Is adding a parallel word that only intersects the end letter of an existing word allowed in Scrabble?

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I won a game by getting lots of points doing it ;)
but was contested and I could see their point.

Here are two examples:

PLACES
 OTHER

or

 BRILLIANT
SCORE

I can see from the official rules something similar is allowed:

 PASTE
BIT

The difference here is that BIT, PI and AT are created. So there is more than one parallel word created.

But are the examples I give only one parallel word is created, is this ok?

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I won a game by getting lots of points doing it ;)
but was contested and I could see their point.

Here are two examples:

PLACES
 OTHER

or

 BRILLIANT
SCORE

I can see from the official rules something similar is allowed:

 PASTE
BIT

The difference here is that BIT, PI and AT are created. So there is more than one parallel word created.

But are the examples I give only one parallel word is created, is this ok?

scrabble

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I won a game by getting lots of points doing it ;)
but was contested and I could see their point.

Here are two examples:

PLACES
 OTHER

or

 BRILLIANT
SCORE

I can see from the official rules something similar is allowed:

 PASTE
BIT

The difference here is that BIT, PI and AT are created. So there is more than one parallel word created.

But are the examples I give only one parallel word is created, is this ok?

scrabble

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I won a game by getting lots of points doing it ;)
but was contested and I could see their point.

Here are two examples:

PLACES
 OTHER

or

 BRILLIANT
SCORE

I can see from the official rules something similar is allowed:

 PASTE
BIT

The difference here is that BIT, PI and AT are created. So there is more than one parallel word created.

But are the examples I give only one parallel word is created, is this ok?

scrabble

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The play you describe is both legal and generally easier to do than the multi-cross play you cite as a rules example.

The general rules relevant here are that, first, all the letters for a single play must be in a single line, either vertical or horizontal, and second, that all tiles adjacent to another tile (vertically or horizontally) must be part of a permissible words in each direction of adjacency. Finally, at least one tile of any new play must be adjacent to a tile already played (except the first play of a new game, for which one tile must be on the pink star center square).

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The play you describe is both legal and generally easier to do than the multi-cross play you cite as a rules example.

The general rules relevant here are that, first, all the letters for a single play must be in a single line, either vertical or horizontal, and second, that all tiles adjacent to another tile (vertically or horizontally) must be part of a permissible words in each direction of adjacency. Finally, at least one tile of any new play must be adjacent to a tile already played (except the first play of a new game, for which one tile must be on the pink star center square).

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The play you describe is both legal and generally easier to do than the multi-cross play you cite as a rules example.

The general rules relevant here are that, first, all the letters for a single play must be in a single line, either vertical or horizontal, and second, that all tiles adjacent to another tile (vertically or horizontally) must be part of a permissible words in each direction of adjacency. Finally, at least one tile of any new play must be adjacent to a tile already played (except the first play of a new game, for which one tile must be on the pink star center square).

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The play you describe is both legal and generally easier to do than the multi-cross play you cite as a rules example.

The general rules relevant here are that, first, all the letters for a single play must be in a single line, either vertical or horizontal, and second, that all tiles adjacent to another tile (vertically or horizontally) must be part of a permissible words in each direction of adjacency. Finally, at least one tile of any new play must be adjacent to a tile already played (except the first play of a new game, for which one tile must be on the pink star center square).

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The play you describe is both legal and generally easier to do than the multi-cross play you cite as a rules example.

The general rules relevant here are that, first, all the letters for a single play must be in a single line, either vertical or horizontal, and second, that all tiles adjacent to another tile (vertically or horizontally) must be part of a permissible words in each direction of adjacency. Finally, at least one tile of any new play must be adjacent to a tile already played (except the first play of a new game, for which one tile must be on the pink star center square).

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  Thanks for the suggestion, @stannius. Editing...
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  39 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

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  Thanks for the suggestion, @stannius. Editing...
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