First play challenged
by Ted
(Traverse City, MI)
On the first play of the game my opponent used the word ITALIAN. I challenged and won. By default I became the first player to play. Do I still get double word points?
Although we tend to associate 'going first' with that initial 'double word' rule, the real reason behind doubling the initial word is that the word covers the central pink square, and all pink squares happen to be double word squares.
So it's irrelevant who won the start - whoever covers that central pink square gets the double word score.
In other words, yes you do ;-)
