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2004 · 2-6 players · 30min · weight 1.39 · 474 ratings

v2 v3

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ID
12318
Name
Typo
Year
2004
Rank
8809
Min players
2
Max players
6
Playing time
30
Min playtime
30
Max playtime
30
Avg weight
1.3939
Num weights
66
Bayes avg
5.61188
Average
6.17689
Users rated
474
Num owned
805
Wanting
17
Wishing
97
Num comments
226
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:56 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (3)
Pattern BuildingSimultaneous Action SelectionSpelling
Categories (2)
Card GameWord Game
Description (971 chars)

Players are dealt 12 cards from an alphabetic deck and play them to the table in rows and columns to make words, or the start of words. Players choose their cards simultaneously. When the cards are shown, the lowest in the alphabet goes first and so on. Players add their card to the rows or columns on the table, calling the word or part-word they are forming, so adding E to the start of LAST gives ELAST, for which you can call "elastic." All cards must be placed, so if you cannot form a valid word to call, you must, depending on the game edition: a) pick up the longest line of cards, which will score against you (Cwali first edition), and then in the following rounds, play order is Z-A; or b) pick up half the number of cards in the longest line and add them to your hand (2nd edition). Rules in 4 languages, English, German, French and Dutch. The strong graphic design is styled on an old typewriter font. A typewriter is an early form of word-processor...

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