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Spill and Spell

Spill and Spell

1956

Designed by Jean M. Smith

Published by Parker Brothers, Vini-Spil, Jumbo, Jumbo, Grow Jogos e Brinquedos, Vini-Spil, Grow Jogos e Brinquedos, Phillips Publishers, Inc., Toltoys, Parker Brothers, danspil, danspil

Description

Spill and Spell was originally published by Phillips. Parker Bros. also published this game. It is a word dice game where players make words to score points. Scoring is determined by squaring the number of letters in the words spelled (e.g. making a 3 letter word and a 4 letter word would net 25 (9+16)) and subtracting the square of unused letters. The 2003 Endless Games edition includes 22 letter cubes and is scored differently, assigning a point value to each letter based upon the length of the word it is part of, with crossed words scoring the shared letter twice, possibly with two different values.

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