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From the official rules on Hasbro's website: Premium Word Squares: The score for
an entire word is doubled when one of its letters is placed on a pink square: it is tripled when
one of its letters is placed on a red square. The Triple Word square triples the value of
any word played on it.
 Scrabble

How to Score a Scrabble Play

Counting Triple Word Score & More
By Daniel Nations
Updated 06/26/19

Scrabble is scored by adding the numbers on each letter tile together within the
word that is formed on a player's turn, which includes letters that were played
from the player's rack and letters already on the board. The blank tile acts as a
wildcard, allowing the player to choose any letter in the alphabet, but not adding
anything to the score of the word. This may sound simple, but once you add in
the special squares that can double or triple the score for a character or word
and be combined with each other, scoring Scrabble can get a little tricky.

Basic Rules for Scoring in Scrabble

There are a few basic rules that govern the process of scoring in Scrabble:

 Special squares (double letter score, triple letter score, and so forth) only
count the first time a letter is played on them.
 The light blue double letter square doubles the point value for the tile played
on it, and the blue triple letter square triples the value for the tile. If a blank tile
is played on either of these special squares, it still contributes nothing toward
the total word score because a blank tile has a score of zero.
 The pink double word squares double the entire word value and the red triple
word scores triple the entire word value. This remains true even if a blank tile
covers the double word score or triple word score square. The pink square in
the middle of the board used to start the game is a double word score.
 Double letter and triple letter squares are counted first to obtain the initial word
score, and then any double word score or triple word score squares are
counted.

 A player using all seven letters in their rack gains a bonus 50 points to their
score after all other special squares are counted. The 50 bonus points do not
count toward double and triple word scores.
 If two or more words are formed on a single turn, each word is scored
individually. This means any special scoring squares are counted for both
words.
 At the end of the game, all tiles in a player's rack are subtracted from their
score and the highest score wins. If two players tie, the person with the fewest
points subtracted from their score wins.

Examples of Scoring Scrabble

Let's look at a few real-world examples to see how the rules work out when
playing the game. The basic rule to follow is that light blue and blue come
before light pink and red.

The "T" in "thing" covers a double word score and the "G" covers a double letter
score. The point value for the "G" is doubled when adding up the word's initial
score. This initial score is then doubled to get the final score.

The word "thing" is formed and both the "T" and the "G" are on double word
score squares. The letter values are added up to get the word's initial score,
this score is doubled for the first double word score and that total is then
doubled for the second double word score. The final value is four times the
initial word score.

The "T" in "thing" is covering a double word score square, and a player lays
down an "S" to create "things." The double word score square under the "T"
does not count for the new word because the "T" was not played in that round.
If the added "S" on the end of the word is on a double letter or triple letter score
the value of the S is doubled or tripled.

If the "S" is on a double word or triple word square, the score for the entire word
("things") is doubled or tripled.

The "S" at the end of "things" sits on a special square and is also used to spell
out the word "star." When a player creates two (or more) new words, all words
are scored independently and then added together to form the total score for
the play. So if that added "S" is on a triple letter score, the "S" is tripled for both
"things" and "star." Even better, if the "S" is on a double word score, both newly
formed words are doubled. This can really create some high scores when used
properly.

What About a Word That Covers Two Triple Word Score Squares?

It is very difficult to lay down letters on two different triple word score squares in
the same turn. It takes at least eight letters for the same word to be on two of
 these red squares, so the player would need to form the longer word around a
smaller word.

But it can be done, and it follows the same rule as forming a word over two
double word scores. After the word's letters are added together to form the
initial value, this score is tripled for the first triple word score and that total is
tripled again for the second triple word score. The end result is nine times the
initial word's value.

What Are Some Strategies Around Special Scoring Tiles?

Scrabble isn't always won by the person with the best vocabulary or the highest
scoring tiles in their hand. Scrabble can also be quite strategic.

 Don't always play high scoring letters just because you can. Letters like
"Q" and "X" are best used in combination with one of the special squares to
get the maximum value out of them. Late in the game, it might be best to just
play them. If you are caught with a high scoring letter in your rack at the end
of the game, it counts against you.
 Don't give the opponent an easy double word or triple word score. When you
play adjacent to these squares, it makes it easier for your opponent to use
them. This can't always be avoided, but if you can make a word in some other
part of the board, even if it doesn't score quite as much, it might be a better
move.
 Save your "S" tiles. The "S" may be the most versatile tile in Scrabble. It can
help you form two words in one play by making an already-played word plural.
It can also extend your word by one letter when you need that extra square for
a double or triple word score. So even if you can play "things" from your hand,
consider holding back that 's' unless it lands on a special square. It may be
more useful later in the game