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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 stacked five tiles high so your score
can really add up fast. Build words, stack letters, score high and have fun!
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- Page 1 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 stacked five tiles high so your score...
- Page 2 OBJECT Build words to score the most points. CONTENTS plastic gameboard rubber feet label sheet LETTER DISTRIBUTION plastic letter tiles plastic tile racks of each 2ofeach of each 4 o f each 5 of each 6 o f each...
- Page 3 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.
- Page 4 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. 2.
- Page 5 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. Rule 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...
- Page 6 N0TE:Any letter your word that adjacent another letter letters board must form example, Figure letter "Nu adjacent letterUOin MOOD, forms word Stacking Letters: You stack letters top of letters already board change word into different word. example, stack "W"on the"M"in change WOOD MOOD...
- Page 7 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 IMPORTANT: when you change a word already on the board into a...
- Page 8 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 6.
- Page 9 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 times 2 for a total of 8 points.
- Page 10 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.
- Page 11 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.
- Page 12 We will be happy to hear your questions or comments about this game.US consumers write to: Hasbro Games, Consumer Affairs Dept., P . O . Box 200, Pawtucket, RI 02862. Tel: 888-836-7025 (toll free). Canadian consumers please write to: Hasbro Canada...