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Super Scrabble FAQ

Authored by: Bkstunt

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- TABLE OF CONTENTS -
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Note: Press Ctrl+F and enter in the code to skip to that section.

- Introduction.......................................................[SS-INT]
- Controls...........................................................[SS-CON]
- How To Play/FAQ....................................................[SS-HTP]
- Credits............................................................[SS-CRE]

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Introduction
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Hey guys, Bkstunt here doing a walkthrough on the Game Boy game Super
Scrabble.

Scrabble is an enjoyable game! Who doesn't enjoy a good game of Scrabble?
Well, probably a lot of people in this day and age. I mean, we are constantly
bombarded my electronic media and the idea of sitting down to play a board
game, especially one about WORDS, is likely foreign to most people... but
regardless of that, I still enjoy Scrabble!

As much as I may enjoy Scrabble, I should make it clear that this guide will
probably never be used FOR the game it was made for... people just aren't
clamoring to play an outdated Scrabble game on an outdated system! So while
I wrote this guide, I have to recommend to anyone reading this... go out and
get 2-3 friends together and play a PHYSICAL game of Scrabble!

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Onto the table of contents, and don't forget to have fun!

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Controls
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Here you can find the controls for this game. I usually do fancy ASCII art,
but not for GameBoy games...

Directional Pad: Controls Pointer.

A Button: Confirm Choice.

B Button: Undo Choice.

Turns off music (On Difficulty Screen)

Start Button: Pauses Game.

Press A + B while paused to end game.

Select Button: Play Word.

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How To Play/FAQ
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POINT VALUES
------------

Scrabble is all about scoring more points than your opponent. The Scrabble
board is a 15 x 15 grid where you will play your tiles. Each tile has a point
value attached to it, based on its rarity of use in the English language. The
harder to use letters, like Z, are worth more than easy to use letters like
A or E. See below for the point values for the alphabet:

A - 1 N - 1
B - 3 O - 1
C - 3 P - 3
D - 2 Q - 10
E - 1 R - 1
F - 4 S - 1
G - 2 T - 1
H - 4 U - 1
I - 1 V - 4
J - 8 W - 4
K - 5 X - 8
L - 1 Y - 4
M - 3 Z - 10

As you can see, letters like Z, Q, X, J and K are going to net you the most
points, so consider them a blessing when you find them. Speaking of finding
letters, the game randomizes the letters it will give you (and the computer),
which of course makes every single game unique (and means there is no possible
way that anyone could write a "guide" to Scrabble.

POINT MULTIPLIERS
-----------------

However, the KEY to scoring well in Scrabble is to use the POINT BONUS TILES
found on the scrabble board. The point bonuses you can receive are:

2 x LETTER SCORE: (Doubles the value of your letter)

3 x LETTER SCORE: (Triples the value of your letter)

2 x WORD SCORE: (Doubles the value of the word you put down)

Note: The Beginning Star is also a double word score.

3 x WORD SCORE: (Triples the value of the word you put down)

USE ALL LETTERS: (Gives you a 50 Point Bonus)

Below is what the Scrabble board looks like:

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3W | | | 2L | | | | 3W | | | | 2L | | | 3W |
|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 2W | | | | 3L | | | | 2L | | | | 2W | |
|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | 2W | | | | 2L | | 2L | | | | 2W | | |
|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2L | | | 2W | | | | 2L | | | | 2W | | | 2L |
|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 2W | | | | | | 2W | | | | |
|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 3L | | | | 3L | | | | 3L | | | | 3L | |
|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | 2L | | | | 2L | | 2L | | | | 2L | | |
|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|
| | | | | | | | * | | | | | | | |
| 3W | | | 2L | | | | 2W | | | | 2L | | | 3W |
|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | 2L | | | | 2L | | 2L | | | | 2L | | |
|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 3L | | | | 3L | | | | 3L | | | | 3L | |
|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 2W | | | | | | 2W | | | | |
|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2L | | | 2W | | | | 2L | | | | 2W | | | 2L |
|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | 2W | | | | 2L | | 2L | | | | 2W | | |
|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 2W | | | | 3L | | | | 3L | | | | 2W | |
|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3W | | | 2L | | | | 3W | | | | 2L | | | 3W |
|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|

On a normal Scrabble board it is easy to see what score multipliers are
where, but on the Game Boy version... yeah, it's not so easy. There are lines
and dashes on the board and if you don't know ahead of time it's hard to tell
what is what. Here's a quick guide (or legend, really) of what means what:

|
2 x LETTER SCORE: |

|
3 x LETTER SCORE: .
|

___
2 x WORD SCORE: ___

NOTE: The Beginning Star is also a double word score.

___
3 x WORD SCORE: ___
___

To maximize your score, you of course want to aim to get as MANY Score
Multipliers as you can, especially the 3 x Word Score. You want to use high
value tiles on LETTER scores and Word Score words.

It is just as important to make sure that your opponent doesn't get these
tiles. Take them with lower-scoring words if you must, and especially if it
will deny your foe that possible high-score.

HOW TO START
------------

It is traditional for players to each draw a tile and see who comes up with
the letter closest to "A" (Blank tiles are better than A, by the way). The
first player will always use the STAR in the middle of the board to go first.
Going first is also a distinct advantage as you not only have a blank slate,
but the star acts as a DOUBLE WORD SCORE.

HOW TO PLAY
-----------

Once it is your turn, you will be able to either lay down a word OR dump
letters and exchange them for other letters.

PLAYING A WORD:

Playing a word is fairly easy. I can't, of course, tell you how to play a
word, but keeping a dictionary handy will always help. Plus there are SEVERAL
websites dedicated to Scrabble words (especially words with Z, X, J, etc...).

You can re-arrange letters on your screen by selecting them with A and then
moving/swapping them around with your other tiles. To place a tile on the
board, select a single tile twice with A and you can then move it around on
the board.

Once you have all tiles down, press SELECT to play the word.

I SWEAR IT'S A WORD!
--------------------

Once you play a word, the game will take a moment and decide whether its a
REAL WORD or not. If it recognizes the word, your score will be added up and
you'll have to select some new letters to replace the ones you just used.

If the computer DOES NOT recognize your word, you can either...

ACCEPT the computers ruling: Give up your turn.

OVERRIDE the computers ruling: Force your word to be used and gain all
points.

And just in case you were wondering, yes you can make up just any group of
letters, play it, and override the computer to score...

DUMP LETTERS:

If you don't like the letters you have, you can choose to DUMP your letters.
This option costs you a turn, but lets you dump as many letters as you wish
back into the pile of unused tiles and pick new ones.

GAME MODES
----------

Supper Scrabble includes FOUR different game modes to play through:

- 1 PLAYER: You versus the computer. You can decide on a level from
1 - 5 how tough you want the computer to be.

- SOLITAIRE: You versus no one. This is a good practice mode.

- 2 PLAYER: You versus another player. You will both share one Game Boy
in this mode. Your tiles aren't shown until you press A, which
give you plenty of time to give the Game Boy to another player.

- LINK: Use a system link to play using two Game Boys. This is of course
untested by me, but I can't imagine you NEED this with the 2 Player
option available.

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Credits
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Gamefaqs Gameboy Completion Project for providing the motivation. No way I
would have done this without that!

Keyblade999 for the Scrabble board.

I'll also thank, hmmm... Strawberry Banana smoothies. Yum...

~Fin