Starting a new game

From the menu, select Game->New Game.
(A new game may be started at any time. If a game is in progress, the current game is cancelled)

The New Game dialog allows the names (initials) of between 1 and 4 players to be entered.
To remove a player, simply erase the players initials.

Choose the player type for each player: Human, Dummy, Easy, Medium or Hard.
(Harder computer players take more time per turn).

Select Tournament Play to play in tournament mode. Leave it unselected to play in "friendly" mode.
The differences are explained below:
 
Friendly mode Tournament mode
After each turn Proceed directly to next player Allow the next player to challenge the placed word(s)
Show->Lookup Word enabled? Enabled Disabled
Score button Looks up each word in the dictionary Does not look up words
Game->Suggest Move enabled? If Enable Suggest is selected. Disabled.

Note that when there are any computer players, the computer takes on the role of "challenger" and challenges any word which does not exist in the dictionary.

Select Enable Suggest to allow the computer to suggest moves when playing in friendly mode.

Who goes first?

After entering the players names and pressing OK, tiles are drawn to determine who goes first. This is done in the standard Scrabble manner.