A word game which is provided using a deck of cards and one or more dies. The cards comprise 26 alphabet cards each card containing a letter. A single die can be employed having a combination of numbers and right and left hand designations on each face thereof. In alternative embodiment, a pair of dice can be used, one containing numbers on respective faces and the other containing right and left designations on the die faces. The object of the word game is to think of words that contain the letter on the card, the letter being in the position within the word specified by the die. As an example if the card shows the letter A and the die shows 3R, the players must think of words in which A is the third letter from the right end of the word; for example, 'state'. In one scoring regime, one point is earned for each letter of the word. Thus in the above example the word 'state' earns 5 points. A higher scoring word would be 'invigorate' in which the letter A is in the third position from the right end, and, being a 10 letter word, earns 10 points. The game pieces can be housed in a multi-compartment box having a compartment for containing the cards, a separate compartment for pencils and one or more dies, and a portion of the box for containing score sheets and instructions. Scratch sheets or a scratch pad may also be included in the box. According to another aspect of the invention the game can be embodied as an electronic or computer game in which letters stored in memory are randomly presented upon user request and number position and left-right indication are also randomly presented upon user request.
Word game