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1998 Ranked #21,529

Letres

A word card game has players race to form a word using every card in hand, with the dealer setting its length. Letter values score each completed word, and the first player to the agreed target wins.

Card Game Word Game Set Collection

Players

1-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

7+

Complexity

1.33/5

Rating

5.39

Harder to teach Highly interactive 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 3.6/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.4/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.7/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Kind of like Scrabble with cards. Be the first player to to make a word using ALL of the cards in your hand.

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Kind of like Scrabble with cards. Be the first player to to make a word using ALL of the cards in your hand. The dealer decides how many this is, from 3 to 8, and can change from one hand to the next. The more cards that you deal, the more challenging the play. If, for example, the dealer deals 5 cards, then only words with 5 letters can be made. Each letter in that word is then worth a certain number of points, giving you a score for that hand. The first player to reach a pre-determined score wins.

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
1–4
Best with
1–4
Play time
20 min
Age
7+
Complexity
1.3/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Thomas Sturdevant

Publishers

2
Grand Isle Games The Letres Company

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