Object of the Game!
Players have 3 minutes (after shaking up the box of cubed letters) to create words from the letters showing on the cubed fronts. Letter amounts within a word (more letters = more points) are given points and the person with the highest score wins.
Designate a score or time allowance for games to play to discover an overall winner (e.g., first to 50 points or 30 minutes total play and highest score wins, or winning could be based on how many games won).
Components – What’s in The Box?
16 Letter Cubes – grid and dome (box) – 3 minute timer
You’ll also need a pencil and paper (not supplied)!
Gameplay
Each player is prepared with their pencil and paper. The letter cubes are then shaken inside the closed box and the letters left showing on the top face of the cubes are then used to create words from 3 letters or more.
Start the 3 minute timer…….
Letters cannot be used more than once and letters must be adjoining to create a word (horizontally, vertically or diagonally).
With your paper and pencil in hand, scribble down as many words as you can find within the 3 minutes allowed.
Correct Examples: You’ll notice in the examples below the how the letters S,O,L,I are used and how 3 words are available.
Incorrect Examples: Figure 4 (SOILS) in the examples below shows the S being used twice and figure 5 (SOAR) shows the letter R wasn’t used.
Within the grid above there are more than 70 words available. See what you can find as a practice run and see if you spot the words MOLAR, TURMOIL and PROSE.
Words Allowed
Words that can be used includes: Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb, etc., with the plural of, form of, or tense as long as it’s within the English dictionary. Words within words are also allowed (e.g., spare, par, are, spar, pare).
Proper nouns such as America, London, Smith, and others are not allowed.
Scoring and Winning
After the timer finishes all players show and say the words written on their paper to tally up the points. If more than one player has the same word then that word and its potential points are lost (all players with that word lose credit).
| No. of Letters | Points |
| 3 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 |
| 7 | 5 |
| 8 or more | 11 |
Keep these in Mind
- You cannot use multiple meanings (e.g., T.E.A.R – rip or cry).
- The same word multiple times on the grid only counts as one when calculating points.
- You get points for a single and plural noun (e.g., CAR and CARS).
- QU cube counts as two letters.
- Look for unusual words that others might not see, especially long words.
- The M and W are underlined to enable identification between them.
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