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Year Published
1981
# of Players:
2 − 4
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 2 players
Recommended with 2, 3, 4 players
(8 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
90 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
8 and up
User Suggested Ages
10 and up
(2 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
No necessary in-game text
(2 voters) [poll]
Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
Upwords
Alternate Names
Crucimaster
Mots en hauteur
Palabras Arriba
Sõnamäng
Stapelwoord
Topwords
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Players must form words on an 8x8 (or in the new edition 10x10) grid. The words may be formed horizontally or vertically on the grid, as in Scrabble, but as the title suggests the letters may also be stacked, so that words can be changed by having letters substituted by stacking (up to a limit of 5 high). Scoring is also different to Scrabble; there are no letter values, instead, when a new word is formed the number of tiles used in that word is counted and used as the score. A word that is flat (no stacked tiles) scores double, but the words that score the most are those that have lots of stacking.

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1 Upwords Player Aid.doc
Player aid (two per page) for 10x10 editions. Includes tile distribution, scoring and illegal words.
2007-03-28
2 Upwordsletters.doc
Letter Distributions for Both Editions
2004-10-15
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