A Little Wordy
Hide a word in scrambled tiles, then guess your opponent's with as few clues as you can.
- Designers
- Matthew Inman, Ian Clayman
- Published by
- Exploding Kittens
A Little Wordy (2021) is a two-player word-guessing duel from the makers of Exploding Kittens and Throw Throw Burrito. Each of you gets a pile of letter tiles, rearranges them into a word that your opponent will not easily guess, writes it down and keeps it secret. Then you rescramble the tiles and swap piles. Now you try to figure out their word using Clue Cards: the first letter, the length, what it rhymes with, and so on. You win by using as few clue cards as possible. It is a deduction game that rewards sneaky word choices more than a big vocabulary, and a round takes only a quarter of an hour.
Who it's for
You like word games and deduction in a short, two-player format, and you enjoy outsmarting a friend or partner.
Not for you if…
You want more than two players or a long game. It is a short duel that only works with two.
Vibe's take
Sneaky, quick and chatty. You smile at your own tricky word and squint at your opponent's tiles, hunting for the clue that cracks it.
Published 2021 · 5 years ago
newer than 63% of games
In 6,049 collections
collected more than 65% of games
2 players · ages 8+
Best with 2 · publisher: 10+
5–15 min
shorter than 93% of games · typical 30–90 min
Complexity: light
Explained in 5 minutes · 1.3 out of 5 · lighter than 81%
Opinions: broad agreement
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Language: some text
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