Play on Wordz
BGG rank
BGG #19,734
BGG rating
6.0

Play on Wordz

1984

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  • 1–4 players
  • 30 min
  • 8+
  • Complexity 1.5/5

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Play on Wordz is a board game released in 1984 for 1–4 players, 30 minutes per game, and ages 8 and up. It was designed by Theo Coster and Ora Coster and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Spelling, and Memory.

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About the game

A set of 9 lettered dice are rolled simultaneously and players form as many words as possible as quickly as possible with points scored for non-duplicated words and for longer words. Each player tries to form 10 words with at least four of the letters shown, thus ending the round. Each word that only one player wrote scores a point; additional points are awarded for longer words; points are deducted for misspellings or using letters not shown. Play on Wordz is a word dice game. Similar to: Stellar Speller (which has 7 dice instead of 9, and is sold by Discovery Toys)

Publishers

  • Parker Brothers
  • Hasbro
  • Parker Spiele
  • MB Juegos
  • Milton Bradley
  • MB Spellen
  • MB Spiele
  • MB Jeux

Questions and answers

Play on Wordz supports 1–4 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.