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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.Letters can be
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OBJECT Build words to score the most points. CONTENTS plastic gameboard 100 plastic letter tiles 4 plastic tile racks 4 rubber feet label sheet LETTER DISTRIBUTION JQuVX I 1 of each KWY 1 2ofeach 6 F GH P 1 3 of each C 1 4of each D L MN RT U I 5 of each I S 1 6of each
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THE FIRST TIMEIYOU PLAY ., 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
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1. You and your opponents each draw one letter tile from the draw pile. Whoever draws the tile nearest to the letter"AH plays first. Play then passes to the left. Return the tiles, letter-side down, to the draw pile and mix them up again. I 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 1 your letters. Whoever plays first must form a word of two letters or more that covers at least one of t
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5. HOW TO FORM WORDS: 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 Figure 2 Score: 8 Points 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 s
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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 "Nu in NET is adjacent to the letterUOin MOOD, which forms the word ON. Stacking Letters: You can stack letters on top of letters Figure 4 Score: 5 Points 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 th
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Mom on Stacking: You can stack the letter "LUon top of the letter"DU and stack the letterUP"on top of the letter "R in the words WOOD and DEAR to change them into the words WOOL and LEAP as shown in Figure 5. IMPORTANT: when you change a word already Figure 5 Score: 72 Points 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.You can - build a new wo
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wora alreaay on the board into a different word on the same turn. For example, build across stacking the letterUN"on top of the letter"Pn in LEAP to form the word SNACK and change the word LEAP to LEAN as shown in Figure 7 Score: I6 Points Figure 6. Plurals:You cannot simply add anUS"to a 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. For example, build down to form the
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6. HOW TO SCORE WORDS You 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. You score 1 point per letter tile for any word formed that contains any letters stacked two or more tiles high.Count each letter in your word and ev
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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. CHALLENGING A WORD You can challenge an opponent's word if you think it's mis
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10. EXCHANGING YOUR LETTERS On your turn, you may exchange one of 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. HOW TO END THE GA
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SOLO PLAY RULES Follow setup and gameplay rules as explained above. Make words, one at a time, and score points for every word y~u make. NOTE: During the game, 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 (2) when you cannot make a word or exchange a letter tile.Total used, or up your score. Keep track of your solo game scores and try to improve each time you play. We will be happy to hear
