<Li> Playing perpendicular to a word, e.g. YEU (K) Y through the K in JACK . </Li> <Li> Playing parallel to a word (s) forming several short words, e.g. CON played under (JACK) simultaneously forming (J) O and (A) N . </Li> <P> Any combination of these is allowed in a play, as long as all the letters placed on the board in one play lie in one row or column and are connected by a main word, and any run of tiles on two or more consecutive squares along a row or column constitutes a valid word . </P> <P> Either on the first turn or on subsequent turns, words may read either left - to - right or top - to - bottom . Diagonal plays are not allowed . </P>

One of 13 words impossible to use in scrabble