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APPROPRIATE AGES:
8 to Adult (or very precocious and/or literate preschoolers)

GAME:
Sixteen Game Pieces, each game piece has a letter. The Game Pieces are in a 4X4 grid.

OBJECT:
To list as many words as you can find among the random
assortment of letters in the cube tray.

PLAYING:
Player searches the assortment of letters for words of three letters or
more. When you find a word, write it down.

RULES:
Words are formed from adjoining letters. Letters must join in the proper sequence to spell a word.
The Gamepiece may join horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, to the left, right, or up-and-down.
No letter cube, however, may be used more than once within a single word.
The Game will not allow you to make an illegal move.

TYPES OF WORDS ALLOWED:
Any word (noun, adjective, adverb, etc.) is acceptable as long as it can be
found in a standard English dictionary. Plural nouns are allowed, as are all verb tenses. Words within words are
also permissible; e.g.,spare: spa, par, are, spar, pare.

THINGS TO REMEMBER:

THE COMPUTER:
The game will not allow you to make an illegal move. Your words will display in a console when you hit the "Enter word" button. Any word that you enter, whether it is a legal word or not, will be displayed. At the end of the game, the computer will check your words to see which are legal and will also display all possible combinations of words available.