No Lois.... don't give up.... please ..... its very simple.... and quite fun .... The word that has a double letter that you post... Well, those double letters are the answer you bring forward.. NOT alphabetically of the word.. For example, the word ....food.... would have double ... O... which means you bring forward the letter .. O .. Now, the next player starts with the letter.. O.. and posts something like ....otter ... Then it is the... T .. that we continue with....like ... topper.... and it is the ...P... we continue with.. We continue with the double letter for the next word.. Sometimes a word could have 2 sets of double letters and then it is your choice to pick one... Like ... terracotta... it would be an ... R.. or ...T... your choice to pick one.... Try it........