              About Scrabble® Duplicate 

Do you know about Scrabble® ?

Which family have not a play of Scrabble® (to
which it miss perhaps some letter) with bottom of a wall cupboard or
with range of hand in the room family?  This popular set of letters,
you probably know the free part, that which one plays in family or
between friends:  two, three or four player, play on a
same grid, draw randomly from letter, form some word, avoid to open
the play with their adversary and aim the more large total of point.
The chance plays a role then determining and always does not allow to
evaluate the real force of the players.  With Scrabble® duplicate, 
one eliminates the chance factor.

The method
duplicate allow, as for it, with a number unlimited some person to
play together a same part, and aim to fill three gap significant of
formula traditional.  initially, the chance of
distribution of letter, source of frustration for many player, be
eliminate because all have same letter constantly tout moment of part.
Secondly, the time of reflexion being limited to three minutes per
blow, that makes it possible not to perpetuate the part, while making
it more competitive.  Finally, of the players of unequal forces can
take part in a same part.  In duplicate, each player has his own grid
and plays the same part as his adversaries, with the same letters as
them with each blow.  The word which obtains the best score is
retained and all the players place it on their own grid.  Each player
however registers his own points with his sheet of pointing.
**time-out** the gain be that which add up the more large number of
point with end of part.  Each player can be evaluated expressed as a
percentage by dividing his final score by the total of the signals.
**time-out** the hardware necessary Each player must lay out of sound
clean play of Scrabble® (with its 102 letter), of a pencil, of
a about thirty of bulletin-answer and of a sheet of road on which it
note with each blow its pointing and the word that it A find.  The
dictionary of reference is the Official one of Scrabble® (ODS), published in the French editions (Larousse).  All the words
admitted there are indexed, the least known being accompanied by a
short definition.  Only the referees can consult the dictionary during
the part.  the preparation of part It be necessary place
its letter in order to them see, either in alphabetical order, 
either in them disentangle by consonant and vowel.  It
is necessary to mark out its grid in order to quickly identify the
position of a word:  + Horizontally, of left on the right:  to
register the numbers from 1 to 15.  + Vertically, de from
top to bottom en bas, register the letter of A with O The unfolding of
part The referee place the 102 letter of a play in a bag and in car 7
randomly.  It announces them to the players according to an
established code:  Algeria-A, France-F, etc.  The payment stipulates
that, at the time of the first 15 blows, the hard copy must comprise
at least 2 vowels and 2 consonants.  Starting from the 16th blow, one
needs at least a vowel and a consonant.  Otherwise, one rejects all
the letters (including the remainder of the preceding blow) and one
carries out a new hard copy.  The player has three minutes to find a
word, to count his points and to register his solution on an
bulletin-answer.  Thirty seconds before the end of the time of
reflexion, the referee announces to the players that it is time to
write.  The first word is placed horizontally and a letter must
obligatorily cover the central spangled box.  All the other words must
be connected to a word already placed on the grid.  the
calculation of point himself fact according to the rule traditional of
play of Scrabble® , in hold account of value of letter and of
box 

«letter account double», «letter account triple», <<
word account double» and «word account triple». 

\omegaOne account the point of all the new word form.  A scrabble (word
which employs the 7 letters) gives a premium of 50 points.  Among all
the words suggested, the referee retains that which brings back the
most points.  In the event of equality of points between different
words, it chooses that which supports a larger opening of the play.  A
player who carries out a solo, i.e. which is the only one to find the
approach maximum, receives a premium of 10 points (in certain
conditions).  All the players place the word retained on their grid,
but count the points of the word which they had played.  The referee
draws then the number of letters necessary to supplement the series of
seven letters, the advertisement with the players and grants three
minutes of reflexion again to them.  The part continues in the same
way until exhaustion of the vowels or the consonants.  The
bulletin-answer When there remain only 30 seconds, it is time to
register on an bulletin-answer the word which you found thus that his
value and its position.  You must absolutely write your word in the
same direction that you wish to place it on your grid (horizontally or
vertically).  **time-out** you calculate then the point bring back by
this word (include the premium of 50 point if it there have place),
and register this total in the box «Point». You must
also indicate with referee the position exact of word that you
propose.  Two modes of reference are allowed:

* the reference alphanumeric consist to identify the box where be
place the first letter of word, in indicate the letter before the
number (A-7, for example) if the word be place horizontally, and the
number before the letter (8-J, for example) if the word be place
vertically.

* the other method consist to indicate on the bulletin-answer a
minimum of three letter of connection, be three letter adjacent with
word form and which be already on the grid.


Allowed words 

All the words appearing in the Official one
of the scrabble® , and only these, are admitted, including
their plurals and the combined forms of the verbs.  The proper names,
the chemical symbols, the prefixes and the majority of the
abbreviations are not allowed.  One should not be surprised to meet
foreign terms, borrowed by the French language from other cultures.  A
player who proposes a nonallowed word or which makes a fault in the
orthography of the word deserves 0 points.  In competition, precise
rules govern the writing of the bulletin-answer.  The failure with
these rules can involve a warning (one loses 5 points starting from
the fourth) or one zero.  Is Scrabble® duplicate also played
as a recluse You do not have a partner?  That's no problem, you can
play all the same in duplicate.  One can draw oneself the letters and
try to do the utmost of points to each hard copy.  But it is much more
interesting and instructive to remake an already played part (or drawn
by computer) and to compare with each blow its solution with the word
selected.
