In Scattergories, players can earn additional points for alliteration by naming multiple words in the same category. Alliteration is seen when a player’s answer consists of multiple words that all start with the round’s major letter.
For example, if the letter is “M” and the category is “TV Show,” the answer “Mickey Mouse” would score two points, and “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisey” would score three points because of the answer having multiple M’s in the title.
Scattergories Alliteration Rules
To score with alliteration, a player must come up with an alliterative answer and earn one point for each word that starts with the desired letter. For instance, if the key letter is “S” and the category is “Things in a Supermarket,” an answer like “Sweet Strawberries” would score two points because it has two words starting with “S.”
However, players cannot use the same word twice in their answers. For example, if the key letter is “C” and the category is “Foods You Eat for Breakfast,” a player cannot use “Cereal” twice in their answer.
FAQs
What are the rules for alliteration in Scattergories?
Extra points for alliterations. So, if the letter was “M” and the category was “TV Show”, then “Mickey Mouse” would get two points and “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” would get three points because of the extra Ms in the title.
What are the rules for Scattergories?
Players attempt to think of a word in each of the categories listed on their sheet, starting with the letter on the die. Answers must begin with the letter of the Scattergories die. Articles (A/An/The) are not counted as the beginning letter. Instead, the letter of the word that immediately follows the article will be the letter that counts.
What is the rule for alliteration?
In alliteration, a series of words repeat similar or identical sounds. The repetition is of initial consonant sounds: the sound occurs in the first letter, or in the stressed syllable of the alliterative word. The sequence of alliterative words can be broken up by a word in between.
