Franklin The Official SCRABBLE Players Dictionary User manual

User’s Guide
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SCR-226
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License Agreement
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Congratulations! You now ave a powerful and
portable way to improve your SCRABBLE®skills
and scores. Wit The Official SCRABBLE®
Players Dictionary you can:
• c eck if your word is a valid SCRABBLE®word
according to The Official SCRABBLE®Players
Dictionary from Hasbro®and view its definition
(w en available);
• c eck word spellings;
• build words from your letter and blank tiles;
• enter patterns of letters appearing on t e board
and fit your tiles to t ose patterns;
• include double and triple letter and word scores
in your patterns;
• play t ree fun word games.
To learn ow to use The Official SCRABBLE®
Players Dictionary, read t is manual and t en
keep it andy for reference.
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Introduction
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Your unit is powered by four AAA batteries. You
must install t e batteries before you can use t e
unit. T e battery compartment is located on t e
back of t e unit at t e top. Please ave a small
P illips screwdriver at and before following t e
steps below to install or c ange t e batteries.
1. Turn the unit off (if necessary) and turn it over.
2. Unscrew the tiny screw at the bottom of the
battery compartment.
. Using your thumbs, push the latches in and
lift the cover off.
4. Install four new AAA batteries following the
markings in the compartment.
5. Replace the battery cover and the screw.
6. Using a paper clip, gently press the Reset
button located on the back of the unit.
CAUTION: TO AVOID BATTERY LEAKAGE…
• Be sure to insert t e batteries correctly and always follow
t e product and battery manufacturer's instructions;
• Do not mix old and new batteries or alkaline, standard
(carbon-zinc) or rec argeable (nickel-cadmium)
batteries;
• Always remove weak or dead batteries from t e product.
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Getting Started
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✔ Adjusting the Contrast
You can make t e screen lig ter or darker to
suit your viewing needs. Press or to
adjust t e contrast at t e Ready screen. If t e
screen remains blank, you may need to
replace t e batteries.
✔ Resuming Where You Left off
To save battery life, t is product will automati-
cally s ut off wit in two minutes if no key is
pressed.
Eac time you turn t e product on, you will
return to t e last screen you viewed.
Note: T is will only work if you ave turned t e
demonstration off.
✔ Viewing the Demonstration
Eac time you turn t e unit on, t e Quick
Demo appears. You can stop t e demo at any
time by pressing CLEAR.
If you do not wis to ave t e Demo run eac
time you turn t e product on, you can disable it
at any time. To do so, type
✽✽ dat t e Ready
screen, t en press ENTER. To re-enable t e
demo, type
✽✽ dand press ENTER again.
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Getting Started
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Builds words from entered letters.
Goes to t e pattern entry screen.
S ows t e Games menu.
Sets t e skill level for t e games.
Displays a elp message.
Cycles t roug t e double and triple
letter and word scores.
Types to stand for any series of
letters.
Types to stand for one unknown
letter or a blank tile. In games, ends
a round.
Clears to t e Ready screen or stops
t e demonstration.
Enters a word.
Goes back or erases a typed letter.
/ Scrolls up and down. Adjusts screen
contrast at t e Ready screen.
/ Moves left or rig t.
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Key Guide
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To build words from your letter tiles, type t e tiles you ave
at t e Ready screen and t en press BUILD. You will see a
list of words ranked by t eir SCRABBLE
®
scores.
Here is an example.
1. Type the tiles in your tray.
For example, type t e letters ypxbtro.
To erase a letter, press BACK.
2. Press BUILD to build your SCRABBLE
®
list.
T e number s ows t e word’s SCRABBLE
®
score. If no
words can be built from your tiles, you’ll see t e message
Sorry can’t help.
. Press to see more words and scores.
4. Press CLEAR when done.
✔ Viewing More Words
Blinking arrows to t e rig t of t e screen indicate t at
t ere are more words to see. To scroll t e list of words,
just press t e arrow keys t at are s own.
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Building Words
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Building Words with Blank Tiles
To build words wit blank tiles, press for eac blank
tile and t en press BUILD. For example:
1. Type asde .
2. Press BUILD.
Note: T e blank tile letter is not counted in t e word
score.
. Press to see more words.
4. Press CLEAR when done.
✔Helpful Hint
You can build words using as many blank tiles as you
like. However, you cannot build words using . If
you type and t en press BUILD, t e
message Invalid query appears.
✔Help is at Hand
At most displays, you can view an appropriate elp
message by pressing HELP. To exit a elp message,
press BACK.
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Building Words
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Using PATTERN you can type patterns of letters
appearing on t e SCRABBLE®board and t en fit
your tiles around t em. For example, say you
ave t e tiles pleorkn and your board looks like
t is:
1. Press PATTERN to see the Pattern entry
screen.
You can enter a combination of 15 letters and t e
following designated squares.
One empty square
A series of empty squares
Double letter square
Triple letter square
Double word square
Triple word square
Press to enter an empty square.
P
TRIPLE
WORD ART
DOUBLE
LETTER
Y
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Filling Patterns
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Press SCORE to cycle t roug t e double and
triple word c oices.
2. Type your pattern.
To make a word using ART, your pattern will
look like t is.
. Press ENTER.
4. Type your tiles pleorkn and press ENTER.
5. Press to view more words.
6. Press CLEAR when done.
Adding Letters to the Beginning or
End of Words
At t e Pattern entry screen, you can use to
find words eit er ending or beginning wit t e tiles
on t e board. For example, say you ave t e tiles
eknjsuh and your board looks like t is:
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Filling Patterns
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