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1990 Ranked #10,650

Palabra

A word-building card game has players form scoring words using colored letters and special patterns. Straights, flushes, wilds, and killer cards create opportunities to multiply a score or cancel an opponent big play.

Card Game Word Game Set Collection

Players

2-6

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

2/5

Rating

6.29

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.8/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 3.9/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.6/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

From the back of the box: THE GAME IN A NUTSHELL Cards with color-coded letters create crafty new ways to score.

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From the back of the box: THE GAME IN A NUTSHELL Cards with color-coded letters create crafty new ways to score. Make words from cards of mixed colors From cards all the same color (scores double) With "straights" of three or more consecutive letters With starred cards that double or triple the value of words With "flushes" (five or more cards all the same color, no word necessary) By "building" on words played by opponents In other shrewd and wily ways Get help from three wild cards that can be substituted for any letter or any color Zap your opponent's big score with point-canceling "killer-card" (Joker) Game ends when all cards are used. Highest total score wins.

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Play and group

Players
2–6
Best with
2–4
Play time
30 min
Age
12+
Complexity
2.0/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Jim Kondrick

Publishers

2
Kondrick, Inc. Palabra Enterprises

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