Hasbro Upwords User manual

THE QUICK STACKING

WORD

GAME

For

Players

AGES

You andyour opponentsscore pointsbyspellingwordswith stackable

lettertilesonthespecialgameboard.You buildwords byblayingletters

acrossor downonthe boardandbystackinglettersontopofletters

alreadyonthe boardtoform differentwords.It'sthis3dimensional

gameplaythat makes

UPWORDS

so unique.

You score pointsfor eachletterinyour wordandevery lettertile under

eachletterofyourword.Letters can bestackedfivetiles highso your score

can reallyaddupfast. Buildwords, stack letters,score highandhavefun!

OBJECT

Buildwordstoscore the mostpoints.

CONTENTS

plasticgameboard

100

plastic lettertiles

plastictileracks

rubberfeet labelsheet

LETTER

DISTRIBUTION

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THE

FIRST

TIMEIYOU

PLAY

Apply

the Feet

Turnthegameboardupside-down.Twistone

rubberfoot intoeach corner hole.

Apply

the

Label

ApplytheUPWORDS labeltothe smootharea

onthesideof

the

gameboard.

SETUP

Turnallofthetilesletter-sidedownand mixthem uptocreate adraw pile.

Eachplayertakes arack.

Get apenciland paper (notincluded)tokeepscore.Also keepa

dictionarynearbytocheckthe legalityor spellingofany challenged

word.See Rule

on page

for moreinformation.Use thedictionary

tosettlechallengesonly.

You andyour opponentseach drawone lettertilefrom the draw pile.

Whoeverdrawsthetilenearesttothe letter"AHplaysfirst.Playthen

passestothe left.Returnthetiles, letter-sidedown,tothe draw pile

andmixthem upagain.

You andyouropponents

draw seven lettertileseach.

Standyour tilesinyour rack

as showninFigure

Don't

letyour opponentssee

your letters.

Whoever playsfirst mustformawordof

twolettersor morethat coversat least

oneofthefour game squaresinthe center

ofthegameboard.

BASIC

TURN

Onyourturn, playoneor morelettertiles,

eithertoformanewwordthat connectsto

aword alreadyonthe board,ortochangea

word already onthe boardtoadifferentword.All lettersplayedonyour

turn mustbeinthe same rowofgamesquareseitheracrossor down.

Tally andannounceyour pointscore,then draw lettertiles from the

draw piletoreplacetheonesyou played.

IMPORTANT:Aword

legalandcan beusedinthegameif

inthe

dictionaryand

does notfall intoany ofthe categories ofillegalwords

listedinRule

onpage

HOW

FORM

WORDS:

Figures

through

show a

sequenceof plays.Arrows

pointoutthewordor words

formedoneach play.Point

scores are givenfor each

example.

See

Rule

on page

fordetailsonscoring.

You can playletterstoform

wordthat reads across (from

leftto rightonly)or downthe

gameboard(neverdiagonally

or up)andconnectstoaword

alreadyontheboard.For

example,builddownfromthe

letter"DinMOODtoformthe

word DEAR

shown inFigure

Buildacross usingtheletter

"E"

inDEAR toformtheword

NET as shown inFigure

ThewordON

alsoformed

readingdown.You score

pointsfor allofthewords

formedduringyour turn.

Figure

Score:

Points

Figure

Score:

Points

N0TE:Any letterinyour

wordthat

adjacentto

anotherletteror letterson

the boardmustform aword.

For example, in Figure

the

letter

"Nu

NET

adjacentto

the letterUOinMOOD, which

formstheword

ON.

Stacking

Letters:

You can

stack lettersontopofletters

already ontheboardto

change

word into

different

word. Forexample, stackthe letter

"W"ontopofthe"M"inMOODto

change

MOOD

toWOOD as shown

inFigure4.You cannot playmore

than oneletteronthesame stack

duringoneturn.You cannotstack

aletteronthesame letter

for

example,andlA"on an

"A."

IMPORTANT:

Letterscannot be

stackedmorethanfivetiles high.

Figure

Score:

Points

Mom

Stacking:

You can

stackthe letter"LUontop

the letter"DUandstack

the letterUP"ontopofthe

letter

inthewordsWOOD

and

DEAR

tochangethem

intothewordsWOOL and

LEAP

as shown inFigure

IMPORTANT:when you

changeawordalready

ontheboardinto

Figure

Score:

Points

different word, at

leastone letter

fromtheoldword

mustremain

uncoveredand be

usedinthe new

word.You cannot

stack lettersto

cover

an entire

word.You can

buildanewword

andchange

Figure

Score:

Points

woraalreaayon

the boardinto

adifferentword

onthesame turn.

For example,

buildacross

stackingthe

letterUN"ontop

ofthe letter"Pnin

LEAP toformthe

word

SNACK

and

changetheword

LEAP toLEAN

as shown in

Figure

Score:

Points

Plurals:You cannotsimplyaddanUS"toawordalreadyonthe boardto

formaplural.Youcan, however,playletterstoform awordthat connects

toaword alreadyonthe boardtomake

aplural.Forexample, build

downtoform theword PLUS whichconnectswiththe word

NET

and

makes

pluralas shown inFigure7.You score pointsfor bothwords.

HOW

SCORE

WORDS

Youscore

pointsper lettertilefor any wordformedwithall letters

onlyonetile high(noletterintheword

stackedontopofanother

letter).For example,theword DEAR inFigure

(page3) containsfour

letters,andeach

onlyonetile high.To score thisword,just multiply

times2for atotalof

points.

Youscore

pointper lettertilefor any wordformedthat containsany

lettersstackedtwoor moretiles high.Count each letterinyour word

andevery lettertile undereach letterofyour word togetyour score.

For example,the word

WOOD

inFigure

(page3)containsfour'letters

plusone lettertile underthenW"foratotal score of

points.

Youscore

extra bonuspointsifyou use theUQu"lettertile inany word

formedwith all lettersonlyonetile high.You do notreceiveany bonus

pointsifyou usethe"Quntileinaword formedwithany of

its

letters

morethanonetile high.

Youscore 20 extra bonuspointsifyou use allseven ofyour lettertiles

inoneturn.

Ifyouformtwoor morewords onthesame turn, each word

scored.

Any letteror stackof letterscommontothesetwowords

scoredfor

each word.For example, inFigure

(page3),the letternN"

commonto

thewordsON and NET.The word

scores

pointkandtheword NET

scores

pointsfor atotalof

pointsfor theturn.

At theendofthegame,

pointsare subtractedfromyour scorefor

each lettertileyou cannotplay.

ILLEGAL

WORDS

Any wordthatfalls intoany category listedbelow,is an illegal

wordandcannotbeusedinthegame.

Words that arealwayscapitalized&e illegal.

Words requiringahyphenare illegal.

Words requiringan apostropheare illegal.

Abbreviationsandsymbolsare illegal.

Prefixesandsuffixes,thatcannotstandalone, are illegal.

Foreignwords are illegalunlesstheyappear inthedictionary.

CHALLENGINGA

WORD

You can challengean opponent's word ifyouthink it's misspelledor

an illegalword.The word must

challengedbeforeanother word

played.Use adictionarytodecide ifthechallengedword is legalor

illegal.lf thechallengedword is illegal,the playerwho played

removes

thelettertilesfrom the boardandeither playsanotherword or passes.

PASSING

You may passyourturn at any timeduringthe game.Sometimes

your advantagetopass, especiallytowardtheendofthegame, toallow

abetterscoringopportunitytoopenupfor you.

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