score the base amount, but could not change the C to a T and earn points for SALTINE. Duplicate Duplicate Scrabble is a form of organized tournament Scrabble popular in French-speaking countries, in which all players use the same tiles and words on their board and during each round, within a fixed time limit, have to find the highest scoring word. Players only receive points for their own words, and at the end, when there are no more consonants or no more vowels, the player with the most points wins the game. This form of Scrabble can often result in many players participating simultaneously; the official record for participation in France, where Duplicate Scrabble is the preferred form of the game, is 1485 at the 1998 tournament in Vichy. It is also the predominant format used in the French World Scrabble Championships. Ecological Scrabble The name of this variant stems from the fact that the blank tiles can be recycled. If a blank is played, any player may remove it from the board at the start of their turn and replace it with the letter it was declared to represent. For example, if PEAk is played (with a blank K), a player may take the blank and lay an actual K in its place. However, they may not replace it with any other letter that would form a valid word, such as L (PEAL), R (PEAR), S (PEAS), or T (PEAT). Solitaire Scrabble Solitaire Scrabble follows the same rules and word acceptability as normal Scrabble, but there is only one player. Solitaire Scrabble can be played against a clock, trying to get the most points in a certain length of time or for highest maximum score. Speed Scrabble All tiles are arranged face down in a communal draw pile, in the center of the table. Around this pile, each player has their own private board. The board is imaginary. There are no double or triple letter or word score bonus squares. Rather, the player simply arranges their tiles into a valid scrabble board in front of them. Each player starts with 7 tiles, face down. The game begins with all players flipping their tiles face up. There is no turn taking. Players work to arrange all their active tiles into a legal Scrabble board. Duplicate words are not allowed. Nothing is permanent about a player's board. They may rearrange some