Adapted Scrabble

At the day program there were always a few folks who loved to play Scrabble, but we found it a very time consuming game, it can be hard to stay engaged in it while waiting for your next turn and it limited the amount of players that could be involved. 

Hence the invention of white board Scrabble!

For this game you need: A dry erase board, dry erase markers, and Scrabble letters

To Play:

1. With a small to medium sized group (4-12 recommended), set up a white board where every one can see it.
2. Choose 7 letters at random out of the bag of Scrabble letters OR if you don't have letters handy, have yourself or group members choose 7 letters from the bag. 
Tip: Try choosing 3 vowels and 4 consonants as your letters, this allows better chances at making words and gives more sense of success.
There's nothing more defeating than getting a truly awful hand of letters in Scrabble.

3. Next, write your 7 letters at the top of the white board.
4. Have players come up with as many 3 or more letter words as they can using those letters. You can only use the letter once per word!
Take turns or have the players shout out the words they have made, write them on the board to keep track and when you think you've finished, count up how many words were made.

For more of a challenge: Give the players a time limit or a specific number of words to come up with.

For the Techies: This is very similar to the game 'Word Cookies' that can be downloaded onto Smart phones or tablets!



You can also play this game individually with pen and paper. I've made up a blank sheet with instructions in which you can write in your own letters.
 It is linked here: Blank Scrabble Sheet

For a few printable pre-created sheets  click here:

Scrabble Sheet 1

Scrabble Sheet 2

Scrabble Sheet 3

Scrabble Sheet 4
Scrabble Sheet 5
Scrabble Sheet 6
Scrabble Sheet 7