VOCABRUMMY
This is an adaptation of the card game Rummy, but played using a deck of cards that has letters not numbers. The letters are assigned values (Click here to see letter/value distribution), and the purpose of the game is to make as many words as possible to attain a high score. 2 – 4 players can play the game.
RULES:
• To begin, one player shuffles and deals the cards – 7 cards per player
• The rest of the cards are placed, face down, in the center.
• The dealer, places one card from the center pile, face up in the center
• The dealer then either takes the card face up, or pick another one from the center (face down) pile
• S/then forms as many words as possible with the cards in his hand (each word should be at least 3 letters), then place one card face up in the center
• Next player (clockwise) does the same (pick a card from one of the piles, form words, discard a card)
• If a player wants a card from those placed face up, s/he has to pick up all/any cards on top of it
• The game is over when either a player finishes his hand or there are no more cards in the center pile (whichever happens first)
• The player who finishes his hand first gets a bonus of 25 points
• Then all players add the values of the letters used in words and subtract from that the total score of letters not used in words
• Winner is the player who has the highest scare.
Click here to download printable deck of VOCAB-RUMMY cards