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Rootword

Cards so smart, they make their own words.

Requirements

<30
2-6
12+

Description

In Rootword, each player builds and scores words by playing roots, extending the roots with more letters, and then finishing them off with yet more letters.Longer words are worth more, so extend your roots as long as you like, but watch out! Any root still on the table can be stolen by another player if they can extend it.

Components

Component Quantity Photo
Poker Deck 1 deck of 104 cards Poker Deck component icon
Poker Deck 1 deck of 4 cards Poker Deck component icon
Poker Tuck Box (108 cards) 1 Poker Tuck Box (108 cards) component icon
Document 1 Document component icon

Vitals

Average Rating 2 reviews
Publish Date March 03, 2013
Edition First
Department Games
Tags Family Words / Spelling Scrabble

Why buy this?

  • color matching
  • easy scorekeeping
  • coopetition

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Ratings and Reviews

Posted 13 years ago
Own It Played It Fun Priced Well High Replay Value Well Written Rules Nice Artwork

Whole family loves this game. Best word game I've played.

Posted 14 years ago

I stumbled on Rootword when googling Mr. Chudyk's name like a mad stalker. I purchased his game 'Innovation' from Asmadi Games and thought it was brilliantly put together, especially considering it wa...

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