Quiddler

Quiddler is a card game where players compete by spelling English words from cards in hands of increasing size. Each game comes with a deck of 118 single or double letter cards, a card tray and set of instructions. Each card has a point value.

In order to win you must get the most points by combining words by using two or more cards from your hand.

To begin the game, shuffle the cards and deal out three cards per player.

For each new round one more card than the number from the last round is dealt out to each player. Thus the second round each player gets four new cards.

During each turn a person draws one new card or picks up the last discarded card. Then the player makes a word with his or her cards and discards the remaining card into a discard pile. Word points are counted to the total score and discarded card points are subtracted from the score.

The game continues for eight rounds; the highest scoring player is the winner.

Challenging a word is done by referencing a dictionary. The use of proper nouns, prefixes, suffixes, abbreviated, or hyphenated words is not allowed. The loser of the challenge should subtract the score of the word from his or her total score.