Patent ID: 8628394

Claim:
A method of playing a word game with one or more players, comprising: generating, by operation of one or more computer processors, a representation of a game board, the game board comprising: a play area including a plurality of tiles from a deck of tiles; and at least two bench areas, each including a set of tiles from the deck of tiles, wherein each of the at least two bench areas are arranged as a column or a row adjacent to the play area, and wherein each tile in the deck of tiles specifies a letter and a point value; providing logic, by operation of the one or more computer processors, that facilitates play of at least one round of the word game, wherein a round includes a turn for each of the one or more players, and wherein a turn comprises: receiving an ordered selection of tiles within the play area that form a word; removing the tiles in the ordered selection of tiles from the play area; receiving a selection of one of the at least two bench areas; replacing empty tiles within the play area by sliding tiles from the selected bench area onto the play area; receiving a selection of one or more post-turn actions comprising a trap action that places a trap in association with a selected one of the plurality of tiles within the play area, wherein any word formed by one of the other players using the selected tile associated with the second trap will automatically be assigned a point value of zero points.