18/11/2025
In celebration of National Reading Month and National Book Week, our school has organized different activities for our students. In support of this celebration, the Library Department has been tasked to facilitate a competition that aims to enhance and test the vocabulary skills of our learners, it is the game of SCRABBLE.
Below are the mechanics of the said game:
๐๐๐ผ๐: SCRABBLE TOURNAMENT
๐๐๐๐: November 20, 2025, at 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
๐๐๐๐๐: SDNTS E-Library Building
๐๐๐: Players from Grade 7 to Grade 12
๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ ๐๐พ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐พ๐๐ผ๐๐๐พ๐
1. ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ข
โข The tournament is open to all grade levels/councils of Sto. Domingo, National Trade School.
2. ๐ด๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
โข Four (4) players per council
3. ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
โข Submission of the names of the players will be on November 18-19, 2025, at the School's Library. (Send a message via messenger or look for Sir Eli, our Librarian)
4. ๐
๐๐๐๐
โข New Library Building (E-Library)
5. ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐๐
Champion
1st Runner Up
2nd Runner Up
3rd Runner Up
6. ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐
The winners will be announced on the page of SDNTS Learning Resource Center and during the Flag Raising Ceremony on November 24, 2025
๐ผ๐พ๐๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐๐พ๐๐ผ๐๐๐พ๐
1. ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐๐จ
There are 100 tiles used in the game, and 98 of them will contain letters and point values. 2 blank tiles can be used as wild tiles to take the place of any letter. When a blank is played, it remains in the game as the letter it substitutes for.
Different letters in the game will have various point values, and this will depend on how rare the letter is and how difficult it may be to lay that letter. Blank tiles will have no point values.
2. ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ช๐๐จ
Below are the point values for each letter that is used in a Scrabble game.
0 Points - Blank tile.
1 Point - A, E, I, L, N, O, R, S, T, and U.
2 Points - D and G.
3 Points - B, C, M, and P.
4 Points - F, H, V, W, and Y.
5 Points - K.
8 Points - J and X.
10 Points - Q and Z.
3. ๐๐ญ๐ฉ๐ง๐ ๐๐ค๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ก๐ช๐๐จ
On the board, players will see that some squares offer multipliers. Should a tile be placed on these squares, its value will be multiplied by 2 or 3. Some squares will also multiply the total value of the word and not just the single point value of one tile.
4. ๐ฟ๐ค๐ช๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ค๐ง๐๐จ - The light blue cells in the board are isolated and
when these are used, they will double the value of Tiles placed on the double letter square
5. ๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ - The dark blue cell in the board will be worth triple the
amount, so any tile placed here will earn more points.
6. ๐ฟ๐ค๐ช๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐จ ๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ - When a cell is light red in color, it is a double word
cell, and these run diagonally on the board, towards the four corners. When a word is placed on these squares, the entire value of the word will be doubled.
7. ๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ก๐ ๐๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ - The dark red square is where the high points can be
earned, as this will triple the word score.
One Single Use - When using the extra point squares on the board, they can only be used one time. If a player places a word here, it cannot be used as a multiplier by placing another word on the same square.
8. ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐
Without looking at any of the tiles in the bag, players will take one tile. The player who got the letter that is closest to โAโ will begin the game. A blank tile will win at the start of the game. The tiles are placed in the bag and used for the remainder of the game.
Every player will start their turn by drawing seven tiles from the Scrabble bag. There are three options during any turn. The player can place a word, they can exchange tiles for new tiles, or they can choose to pass.
9. ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ง๐
When the game begins, the first player will place their word on the star spin in the center of the board. The star is a double square and will offer a double word score. All players will build their words off of this word, extending the game to other squares on the board.
Play continues in a clockwise direction around the Scrabble board.
10. ๐๐๐ฅ๐ก๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐จ
Once tiles are played on the board, players will draw new tiles to replace those. Players will always have seven tiles during the game. Drawing tiles is always done without looking into the bag so that the letters are always unknown.
11. ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ฝ๐ค๐ฃ๐ช๐จ
Exciting rewards can come when players use all seven tiles to create a word on the board. When this happens, players will receive a 50-point bonus, in addition to the value of the word.
13. ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ง๐๐จ
When the game ends, each player will count all points that are remaining on their tiles that have not been played. This amount will be deducted from the final score.
A bonus is awarded to the player who ends the game and has no remaining tiles. The tile values of all remaining players will be added to the score of the player who is out of tiles to produce the final score for the game.
๐ผ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ง๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ: Round 1 will be an elimination Round. All 24 players will play on the 6 Scrabble Boards, 4 players on each board. The Top 2 players of each board will play in the next round.
Round 2. This round is the quarterfinals. The 12 players will play on the 3 boards, 4 players on each board. This will be a point system scoring. The top 8 players will play in the semi-finals round.
Round 3. This is a semi-final round, and point system scoring. The top 4 will enter the Championship round.
Round 4. This is a championship round. The highest score wins.
Game Clock. ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐๐ค ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐, , ๐๐ ๐ค๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ค per move for the players.
