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Snatch

#9556BGG ↗

2001 · 2-10 players · 45min · weight 1.71 · 309 ratings

v2 v3 v4 wide v4 deep

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ID
9556
Name
Snatch
Year
2001
Rank
9881
Min players
2
Max players
10
Playing time
45
Min playtime
45
Max playtime
45
Avg weight
1.7143
Num weights
35
Bayes avg
5.59047
Average
6.38531
Users rated
309
Num owned
546
Wanting
10
Wishing
29
Num comments
117
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:56 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (3)
Pattern BuildingPattern RecognitionSpelling
Categories (1)
Word Game
Description (949 chars)

Snatch is a reimplementation of the classic game of Anagrams. It contains a slightly different tile distribution from a Scrabble set of tiles, reportedly based on analysis by WW2 code-breakers. In 2008, U.S. Game Systems changed the name to "Snatch-It" likely in response to the original name's slang meaning in the U.S. GameplayPlace the tiles face down and take turns to turn them over until a word of three or more letters can be made. If you see and say the word first, take it. Watch out. From now on the game has 2 sides as words are made both from the centre pool of letters or snatched from other players if changed by one or more letters. So your CAT can become their CART to be snatched away as TRACK seconds later. Play on until all 100 letters have been turned and you agree to stop playing and start scoring. (Text is from the game's container (tube). The game is originally published by PortobelloGames (UK).)

LLM v2 (wide)

Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).

LLM v4 wide (controlled-vocab primitives)

Not yet enriched at v4 (wide pass).

LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)

Not in the v4 deep-pass top-20% slice.