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Jim Kramer, a 48 year old proofreader from Roseville, Minnesota, is the reigning United States Scrabble Open champion (2006). <ref>[http://www.scrabble-assoc.com/cgi-bin/player.pl?given=Jim&surname=Kramer&exact=1 Jim Kramer Profile] at www.ScrabbleAssociation.com</ref>
Jim Kramer, a 48 year old proofreader from Roseville, Minnesota, is the reigning United States Scrabble Open champion (2006). <ref>[http://www.scrabble-assoc.com/cgi-bin/player.pl?given=Jim&surname=Kramer&exact=1 Jim Kramer Profile] at www.ScrabbleAssociation.com</ref>
==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==
The game consists of a bag, a set of tiles, and a board divided into a 15x15 grid. The tiles are each marked with one letter and a point value (except for two blank 'wildcard' tiles). The tiles are placed in the bag; each player removes 7 of them; the first player uses his or her tiles to form a word and places it on the board, either horizontally or vertically, intersecting the middle square. The player then draws more tiles from the bag, replacing the ones just played. The points on the tiles are totalled up and any (because the middle square is a 'double word score' square) doubled; that's the player's score for this turn. Play then rotates around the board with each player attempting to play his or her tiles to form words; after the first play, each word must use at lesat one tile already on the board. Any tiles in direct contact with each other, either horizontally or vertically, must form valid words. If a single play forms multiple words (one horizontally and one or more vertically, or vice versa), points for all the formed words are awarded.
The following is a valid game after two plays:
T
T
TP, UR and NE are not words, so TUNA cannot be put on top of PRETZEL.
TP, UR and NE are not words, so TUNA cannot be put on top of PRETZEL.
Playing all 7 tiles is called a 'bingo' and gives a 50 point bonus.
Certain marked squares double or triple the score for the whole word or just for the letter on that square.
Play ends when one player is out of tiles and no tiles remain in the bag. The player with the most points wins.
Certain squares double or triple the score for the whole word or just for the letter on that square.
Certain squares double or triple the score for the whole word or just for the letter on that square.