Players take turns building a crossword puzzle in the provided grid using a hand of random clues and a hand of letter tiles. Clues come in five types: Same or Opposite: the solution is a synonym or antonym of the clue word. Crossword Clue: the solution word and the clue word are broadly related, perhaps in a punning way. A Word Including: the solution word...
Dive into the world of wordplay with Cross Spin, the ultimate game for word puzzle lovers! The goal is to be the first to solve bite-sized crosswords. Each round a puzzle board is selected and category cards are flipped for each word slot. Each player now races to complete the puzzle by putting an answer for any category into any location. If you're stuck...
クロスウォーズ (CROSS WARS) is a competitive game based on the crossword puzzle. The players each have the cards with the answer words for their opponents. On your turn, choose to: - ask to reveal the letter in a square, - ask for a clue to guess a certain word, or - announce the word you have guessed. If you guess incorrectly, you cannot fill the squares. On the...
This game is basically Scrabble. It might even be a precursor to the game or a take off on the original game. I'm not sure because on top of having no Publisher or Designer listed on the box, there is no year of publication listed either. The object is for each player to play out his letters by forming words to the crossword layout. Some differences from...
In Cross-Wordsmith players enter words into a grid. Unlike in most such games each grid space does not contain a letter but a section of a word: a prefix, root, or suffix. Many of the grid spaces are color-coded to show which of the three they must contain, while others can have any section. A list of allowable sections is provided; on their turn a player...
A word dice game in which you use rolled letters to write words into one of six crossword grids. Each new word entered of course puts constrictions on the rest of the grid. There are four modes of play. The solo game ends and scores when you can't place a word. At two, grids get swapped when a wild is rolled - players try to lay traps for one another while...
Two category cards are revealed. Players have three minutes to write answers that fit either category onto a Scrabble-like grid in crossword fashion. Players get one point for each word formed. A few squares in the grid, if covered by a letter, will provide additional points or other benefits. The winner is the player with the most points after five...
This is Crossed Words, the brain-bending party game of crazy categories and wackier words! At the start of the game, the board is populated with three column categories and three-row categories. This forms a 3 x 3 grid. Players will try to come up with answers that fit both of the categories that form one of the nine intersections on the board. Players...
Described as "A Game for the Black-Out", so that dates it to the early 1940's. It is for two players. Each player gets a board with a 5 x 5 grid on it. The first player selects a letter from the 250 provided and announces it. Both players must now write it into one of the 25 squares on their board. Then the next player draws a tile and both players must...