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1972 Ranked #4,723

What's My Word?

A two-player word deduction game where opponents use letter guesses and positions to uncover each other’s secret words. Solving before the final turn earns a bonus, so every guess must reveal both presence and placement efficiently.

Family Games Deduction Word Game Paper-and-Pencil Players: Two-Player Only Games

Players

2

Play time

45-60 min

Age

10+

Complexity

2.15/5

Rating

7.13

Harder to teach Low interaction Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.2/5

Low interaction

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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From the game box My Word! is a fascinating battle of wits for two people How My Word!

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From the game box My Word! is a fascinating battle of wits for two people How My Word! is played You attempt to discover your opponent's Gamewords by using Guesswords with letters that not only appear in the Gameword, but that also fall in matching position. By the last turn of each round, if you are clever enough, you will be able to correctly name your opponent's Gameword and score a special bonus. You are the winner in My Word! if you have the higher score at the end of two rounds of play.

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Play and group

Players
2
Best with
2
Play time
45–60 min
Age
10+
Complexity
2.2/5
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Credits

Designers

1
Joli Quentin Kansil

Publishers

4
Eagle-Gryphon Games Gamut of Games Relaxx Xanadu Leisure, Ltd.

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