Indoor Recreational

Activities
Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, you should be able to:
1. Discuss the nature and background of the game
scrabble and the benefits.
2. Perform proper and acceptable behavior when playing
scrabble.
3. Apply rules and regulations in playing scrabble.
4. Apply knowledge of rules and regulations and
strategies in playing scrabble.
 Indoor Recreational Activities

• Indoor recreational activities are

voluntarily undertaken for pleasure,
exercise, relaxation, and leisure. It is
one way of rejuvenating the mind and
the body.
 SCRABBLE
Welcome learners to word power. This
lesson will provide you an overall outlook
on what you will learn in the game
scrabble. Activities will be provided to
enhance your knowledge and skills on the
following concepts: nature of the game,
basic skills and knowledge, and broaden
your understanding of the game.
You will have the opportunity to
apply the principles and ideas in
playing scrabble.

So what are you waiting for? Let

the learning begin!
Activity 1: Agree or Disagree?
Put a positive (+) if you agree with the statement
and negative sign (-) if you disagree.
1. Playing scrabble will enhance you vocabulary.
2. Scrabble is played with exactly 100 tiles
3. The objective of scrabble is to score more points
than one’s opponent.
4. Playing scrabble with your family will not only
enhance your vocabulary but also increase
closeness within.
5. Players cannot place any word which can be found
6. Reading books will help improve your
vocabulary.
7. Generally, foreign words can be used as
scrabble words.
8. You can play blocking to stop your opponent
from making a potential large score.
9. Apply rules and regulations in playing
scrabble.
10. Apply knowledge of rules and regulations
and strategies in playing scrabble.
How will you rate yourself?
Number of Description
Correct Answers
10 It seems that you have a full understand of the game
scrabble and are ready to participate in competition
7 to 9 It seem that you have an understanding of the game
scrabble and are ready to play
5 to 6 It seems that you have understanding of the game
scrabble but needs guidance from the teacher
Below 5 You need to learn more about the game scrabble.
What is scrabble?
• Scrabble, board-and-tile game in which two to
four players compete in forming words with
lettered tiles on a 225-square board; words
spelled out by letters on the tiles interlock like
words in a crossword puzzle.
• was conceived during the Great Depression by
an unemployed New York architect named Alfred
Mosher Butts, who figured Americans could use
a bit of distraction during the bleak economic
times.
• In 1938, the American architect Alfred Mosher
Butts created the game as a variation on an
earlier word game he invented, called Lexiko.
• When Alfred Butts first invented the game in the
1930s he called it 'Lexiko'. It was subsequently
known as 'It' and 'Criss Cross Words' before it
eventually became known as 'Scrabble', a word
that came into English from the Dutch
'shrabbelen', which means 'to keep on scraping'.
WHAT IS THE BENEFITS?
Playing Scrabble and other mentally challenging
word games, can offer!
• Your Brain on Scrabble
• Enriches the Vocabulary
• Tactics & Strategy
• Improves your Focus
• Improves your Memory
• Interactions with Others
• Never boast over a victory or show rude
behavior over a defeat .always show
sportmanship.
• Minimize talking when at the event venue.
• Refrain from giving comments on another game
that is in progress ,it may distract the other
players
• Never blame others for something they did not
do or lie about your move in order to save a
point.
Scrabble Rules - Scrabble Official
Rules
• When playing Scrabble, anywhere from two to four
players will enjoy the game.
• As words are placed on the game board, points are
collected and each letter that is used in the game
will have a different point value.
• The main strategy is to play words that have the
highest possible score based on the combination of
letters.
The Scrabble Board
• A standard Scrabble board will consist of cells that
are located in a large square grid. The board offers
15 cells high and 15 cells wide. The tiles used on
the game will fit in each cell on the board.
 Scrabble Tiles

• There are 100 tiles that are used in the game

and 98 of them will contain letters and point
values. There are 2 blank tiles that can be used
as wild tiles to take the place of any letter.
When a blank is played, it will remain in the
game as the letter it substituted for.
Extra Point Values
When looking at the board, players will see that some
squares offer multipliers. Should a tile be placed on these
squares, the value of the tile will be multiplied by 2x or 3x.
Some squares will also multiply the total value of the
word and not just the single point value of one tile.

• Double Letter Scores - The light blue cells in the board

are isolated and when these are used, they will double
the value of the tile placed on that square.
• Triple Letter Score - The dark blue cell in the board
will be worth triple the amount, so any tile placed
here will earn more points.

• Double Word Score - When a cell is light red in

colour, it is a double word cell and these run
diagonally on the board, towards the four corners.
When a word is placed on these squares, the entire
value of the word will be doubled.
• Triple Word Score - The dark red square is where the
high points can be earned as this will triple the word
score. Placing any word on these squares will boos
points drastically. These are found on all four sides of
the board and are equidistant from the corners.

• One Single Use - When using the extra point squares

on the board, they can only be used one time. If a
player places a word here, it cannot be used as a
multiplier by placing another word on the same square.
 Starting the Game
• Every player will start their turn by drawing seven
tiles from the Scrabble bag. There are three
options during any turn. The player can place a
word, they can exchange tiles for new tiles or
they can choose to pass. In most cases, players
will try to place a word as the other two options will
result in no score.
 The First Word Score
• When the game begins, the first player will place their
word on the star spin in the centre of the board. The
star is a double square and will offer a double word
score. All players following will build their words off of
this word, extending the game to other squares on the
board.

• Play continues in a clockwise direction around the

Scrabble board.
Replacing Scrabble Tiles
• Once tiles are played on the board, players
will draw new tiles to replace those. Players
will always have seven tiles during the
game. Drawing tiles is always done without
looking into the bag so that the letters are
always unknown.
 The Fifty Point Bonus
• Exciting rewards can come when players use all
seven tiles to create a word on the board. When this
happens, players will receive a 50 point bonus, in
addition to the value of the word. If the game is near
the end and players are not holding seven tiles, they
do not get the bonus for using all of their tiles. This
is only collected for seven letter words placed.
 The End of a Scrabble Game
• Once all tiles are gone from the bag and a single
player has placed all of their tiles, the game will end
and the player with the highest score wins.
Tallying Scrabble Scores

• When the game ends, each player will count all points that are
remaining on their tiles that have not been played. This amount
will be deducted from the final score.
• An added bonus is awarded to the player that ended the game
and has no remaining tiles. The tile values of all remaining
players will be added to the score of the player who is out of
tiles to produce the final score for the game.
• The Scrabble player with the highest score after all final scores
are tallied wins.
 Accepted Scrabble Words
• Any word that is found in a standard English dictionary can be
used in the game of Scrabble. There are also Official Scrabble
Dictionaries that can be purchased for more word options.
• There are some words that are not allowed to be played and
these include suffixes, prefixes and abbreviations. Any word
that requires the use of a hyphen or apostrophe cannot be played
in the game. Any word that required the use of a capital letter is
not allowed.