<h3>No</h3>
<p>Every word you form has to be a valid word, including all letters immediately to the left and right of the letters you put down or immediately above and below. Or both - e.g., a single letter could &quot;connect&quot; two existing words, one horizontal and one vertical, forming 2 new words. Unless the players agree on a dictionary that has &quot;TREEK&quot; in it, your example doesn't work.</p>
<p>More critically, let's say the K was a blank used as a K. You can't put down a &quot;T&quot; and then say &quot;I want to turn that 'K' into a 'D' to make 'TREED'.&quot; Once a blank is set as a particular letter, it is treated as that letter for the rest of the game.</p>

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<p>In scrabble can you form a word ignoring the last letter of a word on the board.</p>
<p>Ex.  REEK is on the board
Then I add T, to form TREE, ignoring the K.
It looks like this on the board:
TREEK</p>

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Could you explain why you think this _might_ be valid?
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Can I ignore parts of words to make valid words?
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# Can I ignore parts of words to make valid words?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-01-01)

In scrabble can you form a word ignoring the last letter of a word on the board.

Ex. REEK is on the board
Then I add T, to form TREE, ignoring the K.
It looks like this on the board:
TREEK

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Could you explain why you think this _might_ be valid?  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2021-01-01. Score: 5

### No

Every word you form has to be a valid word, including all letters immediately to the left and right of the letters you put down or immediately above and below. Or both - e.g., a single letter could "connect" two existing words, one horizontal and one vertical, forming 2 new words. Unless the players agree on a dictionary that has "TREEK" in it, your example doesn't work.

More critically, let's say the K was a blank used as a K. You can't put down a "T" and then say "I want to turn that 'K' into a 'D' to make 'TREED'." Once a blank is set as a particular letter, it is treated as that letter for the rest of the game.


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