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An example:

  O
 O?

There is a triple letter tile to the right of the bottom O, indicated with a ?.

If I place an X on it, making the words OX (vertical) and OX (horizontal), do I score 50 points (scoring the tile twice) or 34 (scoring it once)?

Michael Snook
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Rupert Madden-Abbott
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    Spelling OX or AX (and now ZA or KI/QI thanks to the updates) going multiple directions on any sort of bonus tile is pretty awesome if you can pull it off. It might not give you as many points as a bingo, but its certainly an attractive option. – LittleBobbyTables - Au Revoir May 26 '11 at 00:23
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    This is pretty much how I play. You'd be surprised how well you can do by catching a triple-letter tile twice. – dpwilson Jan 07 '16 at 19:53

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Yes, you score it twice as long as the double/triple letter/word tile was covered up by your current play.

From the rules:

When two or more words are formed in the same play, each is scored. The common letter is counted (with full premium value, if any) for each word. (See Turns 3, 4 and 5 in the Scoring Examples

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