiple players. The game is played in strategic yet simultaneous phases: - letter tile placement - word search. SET UP: Assemble the game board by connecting the frame and inserting 36 random base tiles in any orientation. Four base tiles will remain unused. Flip all your Scrabble (or Bananagram) tiles, except blanks, upside down. Grab a paper and pen. SOLO GAME PLAY: Draw a tile and place it over a bigram inside a box such that the combination of your tile and the bigram makes a 3-letter word or your tile and the single letter makes a 2-letter word. Your letter can be combined to the start or end of the bigram. For example: F+OX = FOX, while KI+T = KIT or B+E = BE. Letter placement is the first phase. In the second phase, look for words. Attempt to place tiles such that a word can be formed from other adjacent letters in a straight line. The word can be in any of eight directions. If you cannot place a letter, discard the tile. This will occur when no more bigrams or single letters are available for tile placement. SOLO SCORING: Upon finding a word of at least three letters, record its score. With Scrabble tiles, add up the point values. With Bananagram tiles and for younger children, the score is the number of letters in the word. SOLO END OF GAME: Play until all tiles have been drawn. Play again to beat your score. MULTI-PLAYER GAME PLAY: To avoid waiting, game play is simultaneous. Each player draws one tile and places it over a bigram or letter inside a box such that the combination of the tile and the bigram/letter makes a word. The word must be called out for validation by all players. the letter can be combined to the start or end of the bigram. For example J+AM = JAM while BO+W = BOW or H+I = HI. Letter placement is the first phase. In the second phase, look out for words. Attempt to place tiles such that a word can be formed from other adjacent letters. The word can be in any of eight directions. Call out the word and score it. MULTI-PLAYER SCORING: Upon finding a word of at least three letters, call out the word. With Scrabble tiles, add up the point value. With Bananagram tiles and for younger children, the score is the number of letters in the word. If you cannot place a letter, discard the tile. MULTI-PLAYER END OF GAME: Once all tiles have been placed, the winner has the highest score. OPTIONAL PLAY: When playing with younger children, allow for them finding two-letter words as well as longer words. —description from the publisher