Possible Word Games
Balderdash: Produced by Gameworks Creations, Inc.
Played like a dictionary game. Players create phony but believable definitions for given words
and earn points if their “bluff” definition is selected.
Boggle: Produced by Parker Brothers
Players spell words from an array of sixteen letters in a three minute time period.
Charades
Players use improvisational techniques to give their teammates clues to guess words.
Concentration
This game can be created by using words written on index cards to develop various vocabulary
concepts (synonyms, antonyms, contractions, homophones) Pairs are placed upside side down
in random ordered to form a grid. Players take turns turning over two cards to try to find a
match.
Listen Up! Produced by the Game Works
“Say what you see, draw what you hear.” Players will verbally describe how to draw a diagram
on a card while their partner tries to draw it.
Old Maid
This old favorite card game can be played to support word study and build vocabulary. You can
make the cards by printing different combinations on pairs of cards (synonyms, antonyms, word
parts, homonyms etc.) and include one old maid card.
Oodles: Produced by Milton Bradley Company
Teams of players try to guess words beginning with a given letter, based on catchy clues.
Outburst: Produced by Parker Brothers
This game is played in teams. Players are given a topic and then have 60 seconds to identify the
ten things listed on the card.
Password: Produced by Milton Bradley Company
Players give one word clues to guide their partners to a given word.
Pictionary: Produced by western Publishing Company
This is a game of charades on paper. Players identify unknown words through sketches.
Probe: Published by Parker Brothers
This game is played much like hangman. Players choose a word, record it on a word tray, and
expose letters as they are guessed, ultimately attempting to guess the word.
Scattegories: Produced by Milton Bradley
Players list words beginning with a specific letter in a given category.
Scrabble and Upwords
Players use letter tiles to create words and earn points.
Taboo: Produced my Milton Bradley Company
Players try to get their team to say a secret word without using the words that are taboo and
cannot be spoken in the attempt.
Win, Lose, or Draw: produced by Milton Bradley Company
Played like Pictionary only with familiar phrases instead of individual words.
Word Yahtzee: produced by E. S. Lowe (a Milton Bradley Company)
Played like the companion numbers game, only with letters.