Patent ID: 6234486
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
In a word card game of the type comprising, a deck of cards including letters of the alphabet, wherein dealer deals the same number of cards to each player, forms a draw stack and a discard pile with remaining deck, and players in turn picking a new card from discard pile or draw stack and if keeping such new card tossing a card from existing hand face up to top of discard pile and attempting to form a word or words with such hand, the improvements in combination:A) providing a deck of cards that do not include points or numeric indicia and do not include symbols of traditional playing cards;B) players forming all cards within their hands into one word or a combination of words and using up all of said cards in such word or combination of words, whereby any other hand is bust and of no value;C) players keeping said words within their hands as they are formed so nobody else can see them until hands are shown as herein described;D) players maintaining original number of dealt cards until hands are shown as herein described;E) those players forming one word using all of their cards, revealing said cards, and thereby forcing a show of all hands,F) players forming all cards of hand into a combination of words in event a different player forms said one-word trigger hand before them and they are forced to show their hands, or in the event all hands are otherwise shown, whereby in either event such players will not be caught with a hand that is bust or of no value;G) players forming all cards of hand into a combination of the longest words they can using all of their cards, whereas such players attempt to rank higher than other players when such combination hands are shown;H) determining from shown hands those hands containing the longest words within a set of complete words and ranking such hands based on longest word or words in such hands;I) determining from shown hands the hands or hands that are bust or of no value,whereas players balance formation of one-word trigger hand and non-bust hand as they pick and toss cards without regard to points.