<p>No, they need only be in a single line.</p>
<p>For example, your <code>EYE</code> is allowed.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://scrabble.hasbro.com/en-us/rules" rel="nofollow noreferrer">official Scrabble rules</a> has this legitimate example for playing FARM across a previous play of HORN:</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/6AwrY.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/6AwrY.png" alt="Turn 1: &quot;HORN&quot;. Turn 2: Playing F,A, and M to make &quot;FARM&quot; across the R in &quot;HORN&quot;" /></a></p>

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2020-08-15T22:01:38.207Z
They also need to form a single word. You can't play I and O under the p and y of play in a single turn for example.
Jontia
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L. Scott Johnson
<p>Do all tiles played in one move need to be adjacent to each other? Example - there is a Y on the board, can a player place the letter E on both sides to make the word EYE ?</p>

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Related (but not duplicate) question: https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/54110/was-it-ever-the-case-that-tiles-had-to-be-placed-contiguously
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Does my Scrabble play have to be all adjacent tiles?
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# Does my Scrabble play have to be all adjacent tiles?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-08-12)

Do all tiles played in one move need to be adjacent to each other? Example - there is a Y on the board, can a player place the letter E on both sides to make the word EYE ?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Related (but not duplicate) question: https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/54110/was-it-ever-the-case-that-tiles-had-to-be-placed-contiguously  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2020-08-12. Score: 8

No, they need only be in a single line.

For example, your `EYE` is allowed.

The [official Scrabble rules](https://scrabble.hasbro.com/en-us/rules) has this legitimate example for playing FARM across a previous play of HORN:

[![Turn 1: "HORN". Turn 2: Playing F,A, and M to make "FARM" across the R in "HORN"](https://i.sstatic.net/6AwrY.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/6AwrY.png)

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: They also need to form a single word. You can't play I and O under the p and y of play in a single turn for example.  

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