Snatch
Snatch Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
The Game
Place the letter tiles face down in the play area. Players take turns flipping over a tile until a word of 3 or more letters can be formed. It need not be your turn: as soon as you spot a word, call it out, take the letters, and place the word face up in front of you. But beware: the word you make may not be yours for long!
Words can be formed in two ways: by using 3 or more letters from the center OR by adding one or more letters to an existing word. Players may SNATCH any word by changing it with the addition of one or more letters. So your CAT may become someone else's CART, which could then be snatched as TRACK seconds later. You must use all the letters of the word you are snatching.
Continue until all 100 tiles have been flipped over and no more new words can be formed.
Do's and Don'ts
- All words must have 3 or more letters.
- Letters must be added, not just rearranged.
- You may add letters to your own words.
- New words may be formed by combining existing words.
- You can't simply add an S or ED to an existing word; you must change the core meaning of the word.
- No names, slang, or abbreviations.
Scoring
Each 3-letter word is worth 1 point. For each additional letter in the word, another point is scored. E.g. TAN = 1 point, THAN = 2 points, CHANT = 3 points, SNATCH = 4 points and so on.
Letter Distribution
A-5, B-2, C-4, D-4, E-12, F-4, G-2, H-5, I-5, J-1, K-1, L-5, M-4, N-5, O-6, P-3, Q-1, R-5, S-5, T-7, U-4, V-2, W-3, X-1, Y-3, Z-1
For 2 or more players, age 8 and up.