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2017 Ranked #20,326

Fishing For Words

This word-dice game has players roll letters, form the highest-scoring word, and win the most points over five rounds. Unused dice pass to an opponent for a crosswise word, so efficient letter use limits the next scoring chance.

Dice Word Game Dice Rolling

Players

2-4

Play time

10-20 min

Age

8+

Complexity

1.25/5

Rating

5.68

Harder to teach Low interaction Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.2/5

Low interaction

Player scaling 4.4/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Roll the letter dice, then build the highest scoring word. Your opponent rolls any dice not used to create the highest scoring word crosswise. The more letters used, the better. The player or team with the highest score at the end of five rounds wins!

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Mechanism

1

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2
Play time
10–20 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.3/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Jim Keifer

Publishers

1
University Games

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