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2006 Ranked #15,079

Tie One On

This rotating-partnership word game has partners prompt each other to identify linked words before time runs out. Connections may use shared words, sounds, rhymes, or associations, requiring fast shifts in how clues are interpreted.

Party Game Team-Based Game

Players

3-6

Play time

Not listed

Age

18+

Complexity

1.2/5

Rating

6.77

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.2/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Players have 45 seconds to get their partner to say 7 linked words. Words are linked in one of four ways: shared word (BOX OFFICE, THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX), rhyming, linked phonemes (cen-TER, TER-MITE, MIGHT-y Mouse), and word association (SHEET, MUSIC, JAZZ).

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Players have 45 seconds to get their partner to say 7 linked words. Words are linked in one of four ways: shared word (BOX OFFICE, THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX), rhyming, linked phonemes (cen-TER, TER-MITE, MIGHT-y Mouse), and word association (SHEET, MUSIC, JAZZ). Partnerships change each turn, so everyone partners up with everyone else over the course of the game.

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Play and group

Players
3–6
Best with
2
Play time
30 min
Age
18+
Complexity
1.2/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Michael Adams Peter Sarrett

Publishers

1
Parker Brothers

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