Game Details

The game is played with two to four players on a square (or nearly square) board with a 15-by-15 grid of cells, each of which accommodates a single letter tile. In official club and tournament games, play is always between two players (or, occasionally, between two teams each of which collaborates on a single rack).

An important feature of the game is the presence of colour-coded "premium squares" affecting scoring:

• dark red "triple word" cells
• pink "double word" cells
• dark blue "triple letter" cells
• light blue "double letter" cells

The centre cell (H8) is often marked with a star or logo, and counts as a double-word cell.