Word puzzle and game
OwnerJewel O. Loud, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A word puzzle game is disclosed. The word puzzle game comprises a rectangular word puzzle card having a matrix of grid spaces surrounding the outer periphery. The matrix of grid spaces frame and surround a display area, where a plurality of character letters which comprise a word are positioned for a player to decipher. Certain information which lends assistance to the player in deciphering the word contained within the display area is provided in the matrix of grid spaces. A game board having a series of progress spaces is supplied with the word puzzle card, and each player moves forward along a path of the progress spaces towards an ultimate winning position in relation to the number of times the player successfully deciphers the word encrypted within the display area.
Claims6
A word puzzle game apparatus, an object of the word puzzle game apparatus being to decipher an encrypted word, the word puzzle game apparatus comprising:
- a) a word puzzle card, having a plurality of sides, an outer periphery, and a geometric center;
- b) a matrix of grid spaces, surrounding the outer periphery of the word puzzle card;
- c) a display area located upon the word puzzle card, said display area framed by the matrix of grid spaces which surround the outer periphery of the word puzzle card;
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- d) a plurality of letter characters, nested within the display area such that a letter character located in the outermost area of the display area is largest in size with respect to the other letter characters found within the display area, comprising a recognizable word to be deciphered by a player, and successive letter characters are placed in distinct zones progressively closer to the geometric center of the word puzzle card, with each successively inwardly approaching letter character smaller than the previously, more outwardly placed letter character, such that said letter characters never overlap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.