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US 2016/0107074 A1Published application
Methodology for creating sets of related word games and puzzles based on linking rationally chosen letter pairs and/or triplets and linking words that are transformations of each other
OwnerEdgar C. NICOLASinventor
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Abstract
A word game for being played among one or more participants includes a plurality of two letter word bits, each having a fixed letter combination, wherein the one or more participants attempt to create words of at least four letters by combining the word bits.
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A method of playing a word game among one or more participants, the method comprising:
- (a) providing a plurality of game pieces, wherein each of the game pieces includes a two-letter word bit or a three-letter word bit, each word bit being a fixed ordered two-letter combination or three-letter combination, respectively;
- (b) providing a first portion of game pieces to each of the one or more participants to create a personal pool for each of the one or more participants;
- (c) providing a second portion of the game pieces into a supply pool;
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- (d) allowing each of the one or more participants to create words of at least four letters by combining the game pieces from the respective participant's personal pool.
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A method of playing a word game among one or more participants, the method comprising:
- (a) providing a plurality of game pieces, wherein each of the game pieces includes at least one two-letter word bit and/or three-letter word bit, each word bit being a fixed ordered two-letter combination or three-letter combination, respectively;
- (b) providing a first portion of the game pieces to each of the one or more participants to create a personal pool for each of the one or more participants;
- (c) providing a second portion of the game pieces into a supply pool;
- (d) randomly selecting at least one two- or three-letter word bit from the supply pool;
- (e) allowing each of the one or more participants to create words of at least four letters by combining the at least one randomly selected two- or three-letter word bit with at least one other two- or three-letter word bit from the supply pool and/or the respective participant's personal pool;
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- (f) ending the game when a participant has formed a target number of words.
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A method of playing a word game among one or more participants, the method comprising:
- (a) providing each of the one or more participants with a game card having a plurality of word bits arranged thereon in a grid having rows and columns, each word bit being a fixed ordered two-letter combination or three-letter combination;
- (b) providing a plurality of game pieces in a supply pool, wherein each of the game pieces includes at least one word bit, each word bit being a fixed ordered two-letter combination or three-letter combination;
- (c) randomly selecting at least one word bit from the supply pool;
- (d) allowing each of the one or more participants to create words of at least four letters, each word being formed by combining the at least one randomly selected word bit with one word bit in the grid of the respective participant's game card;
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- (e) ending a round of play when one of the one or more participants fills one of a row, column, or the grid with valid words of at least four letters.
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