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Posted: Nov 24 2010 at 10:12pm | IP Logged Quote CatholicMommy
There was this card game that I played with my grandma when I was younger - maybe the late 80s and I can't find the name of it for anything!

It was sort of like Scrabble in that you had make words, but each card had sounds/letter-groupings with which to create words.

I *think* you could borrow parts of other words - or maybe you could just add on, I don't exactly remember (or maybe you could use other words that were laid out, but you had to completely use them?????).

Anyway, my son is all over Scrabble, but it's still a bit difficult for him, so I thought this game would be great - if I could just remember it!



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Posted: Nov 24 2010 at 11:42pm | IP Logged Quote lapazfarm
I don't know if this is it, but it sounds a lot like Scrabble Slam.

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Posted: Nov 26 2010 at 8:28am | IP Logged Quote CatholicMommy
That looks like fun too! I don't think that was it, but we might give it a try anyway :)

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This looks like fun.
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Posted: Dec 14 2010 at 8:22am | IP Logged Quote cathhomeschool
I don't know the game you describe, but my kids have enjoyed Quiddler. It does require assistance at times and we often play in teams.

A variation on scrabble that might be a bit easier because you can change words already on the board by laying tiles over old tiles is Upwords. There are several versions by different companies. We find it fun but, again, the younger kids need help sometimes.

This site has other possibilities.

And what about Chunks Word building game?

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Catholic Mommy...I got WordSpot for Christmas, and immediately thought of your post when I saw the game...could that be it? We love it already!

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Posted: Dec 28 2010 at 5:05pm | IP Logged Quote CatholicMommy
That looks like fun too!

I'm getting so many ideas, but now I'm wondering if I've just made up a memory The one I'm thinking of was definitely a card game. It was rummy-like.

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Posted: Dec 28 2010 at 5:56pm | IP Logged Quote JodieLyn
like phonics monster rummy or word rummy

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Well how about this.
editing. Oops just noticed game was already linked to so i'm taking the link out.
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Posted: Jan 24 2012 at 1:08pm | IP Logged Quote CatholicMommy
I do not know how I missed the link to Quiddler above - I THINK that was it! I was just browsing something else and somehow came across it - came back here to share and found it was already mentioned!

I think we're going to give QUiddler a try if we can find it at Goodwill or someplace.

Thank you ladies!

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JodieLyn wrote:
like phonics monster rummy or word rummy


Putting in a good word for Word Rummy.
My ds loves to play... it is fun- being able to steal another person's word is a nice twist.

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