From the back of the box: "Cards 112 cards representing the letters of the alphabet 4 cards for each letter except: 2 letter Z's, 2 of the letter X 6 each of the vowels, A, E, I, O, and U. Object Of The Game The object of the game is to be the first player to remove all of the cards from his hand by forming valid words and accumulating 25 points. Valid Words To be valid, words must have two or more letters, must not be proper nouns, words must be in singular form. Abbreviated words, slang words, and foreign words are not permitted."