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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2012
Jeffrey Warren Bazarko, Hawthorne, CA (US);
Jeffrey Warren Bazarko, Hawthorne, CA (US);
Mattel, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of playing a word forming game comprises distributing a predetermined number of tiles to a set of players so as to form a hand of play associated with each player. Each tile has a character value associated with the tile, and at least one tile has a special feature value. The players form words on a playing surface, and the words comprise one or more tiles from a player's hand of play and one or more tiles already on the playing surface. Exemplary special feature values instruct players to skip a turn, to reverse the order of play, or to redistribute tiles. Each tile has a nesting portion and a nested portion. The nesting portion is characterized a concavity into which another playing tile may be nested and the nested portion is characterized by a convex edge.