Patent ID: 7021629

Claim:
A method of playing a word-forming game for at least two players, wherein the game has twenty-eight playing pieces, said method comprising the steps of: a) aligning the twenty-eight playing pieces, twenty-six in alphabetical order and two “joker star”, on a playing field, between one player and an opponent player, so as to form aligned playing pieces; b) announcing, by a first player, so as to form an announced first player, a word to be spelled from the aligned playing pieces; c) removing, by the announced first player, playing pieces from the aligned playing pieces that spell the word announced, so as to leave remaining aligned playing pieces; d) determining, by a next player, if there are sufficient playing pieces remaining in the remaining playing pieces to form another word; e) winning game by last player, if answer to step d) is no; f) announcing, by the next player, so as to form an announced next player, a word to be spelled from the remaining aligned playing pieces, if answer to step d) is yes; g) removing, by the announced next player, playing pieces of the remaining aligned playing pieces that spell the word announced, if step f) is carried out; and h) returning to step d), if step g) is carried out.