The game is played with a deck of 108 cards. Cards consist of 26 letters of the alphabet with a corresponding numerical value. How to Play Each Player is dealt 7 cards face down. Players can replace some or all of their cards by placing them face down in a discard pile and then exchanging them for a equal number of cards from the top of the unused deck pile. Cards can only be replaced once during the hand.
Players announce they have formed words by placing the cards face down on the table.
The player with a word having the most points is the winner of the hand. The points from the winning hand are added to the total points for that player. The winner of the game is the first player to reach the point total objective decided upon prior to the start of the game. Cards thrown out and replaced cannot be reused. In a game involving 3 or more players, when more than one player has the highest score, players involved get to keep the points which are then added to their overall point total.