8 word games proposals
Words and Word Games
Animals communicate in many ways: through sounds, such as the singing of birds or the roar of lions, through gestures and body postures, such as the courtship dance of birds or the body language of primates, through chemical substances, such as pheromones that insects use to attract their mates, through visual signals, such as the alarm calls that birds emit to alert their group of the presence of a nearby predator, and even some species like sharks and some ants can communicate through electrical signals.
But there’s one animal that stands out. It talks. With actual words!
That not only makes that animal species unique and special, but also the WORDS.
And you don’t need to be a philologist or be a literature scholar to love words. I have a friend who is an industrial engineer and enjoys discovering new words every day with a dictionary in hand: he literally opens the dictionary to a page and goes through each word until he finds one he didn’t know, and if it’s beautiful, phonetically pleasing, and has a meaning that allows him to incorporate it into his daily vocabulary, he does. And if not, he just keeps flipping pages until one clicks!
It is estimated that there are about 100,000 words in the official dictionary of the Royal Academy of the Spanish Language, so I am happy to think that my friend will never run out of enthusiasm, fun and satisfaction to continue discovering new words every day.
Gig hugs, Jose Luis ❤️.
“Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find.”
And if we are fascinated by words themselves, how can we not like games in which they are the protagonists? Three cheers for word games!
There are many, many word games, hundreds of them. This article does not include all of them but we offer a wide enough sample to allow most people to discover a game they did not know and give enough options so that everyone can spend hours and hours sharing some of these games with their friends or family. We will improve this article and add more games in the future. Promise.
Word Party Games
Party games are designed with the unique and admirable objective of being fun, making people laugh, and creating bonds between friends or family who spend that time playing together.
There are several party games in which words are protagonists in some way or another.
Word Game #1 – Just One
3-7 players
8 years and up
Cooperative game
15-25 min
Easy game
JUST ONE is a fun word association game. It was awarded the Best Game of the Year in 2019 at the prestigious Spiel des Jahres awards.
Players aim to help a teammate guess a word by providing clues in the form of other words, but here’s the catch… if they repeat a clue, it gets canceled out. Just one!
Visit our JUST ONE game page for more information and how to play this word game.
Word Game #2 – Taboo
4-10 players 13 years and up Two teams 20-40 min Medium difficulty
We encourage everyone to give Taboo a try, the word game of forbidden words. It’s a highly enjoyable activity, perfect for those lively moments at parties or gatherings with friends.
Players must describe a keyword avoiding the use of certain forbidden words, taboo words! The close relationship between the keyword and the forbidden words makes this game so special and fun.
Visit our TABOO game page for more information and how to play this word game.
Word Game #3 – Codenames
2-10 players 10 years and up Two teams 10-20 min Easy game
A fun and addictive word association game by teams that is impossible to play a single game. Ideal for medium to large groups.
In Codenames we must contact our team’s field agents by finding out what their code names are. We will do this by associating the clues given by our team’s chief spy with the words on the table. Beware of contacting the killer by mistake…
Visit our CODENAMES game page for more information and how to play.
Word Game #4 – Ping pong sing a song
6-20 players 18 years and up Two teams 25-60 min Easy game
A hilarious team game where hitting the right note doesn’t matter. Just sing!.
The team that can sing more songs with certain words in the lyrics—like cities, numbers, or animals—wins!
This is a game without a name, that in LOODENS we have baptized as PING PONG SING A SONG. Visit PING PONG SING A SONG page for more information and how to play this word game.
Word dice games
Letter dice are super portable. They fit in any pocket, bag, or backpack and allow you to play various games anywhere you have a small horizontal space: in a bar while having a few beers —the loser pays the round—, while waiting to board at the airport, while resting after a dip in a pool … the possibilities are endless. And of course at any table at home!
We propose three word games that you can play with letter dice. Enjoy them!
Word Game #5 – Crossdice
2-10 players 7 years and up All vs all 5-25 min Easy game
Crossdice is word construction game, a version with letter dice of Scrabble, more agile and faster and above all more portable, perfect to play anywhere and anytime.
The goal in Crossdice is to score as many points as possible with the words created from the letters obtained after rolling the dice.
Visit CROSSDICE page for more information and how to play this word game.
Word Game #6 – The longest word
2-10 players 8 years and up In pairs, all vs all 15-25 min Easy game
How’s your vocabulary? Good? Challenge yourself and have a great time with friends or family playing this word game with letter dice.
The object of this game is to create the longest word possible from the letters obtained by rolling the dice.
Visit THE LONGEST WORD page for more information and how to play this word game.
Word Game #7 – The fastest word
2-6 players 8 years and up All vs all 5-25 min Easy game
For us, this is the most exciting and fast-paced dice game. Everyone plays at once!
In this game you have to create the longest word possible in the shortest time possible, trying not to be the last one because in that case you don’t score anything!
Visit THE FASTEST WORD page for more information and how to play this word game.
Spoken word games
Among all word games, spoken word games are the ones that offer the most entertainment —if you’ll excuse the repetition— because they can be played anytime and anywhere, do not require any objects, physical activity, or even a specific positioning of players.
Spoken word games are played simply by talking and that gives you total freedom: you can play while sitting on the sofa at home, while traveling by car, train or plane, in a restaurant while waiting for your food to be served, while waiting in line at the bakery or to cheer up and entertain a relative who is convalescing in bed.
Word Game #8 – Word chain with origin and destination
2-8 players 8 years and up 1 vs 1, All vs all 12-24 min Easy game
In this game players must chain an ORIGIN WORD with a DESTINATION WORD with as few words as possible
This game provides an excellent gaming experience for both adults and children.
Visit WORD CHAIN WITH ORIGI AND DESTINATION page for more information and how to play this word game.
And that’s all, for the moment.
We’ll be gradually expanding our list with new word games. Visit us regularly to discover exciting additions!
Thanks for reading!
Have a nice day, and don’t forget to enjoy real life, out in the real world!
