Scrabble for Literacy
SCRABBLE FOR LITERACY: Scrabble for Literacy is not a tournament; it's a party. The rules of the event allow everyone to participate and have a good time, no matter their Scrabble skill level. Guests will be seated at tables of eight, and when Scrabble play begins, watch out! Each table will play as a team against all other tables.
This year's event was held on Saturday, March 7, 2009 at the Clarion Hotel. Playing rounds centered around a theme provided at the beginning of each round. The Mucho Scrabblers were the winners this year.
Scrabble:
Tompkins Learning Partners Style!
Three rounds of Scrabble, each lasting 20 minutes.
- All tiles out on the table before play begins -- team members may use any and all tiles during play.
- All teams beginning play with the same designated word.
- All teams playing against all other teams throughout the night -- highest single table score of the night wins the grand prize.
- Any length word acceptable as teams buy letters from judges to increase scores or purchase a peek at the dictionary to settle disputes over words.
- Sky rocketing scores as teams rack their brains for ways to use the least popular letters of the alphabet.
- Triple scores in two directions at once!
Photos from a past Scrabble for Literacy party.
