It is to each player's advantage to place letter blocks so that they cannot be used by his opponent and, whenever possible, to use letters placed from the opposite side.
RSVP is a French Phrase and the meaning of Repondez Sil Vous Plait is Please Respond (or) Please Reply. The object of the game is to form horizontal and vertical words by placing letter blocks in crossword fashion on your side of the frame while blocking the formation of words on the opposite side. RSVP Full Form is Repondez Sil Vous Plait.
There are no 'blank' blocks.įrom the introduction inside the box lid: "RSVP is played on both sides of an upright frame by two players. It is often written at the end of an invitation card or sent as a RSVP. The letter blocks are similar to regular Scrabble tiles showing a large letter and a small number for their scoring point value. RSVP stands for French phrase Repondez sil vous plait which means please respond. The playing space is a dark blue vertical frame, held upright by two detachable black feet, with 11 x 11 square holes with 75 wooden block lettered playing pieces available to place within that frame. The phrase was in common use on invitations in 19th century France.
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RSVP was sold in the UK under the Spear's Games label as item #1051 with the how to play/rules printed inside the box lid. RSVP is an acronym of the French phrase rpondez sil vous plat meaning please respond. Two players spelled words using cubical tiles with letters on an upright grid board. RSVP was a vertical version of Scrabble introduced by Selchow and Righter in 1958 and promoted as "3-D Scrabble". Freebase (2.50 / 2 votes) Rate this definition: