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Quiddler

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The challenge is to arrange your entire hand into words. Draw and discard in turn. Try to use those high point letters, but don't get caught with them uncombined.

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
High
Content Area: 
ELA
Play Time: 
20 min.
Quiddler

LetterFlip

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LetterFlip is the head-to-head word game where players combine clever deduction with a little luck in a quest to identify concealed words. Each player tries to be the first to identify all four words on his or her LetterFlip card.

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
High
Content Area: 
ELA
Play Time: 
20 min.
LetterFlip

Word on the Street

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The Hilarious Tug of Words!

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
High
Content Area: 
ELA
Play Time: 
20 min.
Word on the Street

Letter Roll

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Everybody's Word Game!
Roll the special dice and flip the timer. Players race to list words containing the three letters shown on the dice. Only words listed by a single player score points so players are rewarded for their speed and creative thinking!

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
ELA
Play Time: 
20 min.
Letter Roll

What's My Word

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What’s My Word?™ was first published in 1972 by Gamut of Games under the name “My Word”. This classic game has been called “the best two-player word game ever invented” by more than one critic.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
ELA
Play Time: 
30 min.
What's My Word

You've Been Sentenced!

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This sentence-building game uses unique five-sided cards with multiple conjugations of a base word. With a hand of 10 cards, players try to score the most points per round by constructing the longest, grammatically correct, and sensible sentence.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
ELA
Play Time: 
30 min.
You've Been Sentenced!

Wordwright

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Wordwright is an expandable card game platform that focuses on how the English language works: Players make words using word parts and their definitions, not individual letters.

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
High
Content Area: 
ELA
Play Time: 
30 min.
Wordwright

Codenames

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In Codenames, two teams compete to see who can make contact with all of their agents first. Spymasters give one-word clues that can point to multiple words on the board. Their teammates try to guess words of the right color while avoiding those that belong to the opposing team.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
ELA
ELL
Play Time: 
15 min.
Codenames