Word game and method of play
AssigneeU.S.A.Opoly, Inc.
InventorEric Olsen
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Abstract
A word-guessing game and a method of playing are provided. The word-guessing game having a word card having one or more words shown on the word card. One or more pieces are provided for playing the word-guessing game. Each of the one or more pieces are physical objects, and wherein the one or more pieces are configured to be arranged by a player on a playing surface to make a visual representation of a word of the one or more words shown on the word card.
Claims1
A computer program product tangibly embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, the computer program product including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations for playing a word-guess game, comprising:
- playing a plurality of rounds of the word-guess game in order to determine a winner of the word-guess game, wherein the completion of a predetermined amount of rounds of the plurality of rounds determines the winner of the word-guess game;
- playing at least a first round of the word-guess game, the first round comprising the steps of:
- obtaining, by a first player, a first word of predetermined words related to a common defined theme including one or more of sports, entertainment, and age-range;
- providing pieces to the first player, wherein each of the pieces are digital objects, wherein each one of the pieces is presented as a shape including square, circle, stick, rectangle, triangle, oval, half-circle, half-oval, s-shape, V-shape, stick person, hand, foot, and arrow;
- initiating an electronic timer for a first time period;
- building, by the first player after initiation of the electronic timer for the first time period, a visual representation of the first word using the pieces while a second player observes the visual representation of the first word and attempts to identify the first word;
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- giving the first player and the second player a point if the second player correctly guesses the first word prior to expiration of the first time period.
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