Word games – Guggenheim

You all need paper & a writing iron of some sort.

Objective:
Fill the grid with words.

Set up:
One player chooses a word 5 or 6 letters long, which everyone writes across the top of the page so the individual letter form column headings, leaving a blank column on the left. Each of the other players nominates a category, which everyone lists down the empty left hand column. Agree a time limit, or that everyone stops when the first person has finished.

Play:
Try to fill in the grid you have made so that the words all start with the letter at the top of the column & the category for the row. For example if the word is “metal” and the category is “names” the row might read Mike, Edith, Tom, Alan, Louise.

Scoring:
1 point for each word you write in.
1 bonus point for a word in a slot where no one else has a word.
1 point lost for every gap.

Note:
If playing with a small number of people, pick 2 or 3 categories each.

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