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SHortest word with all letters

Three 12-sided dice show consonants in different combinations, all consonants are represented. One player rolls all three dice and all players try simultaneously to find a word containing all three of the consonants on the dice. It does not matter in which order the consonants are used in the word, and you can use each of them more than once in the word and the word can also contain other consonants: B-R-T could be Brat or Butter or Bustier.

If you find a word you announce the number of letters, NOT the word, and start to count slowly downwards from that number. Another player finding a shorter word during your countdown interrupts you, announces the number and starts to count down. You can name numbers more than once, but not immediately one after the other, another player must have announced a lower number before you can announce a second number.

When your countdown ends uninterrupted you name your word. When the word has the correct number of letters you note the number of letters for your score; if you miscounted or named an incorrect word all other players score the number of points you announced. If you believe that no correct word is possible you announce this and count down from 10; if you are not interrupted you score 3 points. If you are first to score a total of 36 points you win.

For a simpler version with children you can add the six-sided vowel die, children use this die and only two of the consonants of their choice.

A fabulous game which you can play in any language as there are no prerequisites except the three letters rolled – fantastic training for your vocabulary and a creative challenge.

Players: 2-8

Age: 8+

Time: 20+

Designer: Jean-Jacques Derghazarian, Michel Pinon

Art: Stéphane Gantiez

Price: ca. 15 Euro

Publisher: Cocktail Games 2013

Web: www.cocktailgames.com

Genre: Word game

Users: For families

Special: Many players

Version: fr

Rules: fr

In-game text: no

Comments:

Playable in all language

Simple basic rules

Trains vocabulary and spelling skills

Lots of fun to play

Compares to:

All games with forming words from given letters

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 1

Tactic (turquoise): 0

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 3

Knowledge (yellow): 3

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 2

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0