Scrabble variants are games created by changing the normal Scrabble rules or equipment. Variants with standard board and tiles Clabbers
:For more detail, see the full article: Clabbers
Clabbers is the best known variant to tournament Scrabble players. All of the rules are identical to Scrabble with one exception: words played only have to be anagrams of real words. For example, MPORCTEU is a valid play in Clabbers because it anagrams to COMPUTER. The increased ability to play parallel to pre-existing words makes for much higher scores. Knowing all of the two letter words is very helpful in this game.Category Scrabble
This is a family of games in which you can play words belonging to a category that aren't allowed in regular Scrabble. This can be used to handicap a game between players of different skill, for instance Pokémon Scrabble for a parent/child game. For a real challenge, only words in a given category are allowed. It is best to pick a large and varied category so that the game doesn't become too slow paced with frequent exchanges.Duplicate
Seven letters are placed face-up, and all players have a set amount of time (usually ninety seconds) to write down the highest-scoring word from that hand. The highest-scoring word is played, and that player gets the points for that round. In case of a word tie, both players get the points. In case of a point tie, both players get the points and they flip a coin to see whose word gets played. Since all players play all rounds, more than four can easily play. This is a good challenge for friends who play Scrabble often, because nobody can complain about unlucky hands.Reverse-Scrabble
This game differs from the standard Scrabble game in that, while Scrabble requires players to use only words that can be found in a standard English dictionary, Reverse-Scrabble requires that each player fabricate an entirely new word every turn. That is, words used in Reverse-Scrabble must not actually be words in the traditional sense. The player must provide a definition for their invented word, including parts of speech for that word. The word must still follow English grammar rules and spelling conventions. An opponent may challenge a word if they suspect it already exists. If the challenged word can subsequently be found in a dictionary (a specific dictionary is agreed upon by all players prior to commencing play), then the challenge is successful and the word may not be used. Reverse-Scrabble is designed to reward creativity; endgame point values often run quite high when compared against traditional Scrabble. Reverse-Scrabble was invented and is played often by two characters from the Darian's Friends webcomic.Solitaire Scrabble
Solitaire Scrabble follows the same rules and word acceptability as normal Scrabble, but there is only one player. It can be played against a clock, trying to get the most points in three minutes for example, or for highest maximum score. Trying to set yourself up for a good play on the next turn is a good way to learn what not to do in a normal Scrabble game, as not you but your opponent will most likely reap the benefit of opening something up. Scrabble Towers
A player may play letters on top of letters that are already on the board, even noncontiguously, as long as all letters placed in one turn are in the same row or column, and no more than half (rounded down) cover up pre-existing letters. For example, the words DAWN and IT, with one space between them, can be changed to the single word DABBLING by covering up the W, N, and T, but cannot be changed to the word DECOYING because more than half of the letters in DAWN would have to be covered up. Scoring is the same as Scrabble; zero points are scored for tiles covered up. The concept of building upwards was implemented in a commercially released game called Upwords.Snatch-words
Snatch-words is played without a board. Tiles are placed face down in the middle of the table. Taking turns around the table, each player will turn over a tile, leaving it in clear view of all players. A player who sees a Scrabble-valid word calls it out, takes the letters, and makes the word in front of her. From then on each player may take letters from the "unused" pile or whole words from any player to call out new words. At the end each player's collection of individual words is scored.Take Two
Take Two is played without a board. Tiles are placed face down in the middle of the table. Players draw from these communal letters trying to build words with their personal tiles in front of them. Words can be built by rearranging tiles already there and by playing through pre-existing words as if they were playing Solitaire Scrabble. If a player plays all of the tiles in front of them, they call "Take two", and everybody takes two tiles. Play continues until there are no more tiles left to draw.[ Visit the complete Wikipedia entry for Scrabble variants ]
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