Word game
OwnerScott Tannerinventor
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Abstract
A game for play between two or more players/teams with a deck of clue cards each having a set of scrambled words imprinted thereon and an unsolved main word thereabove which is represented only by blank spaces and its first and possibly second letters to serve as a clue. The players/teams take turns drawing clue cards and attempting to unscramble the scrambled words and solve the main word with a set time period. The main word is a synonym or the name of a category of which the scrambled words are like synonyms or elements of the category, respectively. A second deck of cards having only one scrambled word thereon are provided to play bonus and challenge rounds. Points are awarded according to how many words are solved by each player/team and the first player/team to reach 100 pints wins the game.
Claims10
A word-solving game played between t,wo or more players/teams comprising:
- a) a first deck of clue cards each having front and back surfaces, said front surface having at least one scrambled word and an unsolved main word imprinted thereon, said unsolved main word being represented by at least the first letter of said main word followed by a number of space marks, said number of space marks equaling the number of letters of said main word following said at least first letter, said back surface including the solutions to said at least one scrambled word and said main word imprinted thereon;
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- b) means selectively hiding substantially all of said front and back surfaces of said first deck of clue cards from the view of said players.
A method of playing a word-solving game between two or more players/teams comprising the steps of:
- a) determining which of said players/teams will play first in accordance with any random chance method;
- b) providing said first playing player/team with a first clue card selected from a deck of clue cards, each of said clue cards each having front and back surfaces with said front surface having at least one scrambled word and an unsolved main word imprinted thereon, said unsolved main word being represented by at least the first letter of said main word followed by a number of space marks, said number of space marks equaling the number of letters of said main word following said at least first letter, said clue card back surface including the solutions to said at least one scrambled word and said main word imprinted thereon;
- c) setting a timing mechanism for a predetermined amount of time;
- d) said first playing player/team attempting to solve said at least one scrambled word and said main word within said predetermined amount of time without looking at said solutions on said clue card back surface;
- e) awarding a predetermined number of points to said first playing player/team for each of said at least one scrambled words and said main word solved as compared with said solutions on said clue card back surface;
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- f) continuing play by each of said two or more players/teams consecutively performing steps 8b)-8e) until one of said two or more players/teams reaches a predetermined winning amount of said points.
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