Word forming game board and playing pieces therefor

Claim 1

A WORD-FORMING GAME FOR USE BY A PLURALITY OF PLAYERS FOR SERIALLY SELECTING LETTERS AND POSITIONING THEM IN WORD BUILDING ARRANGEMENT, COMPRISING: (A) A GAME BOARD; (B) A PLURALITY OF LETTER-BEARING GAMEPIECES TO BE SERIALLY SELECTED BY SAID PLAYERS; (C) HOLDERS FOR SAID GAMEPIECES; (D) SAID HOLDERS BEING INTEGRAL WITH AND EXTENDING ACROSS SAID GAME-BOARD; (E) A CENTER RACK EXTENDING ACROSS SAID GAME-BOARD AND OPEN AT EACH END FOR RECEIVING THE GAMEPIECES SERIALLY THEREIN FOR BUILDING A WORD; (F) A PLURALITY OF RELATIVELY CLOSED SPACED PARALLEL SCORING LINES EXTENDING ACROSS SAID GAME-BOARD ABOVE AND PARALLEL TO SAID CENTER RACK TO MARK POINT PENALTIES AGAINST PLAYERS FINALIZING A WORD IN THE RACK; (G) A MARKER FOR EACH PLAYER; (H) ONLY A SINGLE SCORING LINE FOR EACH PLAYER; (I) COMPLEMENTARY MEANS ON SAID SCORING LINES AND SAID MARKERS WHEREBY SAID MARKERS MAY BE MOVED ALONG SAID LINES AND RETAINED IN ANY POSITION THEREON; (J) INDICIA MARKINGS ON SAID GAME-BOARD IN A SINGLE LINE PARALLEL TO SAID SCORING LINES TO DENOTE PENALTY POINTS; (K) PLAYER IDENTIFYING INDICIA IN A RELATIVELY VERTICAL LINE ADJACENT THE CORRESPONDING ENDS OF THE SCORING LINES; (L) SAID GAMEPIECES AND SAID CENTER RACK HAVING COMPLEMENTAL ENGAGING SURFACES SO THAT THE GAMEPIECES ARE INSERTED WITHIN THE RACK AT THE OPEN ENDS THEREOF AND ARE HELD IN SLIDING ENGAGEMENT THEREWITH.