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What's in the Box
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44 Single Letter Cards
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13 Double Letter Cards
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3 Wild Cards
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Quick Play Rules
The Object of MY WORD!®
Earn points by quickly finding words from Letter Cards being dealt to
the
center of the table. The player with the most points wins the
game.
Setting Up
1. Write the players' names on a piece of paper for
scorekeeping.
2. Choose a player to be the
first dealer. Each player will deal the cards
for one round, so
the choice of who deals first is not important. Dealers
are
allowed to play and earn points while they are dealing.
3. A game consists of as many rounds as there are players.
Playing the Game
1. After
shuffling, the dealer places Letter Cards, face up, one at a time,
on
the center of the table.
2. As
the dealer is placing cards, all of the players search for words
among
the Letter Cards on the table. When a player finds a word, using
at least three cards, he or she calls out the word.
3. When the dealer hears a word, he or she pauses to check
the word
(see "Allowable Words" on page 4):
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If the word is allowed, the player who called
out the word takes the card used to spell the word.
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If the word is not allowed, the player who
called out the word does not receive any cards and all the other players
take a free card from the table. If there are not enough cards on
the table, the dealer provides them from the deck.
4. Play continues until all of
the cards have been dealt. This is the end of
a round.
5. Players receive one point for
each card they have won. The dealer
records the players' points,
collects the cards, and passes the deck and
score sheet to the player on
the left.
6. The game continues
following steps 1 - 5 until each player has dealt
one round.
Winning the Game
The player with the most points by the end of the last round wins
the game!
Notes
1. The placement and speed at which the cards are dealt is
left to the judgment of the dealer.
2.
If more than one player calls out a word at the same time, it is up
to the
dealer to determine which word, or voice, he or she heard first.
3. If the last cards on the table cannot be used to form a
word, they are
not included in the scoring.
4. For a more challenging game, increase the number of
letters required
to form a word.
Allowable
Words
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Words must be formed using three or more
cards -- not three
or more letters. For example, the word
'End' would not be
acceptable if it was formed using only the 'E' card
and the 'ND' card.
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Words can be formed using the Letter Cards
in any order,
regardless of their location on the table.
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Double Letter Cards can be used in any
position within a word,
however they must be used as they appear.
They cannot be
rearranged or separated. For example, the cards 'SH,'
'U' and 'E'
cannot be used to spell 'HUES' because the 'S' and 'H' would
have
to be separated.
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Any word found in a standard English
dictionary is allowable,
except words that are capitalized, foreign
language words,
abbreviations, and words requiring apostrophes or
hyphens.
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Plural and past tense words are
allowed.
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Single Wild Cards '?' can be used in
place of any one letter, in any
position in a word. Double Wild
Cards '??' can be used in place of
two adjacent letters in a word; the
letters do not have to be the
same. For example, the 'M' and 'K'
cards could be combined with
a Double Wild Card '??'to form 'MASK.'
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