december 2019 | GAMES WORLD OF PUZZLES 4 9
Can you score 500 or more points in Word Rummy
hands from the card layout at right?
HOW TO PLAY
Find as many common seven-letter words as you
can whose cards form Word Rummy hands. A
Word Rummy hand is a seven-letter word whose
letters appear on cards that make up one set
(three or four cards of a kind, like 7 7 7 or K K K
K) and one sequence (three or four cards of the
same suit in numerical order, like A 2 3 or 9
10 J Q). Either the set or the sequence may come
first, but one of each must be used in each hand,
and the two parts must not be mixed together.
The letters of a set may be used in any order; the
letters of a sequence must be used in the left-to-
right order given in the grid. The same card cannot
be used twice in the same hand. Sets and
sequences, however, may be repeated in other
words. Proper names and foreign words are not
allowed, but plurals are fine.
SCORING
Each card in a Word Rummy hand scores its face
value. A 6 scores 6 points, for example. Aces are
low and count 1 point each. Jacks, queens, and
kings count 10 points each.
EXAMPLE
In the puzzle at right the word PLASTIC forms a
Word Rummy hand. The A 2 3 4 are a sequence
with the letters P-L-A-S; the A A A are a set
with the letters T-I-C. The cards used have values
of 1 2 3 4 1 1 1, for a total of 13 points.
RATINGS
Knock: 500 points (good game)
Gin: 750 points (winning game)
Gin-off: 940 points (our best score)
ANSWERS, PAGE 76
6ǗǟǟǓ BY TREY YARBOROUGH
CARDS & WORDSCOLUMN 1 TOTALPOINTS CARDS & WORDSTOTAL SCORECOLUMN 1 TOTALCOLUMN 2 TOTALPOINTSA 2345678910 JQK
A 2345678910 JQK
13
PLASTICA 234 AAAE E
E
E
E
G
H
H
H
I
I
I
L KL
M
M
N
OP O
P P
R R
RR SR
S S
T
T
TT
U
V
D D
D D
A
A
A A
A
AA
C
CB C