Last tile, empty bag
The player who empties their rack adds the face value of every other rack. Everyone else subtracts their own leftover tiles.
Word game
Scrabble
Build words. Score big. Take the board.
A free-for-all word game where you draw tiles, build words on a shared board, and compete for the highest final score.
2–4 players15×15 board7 tiles per rack100 tiles
What is Scrabble?
Each player has a private rack of tiles. On your turn, build one connected word line on the shared board, score it, and draw back toward seven tiles.
The highest final score wins. It is a free-for-all: each person plays alone.
How to play
Six moves. A bad word is rejected immediately. There is no challenge.
01
Draw your tiles
Start with 7 tiles.
02
Build a word
Place tiles in one row or column.
03
Connect to the board
The first word covers the center star. Later words must connect to existing tiles.
04
Play Word
The server validates every word and calculates your score.
05
Draw back to 7
Refill your rack while tiles remain in the bag.
06
Pass, swap, or play
Choose your move each turn.
Every word formed, including words that cross, has to be in the dictionary. Play Word is what commits the move.
The board
A 15×15 grid. Premium squares score only when a new tile covers them.
Center star
The opening word must cover it. On that play it scores as a double word.
- Triple word · 8
- Double word · 16 + center star
- Triple letter · 12
- Double letter · 24
A tile already on the board does not trigger that square again.
Tiles and scoring
100 English tiles. Seven on your rack. A blank scores 0, and the letter you choose stays fixed.
| Points | Tiles |
|---|---|
| 0 | Blank ×2 |
| 1 | A×9 E×12 I×9 O×8 N×6 R×6 T×6 L×4 S×4 U×4 |
| 2 | D×4 G×3 |
| 3 | B×2 C×2 M×2 P×2 |
| 4 | F×2 H×2 V×2 W×2 Y×2 |
| 5 | K×1 |
| 8 | J×1 X×1 |
| 10 | Q×1 Z×1 |
Playing all 7 tiles in one turn adds 50. A shorter rack does not earn that bonus.
Rules
What the server accepts. The live board shows the score before you commit.
Placement
- New tiles must be in one row or one column.
- There cannot be gaps inside the played span.
- After the opening move, at least one new tile must touch an existing tile on a side.
- Corner-only contact does not count.
- Every formed word must be valid, including cross words.
- Words must be at least 2 letters.
Dictionary
- Collins Official Scrabble Words 2024 (CSW24).
- One dictionary only.
- Words are checked before the move is kept.
- A bad word is rejected immediately and never stays on the board.
- There is no challenge.
Pass
- Scores 0.
- Tiles you placed return to your rack.
- Counts toward the six scoreless turns.
Swap
- Exchange selected rack tiles with the bag.
- The bag must contain at least as many tiles as you exchange.
- The turn ends and counts as scoreless.
Timers
- Optional. One clock per turn.
- Off, or 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, or 45 minutes.
- When time expires, the turn passes and counts as scoreless.
- The host can pause the clock and resume it with the same time left.
Settings
The host sets these in the lobby. Scrabble has one ruleset.
Players
234
Turn timer
Off51015203045 min
Bot level
EasyNormalHardExpertSmartest
Bot speed
FastNormalSlow
Dictionary
CSW24
Bots
Optional seats. The level changes how far the bot searches. Speed only changes how long it waits before moving.
Easy
Plays the highest score it sees.
Normal
Plays a strong legal word and keeps a playable rack.
Hard
Looks a little further and balances the tiles it keeps.
Expert
Looks ahead and protects the better rack.
Smartest
The widest search: bingos, the rack you leave, and a short endgame.
Smartest is the strongest search. The dictionary decides whether a word is legal. A bot that cannot move passes.
Winning
Highest final score wins. Equal scores share the win.
Six scoreless turns
A pass, a swap, a timed-out turn, and a word worth 0 all count. Each player then subtracts their own leftover tiles.
One player left
Resigning until one player remains ends the game. That player wins on the scores already recorded.
Watching
Extra people can watch. They see the board, scores, bag count, history, and letter count. They cannot place tiles, pass, swap, or resign.
Ready to play?
Start a public game and jump in.