Guide Note

Bananagrams is a board game similar to Scrabble, without the board or points system. The letter tiles are stored in a banana shaped cloth bag.

Fast Facts

1. 144 letter tiles
2. A hand can be played in under 5 minutes
3. Many ways to play
4. Easily fits into a purse
5. 1 to 8 players
6. For ages 7 and up

1. Place all 144 tiles face down on center of table, forming the "bunch".
2. If playing with 2-4 players, each takes 21 letters. For 5-6 players, each takes 15 letters. For 7 or more players, each takes 11 letters. All letters taken should be kept face down.
3. Any player may call "SPLIT". Players turn over all of their tiles and begin forming words, connecting and intersecting each either horizontally or vertically.
4. Once all of a players tiles have been used, they yell "PEEL" and every player must take a tile.
5. If there is a letter that a player does not want, they may return it to bunch and take three tiles in its place.
6. The game continues until the bunch is smaller than the number of players.
7. When a player has no remaining letters and the bunch is too small, they must shout "BANANAS". They are considered the winner of that hand, unless other players find any misspelled words.