THE QUICK STACKING WORD GAME For 2 to 4 Players 1 AGES 8+ You and your opponents score points by spelling words with stackable letter tiles on the special gameboard.You build words by blaying letters across or down on the board and by stacking letters on top of letters already on the board to form different words. It's this 3dimensional gameplay that makes UPWORDS so unique. You score points for each letter in your word and every letter tile under each letter of your word.
OBJECT Build words to score the most points.
THE FIRST TIMEIYOUPLAY ,. Apply the Feet Turn the gameboard upside-down.Twist one rubber foot into each corner hole. Apply the Label Apply the UPWORDS label to the smooth area on the side of the gameboard. SETUP Turn all of the tiles letter-side down and mix them up to create a draw pile. Each player takes a rack. Get a pencil and paper (not included)to keep score. Also keep a dictionary nearby to check the legality or spelling of any challenged word. See Rule 8 on page 5 for more information.
1. You and your opponents each draw one letter tile from the draw pile. Whoever draws the tile nearest to the letter"AHplays first. Play then passes to the left. Return the tiles, letter-side down, to the draw pile and mix them up again. I 2. You and your opponents draw seven letter tiles each. Stand your tiles in your rack as shown in Figure 1. Don't , let your opponents see your letters.
. HOW TO FORMWORDS: Figures 2 through 7 show a sequence of plays. Arrows point out the word or words formed on each play. Point scores are given for each example. See Rule 6 on page 5 for details on scoring. You can play letters to form a word that reads across (from left to right only) or down the gameboard (never diagonally or up) and connects to a word already on the board. For example, build down from the letter"D in MOOD to form the word DEAR as shown in Figure 2.
N0TE:Any letter in your word that is adjacent to another letter or letters on the board must form a word. For example, in Figure 3, the letter "Nuin NET is adjacent to the letterUOinMOOD, which forms the word ON. Stacking Letters: You can stack letters on top of letters already on the board to change a word into a different word. For example, stack the letter "W"on top of the"M"in MOOD to change MOOD to WOOD as shown in Figure 4.You cannot play more than one letter on the same stack during one turn.
Mom on Stacking: You can stack the letter "LUontop of the letter"DUand stack the letterUP"ontop of the letter " R in the words WOOD and DEAR to change them into the words WOOL and LEAP as shown in Figure5. IMPORTANT: when you change a word already on the board into a different word, at least one letter from the old word must remain uncovered and be used in the new word.You cannot stack letters to cover up an entire word.
wora alreaay on the board into a different word on the same turn. For example, build across stacking the letterUN"ontop of the letter"Pnin LEAP to form the word SNACK and change the word LEAP to LEAN as shown in Figure 6. Figure 7 Score: I6 Points Plurals:You cannot simply add anUS"toa word already on the board to form a plural.You can, however, play letters to form a word that connects to a word already on the board to make it a plural.
6. HOW TO SCORE WORDS Y o u score 2 points per letter tile for any word formed with all letters only one tile high (no letter in the word is stacked on top of another letter).For example, the word DEAR in Figure 2 (page 3) contains four letters, and each is only one tile high.To score this word,just multiply 4 times 2 for a total of 8 points. Y o u score 1 point per letter tile for any word formed that contains any letters stacked two or more tiles high.
7. ILLEGAL WORDS Any word that falls into any category listed below,is an illegal word and cannot be used in the game. Words that are always capitalized &e illegal. Words requiring a hyphen are illegal. Words requiring an apostrophe are illegal. Abbreviations and symbols are illegal. Prefixes and suffixes, that cannot stand alone, are illegal. Foreign words are illegal unless they appear in the dictionary. 8.
10. EXCHANGING YOUR LETTERS On your turn, you may exchange one o f your letter tiles for a new one. Just turn the tile you want to exchange letter-side down and draw a replacement tile from the draw pile. Return the tile you turned down to the draw pile and mix it up. As a penalty, you lose your turn. Sometimes it is a good strategy to give up a turn in order to exchange a letter. For example, you may want to exchange a "J" or a"Z" if you draw them late in the game. 11.
SOLO PLAY RULES Follow setup and gameplay rules as explained above. Make words, one at u NOTE: During the game, a time, and score points for every word y ~ make. you are allowed to exchange five letters (see Rule 10 above) without a' penalty.The game ends either (1) when all of the letter tiles have been used, or (2) when you cannot make a word or exchange a letter tile.Total up your score. Keep track of your solo game scores and try to improve each time you play.
