Word games we like

 I love word games. I do a crossword puzzle almost every day, and the Wordle online too. All of the games on my phone are word games. I have done many word searches over the years-- I remember doing word searches in a book when we drove on long family trips in our van. My Dad and Mom both like word games, and my Dad got me into doing crosswords maybe 10 years ago.

Growing up, we played mostly word games as a family. Boggle was one of our favorites. The first time that my husband played Boggle with us, he seemed to understand the rules, so we didn't explain. He didn't actually know how to play, which was clear after the first round!😁

We have a LOT of games in our house-- strategy games, word games, dice games, card games, deck-building games, board games, cooperative games, skill games, you name it. We play them often, at least once a week.

This is a list of our word games that we enjoy playing:

1. Boggle- shake the cubes and beat the timer to find connected words

2. Scrabble- like a crossword puzzle with no clues... make words that connect on the grid. You can separate the vowels and consonants into separate bags if you want.

3. Bananagrams- make words using tiles, connect them together, rearrange them until all tiles are used

4. Probe- this classic game is one where your opponent guesses letters in your word. I like to play tough words to guess like jazz.

5. Quiddler- a rummy card game where you make words using 3 letter cards, then 4, then 5, and so on.

6. PassWord- a word association game where you try to get your opponent to guess the word

7. Scattergories- roll the die and write words in the different categories using the letter that was rolled

8. A Little Wordy- like hangman with a twist, where your opponent guesses your word based on hints and guesses

9. ReWordAble- put words together using different word fragments, or add to an opponent's word to steal their points... it is challenging and mind-bending!

10. Taboo- try to get your opponents to guess the word while you are not able to say common words associated with it

11. Blank Slate- a fill-in-the-blank game, where you try to write a common word related to another.. such as bank______- you could write teller, statement, or transaction, but not a word fragment like -ing or -ed.

12. Fitz It- Name an object that fits the attributes on your cards and then play them to the grid. Other players connect their cards to ones that have been played. It's a fun challenge!

How about you? Do you have any favorite word games that you play? Or do you enjoy other games instead? I'd love to hear about it!

John 1:1

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 1:14 

The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.

Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.