Number of Participants / Approximate Time
Up to 2 / 45 minutes

The Competition
1. For each word, boxes corresponding to the number of letters in the science word will be shown on a board or projected onto a screen.
2. A clue describing the science word will be read aloud to all teams.
3. Following the reading of the clue, a letter will be revealed in the word. Teams will attempt to guess the word from the given clue and letter shown. Teams shall signal to the judges that they have a guess for the word by raising a hand. Judges will collect & review the team's guess and respond with "correct" or "incorrect" immediately.
4. Additional letters will be revealed at 8-10 second intervals until all letters are shown. No additional clues will be given. Teams shall continue to attempt to guess the word following the revealing of each letter until their guess is ruled correct by the judges or all letters are shown.
5. Each round will consist of five (5) words. Four (4) to six (6) rounds will be played.

Scoring
1. Teams will receive points for each word correctly identified based on the number of unrevealed letters remaining in the word at the time of the guess. For example, if a team guesses the six-letter word VIOLET after two letters are revealed (V-_-_-_-E-_), the team will be awarded four points for its answer.
2. Two points will be deducted for each incorrect guess. Teams are not required to submit a guess following the revealing of each letter. It is suggested that teams only submit a guess when they are sure of their answer to avoid this penalty.
3. Teams may submit as many guesses as needed in order to correctly identify the word (Each incorrect guess is still subject to the 2-point penalty).
4. All teams are scored independent of one another. Therefore, if Team #1 guesses VIOLET after 2 letters, play will continue for all other teams until a correct guess has been received from all teams or all letters are shown in the word.
5. The team with the most points accumulated during all rounds will be declared the winner. Ties will be broken with a score comparison among tied teams in a predetermined five-word round of play.