A crossword game with 100 interlocking letter tiles. No board. No letter racks.

1. Employing innovating interlocking letter tiles;
having the same letter on the other side with a 90° twist.
The crossword game: 100 CANAC letter tiles, one is the logo.
No board, no letter racks! Confined to a 15 by 15 elements square field.

2. Canac © Eric Parein licensed & edited through E.K.’Team info@ekteam.eu
CANAC is a Crossword Game
for two players, as from age 6.
One hundred interlocking
graphic letter tiles, one is the Logo.

4. The CANAC
letter distribution is
as follows:
A - 6 / B - 2 / C and U - 5
D - 5 / E, M and W - 22
F - 1 / G - 3 / H and I - 7
J-3/K-3/L-3
N and Z - 12 / O - 5 / P - 2 / Q - 1
A graphic tool also…
R-5/S-5/T-5/V-2/X-1
Y (IJ) - 1
LOGO - 1

5. Scoring:
The scoring always is calculated by the length (number of tiles) of the achieved
words. Each letter in a word has a number of points relative to its place in that word!
S C H E P = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 = 15 points.
So, the longer the word, the more the added value is increasing. Totaling these points
is shown under; above the number of letters in a word, under their total score.
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8. Be also Creative!
In 3 Dimensions…

9. Play Rules:
- Two players or more play in turn on a flat surface to compete for the highest score.
- The oldest (wisest...) player starts the game; he or she grabs 8 random tiles out of a bag and keeps
them in view for the other(s), then places the first word of the game with at least two interlocked letter
tiles. The remaining tiles are returned to the bag.
- The other player’s turn now. He or she connects one or more of his or her draw to the already placed
word, this in a single horizontal or vertical row, creating words like in any crossword.
- All the newly formed or modified words are up for points. Next player!
- Someone keeps a careful record of each play as follows: the new score - the new total of that player.
- When all 8 letter tiles are played at once, the player gets 50 points on top.
- Placed words can be challenged by a dictionary before the next play. If the challenger is right, the word
is removed and the player loses his turn. If the challenger is wrong, he or she loses his turn.
- The Logo tile can be used as any letter. It then remains to be the same letter for the entire game.
- Beware, CANAC at play is confined to a 15 by 15 elements square field!
- The game is over when all tiles have been drawn. Eventual remaining tiles are simply discarded.
- If the game ends in a tie situation, the youngest player wins.
Canac © Eric Parein licensed & edited through E.K.’Team info@ekteam.eu