How to Play the Subway Scrabble Game

Learning how to play the Subway Scrabble game lets you enjoy the elements of most people's favorite word game, while enjoying a healthy alternative to most other fast food restaurants. You're probably wondering what "Subway Scrabble" is, though.

What Is Subway Scrabble?

Subway Scrabble is a promotion by the Subway restaurant chain that allows you to collect prizes when you match certain combinations of game pieces when purchasing Subway sandwiches, and other refreshments at participating Subway stores. Buy something at Subway and you collect Scrabble game pieces, which are based on the classic board game from Hasbro.

If you've never played Scrabble, let me explain further. Scrabble is a famous word game from the Hasbro game company, which is most-often played with boards and wooden tiles with printed letters on them. The objective is to create words using the tiles drawn by each player, and the denoted points each letter is worth is added up across the entire word.

Certain spaces on the board have additional effects, such as tripling the amount of points a letter placed on the spot is worth. The highest score when the letter tiles run out is the winner. Subway has partnered with Hasbro to bring the game to consumers both offline and online.

When you obtain certain Scrabble pieces in "Subway Scrabble", you'll be able to collect prizes and gift cards. Subway Scrabble is a yearly promotion, so if you missed it last time around, you can play the next time the promotion starts.

Subway Sandwiches

Subway is most known for their many different types of sub sandwiches and health based promotions, which entice dieters to enjoy low calorie and low fat sub sandwiches, instead of the alternatives from other fast food chains, such as McDonald's, Burger King and Wendy's. With the recent food industry trend of providing prizes for eating or drinking certain products, however, Subway has decided to step into the fray and begin its own in house restaurant game based around Scrabble.

Playing the Subway Scrabble Game Online

To begin playing the Subway Scrabble game online, you must first make a purchase from Subway, one that will include Subway Scrabble game pieces. Find out which meals and deals come with Subway Scrabble game pieces by looking at the menu or asking a clerk when ordering.

As a general rule, the drink containers and sub sandwich containers have Scrabble game pieces attached. After you acquire a game piece, begin to play the game online by registering at the site listed on the tile. Registration requires you create an account with your first and last name, date of birth, email address, and password.

After the correct details have been filled, check your email and you should receive a confirmation email that makes sure you are the owner of the email address and that you wish to participate in the Subway Scrabble game. After you confirm your email address, you'll be registered and thus able to enter the code which came with your game piece.

If the game piece that you peeled from a qualifying item at Subway happens to be an instant win piece, it won't have a code, but you'll be able to use it to get a food item from Subway. These come in two types: at no charge or a discount. Some affiliates of Subway, such as Dick's Sporting Goods, also participate.

Remember to use your correct name, address and email when registering, because you want to be able to collect your rewards, when playing Subway Scrabble.

If your piece is not an instant win piece, then it has a code that you must enter into the corresponding field on the Subway Scrabble game website. This code allows you to play the online instant win game, which is the appearance of a wheel that spins around a variety of possible prizes. Some of the prizes for the Subway Scrabble game online are:

  • Free Footlongs for a Year
  • A $50 Subway Gift Card
  • A $25 Subway Gift Card
  • A $5 Subway Gift Card

If the wheel stops at any of these prize points, then acquire the prize that it stopped on.

Subway Scrabble Game Offline

To play the Subway Scrabble game offline, use the same pieces that you used for code purposes online. These pieces are always denoted with a letter, like a normal Scrabble tile, and Subway has pre-arranged words that you have the chance to complete, using the pieces you obtain for the prize those words are attached to.

For example, Subway may have the word "boat". If you find codes that correspond to the letters "b", "o", "a", and "t", then entering them and spelling B-O-A-T grants you the prize, which is related to the word given. In this case, the prize might be a cruise or luxury voyage. The more Subway Scrabble game pieces you can gather, the higher your odds of getting the rarer game pieces. In addition, you can trade game pieces with others to get the rare pieces, so encourage your friends to play.

The Subway Scrabble game is a fairly short running game, lasting 3-4 months, before ending. When this happens, all codes collected become invalidated, before the next time the game is held at Subway. If you collect enough game pieces to win, then you must send them Subway to redeem your prize.

Details on where and how to send Subway Scrabble game pieces are available at the official site for the game under the "Rules" section.

Subway Scrabble has in the footsteps of more famous games like McDonald's Monopoly, but Subway Scrabble is a more detailed and fulfilling game. With three different ways to win, and with the fact that Subway is a healthier establishment, attending Subway every now and again to play the Subway Scrabble Game is a good idea for you and your family.