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ALPHABOK RULES

PLAY:
1. Select one of the Key Phrases.
2. Spell out the phrase vertically on the circled squares on the playing board. Leave NO space between words.
3. Build words from left to right using each letter of the Key Phrase as the first letter of each word.
4. Word building may begin at any row.
5. The real challenge of AlphaBok begins when the player finds they are unable to complete the words with the unused letters and must rebuild previous words by revisions, deletions and additions.
6. The game is won when a word is built from each key letter and all 200 letters have been used.

RULES:
1. Words must not be less than 5 letters in length or more than 10 letters.
2. Proper nouns, foreign words, contractions and abbreviations may NOT be used.
3. Plurals, tense endings, compound and hyphenated words ARE allowed.
4. A word or any of its variations may NOT be used twice in a game.
5. The dictionary is the final reference for the spelling and legitimacy of any words used.

KEY PHRASES:
1. DOUBLE DOUBLE TOIL AND TROUBLE
2. LITTLE STROKES FELL GREAT OAKS
3. WHAT IS THIS THAT THOU HAST DONE
4. KEEP COOL ANGER IS NOT ARGUMENT
5. GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH
6. GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD
7. ONE GOOD TURN DESERVES ANOTHER
8. THAN NEVER TO HAVE FOUGHT AT ALL
9. ONE NIGHT ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM
10. DEXTERITY COMES BY EXPERIENCE
11. HE THAT IS TOO SECURE IS NOT SAFE
12. HE THAT WILL CONQUER MUST FIGHT
13. IT NEVER RAINS BUT WHAT IT POURS
14. THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE
15. THE PROVERB IS SOMETHING MUSTY
16. TOO MUCH CONSULTING CONFOUNDS
17. WHAT IS A GENTLEMAN BUT HIS WORD
18. FAINT HEART NEVER WON FAIR LADY

For more difficult games:
19. A PENNY SAVED IS A PENNY EARNED
20. AND NEVER THE TWAIN SHALL MEET
21. HUMPTY DUMPTY HAD A GREAT FALL
22. HUNGER MAKES HARD BEANS SWEET
23. LONDON BRIDGE IS FALLING DOWN
24. NEVER GO BROKE TAKING A PROFIT
25. THE KINDLY FRUITS OF THE EARTH

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