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Summary of Contents for Upwords

Page 1: ...etters acrossor down onthe boardand bystackingletterson top of letters alreadyonthe boardto form differentwords It s this 3dimensional gameplaythat makesUPWORDSso unique You score pointsfor each lette...

Page 2: ...points CONTENTS plasticgameboard 100plastic letter tiles 4 plastictile racks 4 rubberfeet labelsheet LETTER DISTRIBUTION J Q u V X I 1 of each K W Y 1 2ofeach 6 F G H P 1 3 of each C 1 4of each D L M...

Page 3: ...smootharea on the side of the gameboard SETUP Turn all of the tiles letter sidedown and mix them upto create adraw pile Eachplayertakes a rack Get apenciland paper notincluded to keepscore Also keepa...

Page 4: ...rsor morethat covers at least one ofthe four game squaresinthe center of the gameboard BASICTURN On your turn playone or more lettertiles eitherto form a newword that connectsto aword alreadyon the bo...

Page 5: ...that readsacross from leftto right only or downthe gameboard neverdiagonally or up and connectsto aword alreadyon the board For example build down from the letter Din MOODto form the word DEAR as show...

Page 6: ...s You can stack letterson top of letters already on the boardto change a word into a different word Forexample stackthe letter W on top of the M in MOODto change MOODtoWOOD as shown in Figure4 You can...

Page 7: ...into the words WOOL and LEAPas shown in Figure5 IMPORTANT when you change a word already on the board into a Figure5 Score 72Points different word at leastone letter from the old word must remain unc...

Page 8: ...APto LEAN as shown in Figure6 Figure7 Score I 6 Points Plurals You cannot simplyadd anUS toaword already on the boardto form a plural Youcan however play lettersto form aword that connects to aword al...

Page 9: ...letters plusone letter tile under thenW foratotal score of 5 points You score 2 extra bonus points ifyou usetheUQu lettertile in any word formed with all lettersonly onetile high You do not receivean...

Page 10: ...in the dictionary 8 CHALLENGING A WORD You can challengean opponent s word ifyouthink it s misspelledor an illegalword The word must be challenged beforeanother word is played Useadictionaryto decide...

Page 11: ...draw them late inthe game 11 HOWTO ENDTHE GAME The game isover as soon as any ofthe following situations occur When one player usesall of hidher lettertiles and notiles remain in the draw pile or When...

Page 12: ...achtime you play We will be happyto hearyour questionsor commentsabout this game US consumers write to HasbroGames Consumer Affairs Dept P O Box 200 Pawtucket RI02862 Tel 888 836 7025 tollfree Canadia...

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