Patent Document ID: 7618313
Application ID: 10854481

Base Claim:
1. A word game device having an objective to find or form words, comprising: a playfield that includes a plurality of playing positions, wherein a playing position is used to display a character of an alphabet, wherein an initial set of alphabet characters are assigned to playing positions to form at least one game word, and wherein at least one game word is scrambled by having at least one character shifted into a position that does not lie along the same axis common to the other characters in the word, a microprocessor with a computer-readable medium encoded with a computer program to control the operation of the game device, an input control mechanism to enable a player to interact with the device, means for replacing alphabet characters assigned to playing positions, and means for determining if a game objective has been achieved.

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Claim 10:
10. A word game device as recited in claim 1 , wherein said plurality of playing positions form a two-dimensional array.