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Availability: Usually
ships within 24 hours
Object of the Game:
Be the
first player to make three 3 or 4-letter words.
Set Up:
Separate
the vowel cards (green cards with blue letters) from the consonant cards
(orange cards with red letters). Stack the green cards face-down in the
center of the table. Deal out all the orange cards to the players.
Players start with 3 orange cards in their hands and stack the rest of
their orange cards face-down to their right (this is their draw pile).
Game Play:
One
player turns the top green vowel card face-up in the center of the table
and says, "Go!" All players simultaneously try to make a 3 or 4-letter
word using their orange cards and the green card in the center. If a
player cannot make a word, he discards one orange card to his left, and
takes a new orange card from his draw pile. He continues drawing and
discarding until he can make a word. Players may not have more than 3
orange cards in their hand at any time. If a player can make a word, he
takes the green card from the center and immediately turns over the next
green card. Then he sets all the cards used to make his word aside,
draws new orange cards, and continues playing. All players are drawing
and discarding at the same time – as fast as they can. If a player’s
draw pile runs out, he draws cards from the player on his right’s
discard pile. Players yell "snap" as they take the green card to make
their first word, "it" when they make their second, and "up" when they
make their third. All play stops when one player yells "up." Then that
player shows the three words he made. If the words are spelled
correctly, he wins! If any word is incorrect, the green vowel card from
that word is returned to the center pile and play continues.
Wild Card:
This
card may be used to represent any orange consonant card a player
chooses.
Variation:
For
greater variety and challenge, try turning over 3 green vowel cards
while players try to make 4-letter words.
Simplified Game Play:
Do not
include green “y” vowel cards for this version. Play is similar to
above, but instead of passing the orange cards out, they are spread out
face-down in a circle around the stack of green cards. Each player takes
one green vowel card and places it face up in front of him. Each player
will use his own green card to make words. One player says, "go" and all
players draw 3 orange cards and try to make words. If a player can’t
make a word, he discards one orange card by returning it face-down to
the circle of cards, and draws a new orange card. Players may not have
more than 3 orange cards in their hand at a time.
If a
player makes a word, he sets the word aside and draws a new green vowel
card. Players continue drawing and discarding, trying to make three
words. Players yell "snap," "it," and "up" as they make each word.
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