words against strangers

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how to play

  • goal

    score more points than the stranger in four, one-minute rounds.

  • gameplay

    enter as many words as possible that satisfy a clue.

    more details
    • sample clue

      clue: starts with a

      answers: apple, awesome, activate, etc.

    • blocking
      whoever gets a word first gets points. If the stranger enters the word before you, you get no points, and vice versa.
    • obscure = more points
      you get 2x points for less commonly used words.
  • other rules

    no proper nouns, hyphenated words, or varations (e.g., plurals) of a played word.