Scrabble

Another word 'net' (read right to left) also forms from the word 'patent'. Will these words, 'tap' or 'net', carry points, considering the scrabble rule mentioned above in my original post?

You only count the points one time. If you make patent, as you say, then you count the points (say, 10, I don't know - didn't look up the point values).

However, if you start with the word pat as put down by your opponent or by you in an earlier turn, then let's say that shorter word was worth 6 points (again, just using the number as a for-instance). If you build on pat with -ent and make patent, then you count the points for the entire new word, patent.

Furthermore, if the root word, pat, was on a bonus space (e. g. double word score), you only provide the bonus for the first time the letters go onto the board. And if the additional letters, -ent fall on a bonus space, and let's say it's a bonus for a full word, rather than for just a letter, then you score the entire new word, patent, with the word bonus.

Thank you. That was great help.