Top Word Games
Video Overview & Insights
Melissa shares her favorite word games. Cooperative Word Games, Team Word Games, and Competitive Word Games.
WOW !!! What a great collection of word games you have !!! I only have a couple ... but I do think you should try the game called WordSpot ... I think you would like it. You lay letter tiles on the table in a grid then look for words (like a word search puzzle).
0:00 Intro
1:19 Team Games
Check our number word game out. It's quite addictive.
5:50 Cooperative Games
11:57 Competitive Spelling
Any thoughts on dictopia, cross clues and master words ?
19:27 Competitive Deduction
23:31 Competitive Phrases
Really enjoy Codenames, Illiterati, and Letter Tycoon. I’d also add Word Domination as one I really enjoy!
26:19 Conclusion
Games discussed
Great list! I ordered Decipher after watching this video :)
I just played Hooky for the first time this week. It was very good if you’re interested in a competitive logical deduction word game.
My group really enjoys Letter Jam, Just one, and So Clover. One additional game in this co-op category that we enjoy is Mystic Paths. It adds a spatial element to the puzzle.
Finally, in the same vein, but in digital form, my group has been enjoying comparing our performance (in addition to Wordle) in Connections, a NY Times game. It sort of has a solo Codenames feel. Like Wordle, it’s a daily puzzle. There are a couple websites that have archives of the daily puzzle if you want to get immersed in how the puzzle works. Good stuff!
Codenames
Decrypto
I guess word games is a broad category, that includes any game that uses words as a mechanic. Obviously, it can be broken down into sub-groups, like word formation, or concept finding, or logical deduction.
Word Slam
Letter Jam
Bird is the word. I love word games. The most unique on my shelves is "Le cadran de Kaplan" which works a bit like Turing Machine as the game knows the word and gives you clues. The game is based on a classic magic trick. Unfortunately, it has not been promoted much and was never translated so it got forgotten.
Just One
So Clover
Illiterati
Wordcraft
Paperback
Hardback
Wordsmith
Wordsy
Letter Press
Letter Tycoon
Decipher
Fiction
Werewords
A Message from the Stars
Glom
Blank Slate
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