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If any of you have played the board game by the name of “Mastermind”, then you will catch on to this verbal word game very quickly.
All you need for this game is some paper and a pencil. The game is designed around two players, but you could modify it a bit for more players if desired.
The object of the game is to guess your opponent’s secret word through a series of word guesses and logic.
To begin, each player picks a secret word of Five letters. You should agree before hand the types of words that are allowed (eg. Proper Names, Abbreviations, Contractions, words with repeating characters, etc.) Each player writes down their word without letting the other person see it.
To start the game, each player takes turns throwing out five letter words to their opponent. Their opponent tells them how many of the letters were found in their word. For example, if your opponent had select the word “phone” and you had guessed the word: “home”, they would respond with a “three” since three of your letters were found in the word. You would then write the word down on your paper and write a 3 next to it. After so many guesses you should be able to start deducting which letters are in the word.
The first person to find their opponent’s word wins the game.
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