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Appendix A: Basic Rules of Play and Scoring

II. Scoring

I. Using the Blank on a DWS or TWS

When a blank tile is played on a pink Double Word Square or a red Triple Word Score square, the value of the word is doubled or tripled even though the blank itself has a zero score value.

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