How to play

Setup

  • • 3 or more players, each with a name. Turn order is fixed and rotates.
  • • Pick a difficulty deck (easy, medium, hard or mixed), an optional turn timer and your target score.

On your turn

  • • Draw a word card. It shows a structure clue such as “starts with E” or “has a double S”.
  • • Roll the die. It lands on purple, pink or yellow.
  • • Purple asks a meaning question, pink asks a usage question with a blank, yellow asks a sound or spelling question.
  • • Type your guess. Spelling is forgiving — casing and punctuation are ignored.

Hints

  • • Each player gets 3 hints for the entire game (adjustable in Settings).
  • • Each hint reveals one more clue: word length, then the first letter, then the first three letters.
  • • At 0 hints remaining, that player plays unaided for the rest of the game.

Scoring

  • • Correct guess = 3 points, minus 1 for each hint used that turn, with a minimum of 1 point.
  • • Incorrect guess = 0 points and the turn passes.
  • • The instant any player reaches the target score (21 by default), the game ends and they win.
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