Mechanics Word Factory
Mechanics Word Factory
PREPARATION:
1. The game begins by shaking a covered tray of sixteen cubic dice, each with a different letter
printed on each of its sides.
2. The dice settle into a 4x4 tray so that only the top letter of each cube is visible.
3. After they have settled into the grid, a three-minute timer is started and all players simultaneously
begin the main phase of play.
START OF GAME:
1. Each player searches for words that can be constructed from the letters of sequentially
adjacent cubes, where "adjacent" cubes are those horizontally, vertically, and diagonally
neighboring.
2. Words must be at least three letters long, may include singular and plural (or other
derived forms) separately, but may not use the same letter cube more than once per word.
3. Each player records all the words he or she finds by writing on a private sheet of paper.
4. After three minutes have elapsed, all players must immediately stop writing and the game
enters the scoring phase.
SCORING:
1. In the scoring phase, each player reads off his or her list of discovered words.
2. If two or more players wrote the same word, it is removed from all players' lists.
3. Any player may challenge the validity of a word, in which case a previously nominated dictionary
is used to verify or refute it.
4. For all words remaining after duplicates have been eliminated, points are awarded based on the
length of the word.
Example:
3 letter word - 1 pt
4 letter word - 2 pts
MOTHER OF DIVINE GRACE ACADEMY
Blk 63 Lot 10 Anubing Street Amparo Subd., Caloocan City
Tel. Nos. 8961-78-76 | 8703-40-10 | 7002-90-45
Email Address: modga_2005@yahoo.com |
modgaacademicoffice@gmail.com | registrar@modga.ph.education
1. Any words (noun, verb, adjective, adverb, etc.), plural of, form of, or tense is acceptable as long as
it can be found in a standard English dictionary (Scrabble dictionary is also applicable).
2. Proper nouns (Smith, Ohio, France, etc.) are NOT allowed.
3. Words within words are also permissible: spare, spa, par, are, spar, pare.
4. One and two letter words are not allowed.