Fundex Games Scrabble Word Play Poker User manual

CARD GAME
Objective:
To create the best scoring hand using the cards
dealt to you. The player with the highest value word
wins the hand.
Contents:
The deck includes 110 cards. There are 74 letter-
letter cards, 32 premium score cards, and 4 wild
cards. All letters have a number value. Wild cards do
not have a value.
Premium Double and Triple Score Cards:
If a player forms a word with more than one premium
card (i.e. double or triple word or letter cards), the
score is doubled or tripled and then redoubled or
re-tripled according to the players cards in that word.
Include premiums for double or triple letter values, if
any, before doubling or tripling the word score.
Scrabble Word Play Poker
- Standard Edition
Game play:
Shuffle the deck of cards and deal each player one
card. The player with the letter card closest to A wins
the deal. These cards are now placed back in the
deck. Make copies of the included score sheet, or
use a piece of paper to keep a tally of each player’s
score, entering it after each hand.
The dealer shuffles and deals 7 cards facedown to
each player, which only the player sees. The deal
always starts to the left of the dealer. Players may
now have one 3 card draw (a player may take a
maximum of 3 cards from their hand and replace
them with new cards from the deck). The player to
the left of the dealer starts the draw. Players now
create the highest value word using the letter cards
in their hand.
Players must lay their hands down in the order of
the game play. A word laid is a word played. Once a
player’s hand is down and their word is formed, the
word cannot be changed.
The player with the highest value word (only one
word may be formed in each hand) wins the hand.
The score for each hand is the sum of the letter val-
ues in each word formed plus the additional points
obtained from premium score cards.
Winner:
The player with the highest final score wins the
game. Players can choose to set a time limit or maxi-
mum score to win the game.
Scrabble Word Play Poker
- Hold ‘Em Style
Game play:
Each player is dealt two cards face down. The dealer
turns the first card from the top of the deck and lays
it face down. This is called a “burn”. Three cards are
now placed face up in the middle of the table (flop),
which are community cards.
Players combine the two cards in their hand with
the community cards to form words. The dealer now
burns a second card before turning one more card
Ages 8+
2-6 Players
Sample Words

up beside the flop. This is called the “turn”. The
dealer burns one more card before placing the final
card face up. The last card is called the “river”.
Each hand is revealed in the order of game play.
Players must arrange the letters in the proper order
to form the word before laying down their hand. A
word laid is a word played. Once a player’s hand is
down and their word is formed, the word cannot be
changed. Players may use all seven cards to make a
seven letter word. The player with the highest value
word wins the hand.
Winner:
The player with the highest final score wins the
game. Players can choose to set a time limit or maxi-
mum score to win the game.
Valid Words:
Penalty: Before the game begins, the players should
agree upon the dictionary they will use. All words
labeled as a part of speech (including those listed of
foreign origin, and as archaic, obsolete, colloquial,
slang, etc.) are permitted with the exception of the
following: words always capitalized, abbreviations,
prefixes and suffixes standing alone, and words
requiring a hyphen or an apostrophe.
Valid Word Challenges: Any player’s word may be
challenged by another player for proper spelling
or validity.
Consulting a Dictionary: Before the game begins, the
players determine the penalty of points for consult-
ing the dictionary. If the word challenged is unac-
ceptable, the player must pay a penalty of points. If
the word challenged is acceptable, the challenger
must pay a penalty of points. A dictionary should be
consulted for challenges only.
Be Creative! Scrabble Poker allows for plenty of cre-
ativity or variety within the stated rules of game play.
Try your own games and have fun!
Players
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 +
10
Total
OFFICIAL SCORE SHEET
Word Play
Poker
CARD GAME