Patent Document ID: 7618042
Application ID: 11738704

Base Claim:
1. A word forming game comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of chips having indicia on one surface, the chips being placed indicia surface down, a timing device and a word validating device wherein at least a majority of the indicia are letters of the alphabet; allowing the players to take turns in order, wherein a turn comprises turning over one chip from the plurality to reveal the chip's indicium wherein the chip is added to a pool of revealed indicia; forming an English word, wherein the step of forming includes the steps of: a player attempting to form an English word from at least three of the revealed indicia in the pool or from at least one of the revealed indicia in the pool and all of the indicia of a word previously formed; and the player placing the English word thus formed into a display of words owned by the player; starting the timing device to time a timing period as soon as all of the chips have been turned over and repeating the step of forming; ending play when the end of the timing period is indicated by the timing device; creating a score for each player wherein the score is determined by a number and a length of words in the player's display; and declaring a winner, the winner being the player having the highest score.

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Claim 3:
3. The word forming game according to claim 1 , wherein the timing device is selected from the group consisting of an hour glass, a digital timer and a mechanical timer.