Eugene Thomas Hahn

US Patent:

49231995, May 8, 1990

Filed:

Mar 13, 1989

Appl. No.:

7/322120

Inventors:

Eugene W. Hahn - Brooklyn NY

International Classification:

A63F 100

US Classification:

273299

Abstract:

A word game utilizes a deck of sixty cards having letters that appear in numbers corresponding to their frequency of use in the English language. Six E's are provided, for example, while one each are provided of J, K, Q, V, X and Z. Fifteen cards are dealt to each player who must then make as many words as possible from the fifteen letters, using the letters again from word to word. The words are scored based on length with one point being given for each word having three letters and a larger number of points being given for words having a greater number of letters, up to the maximum of fifteen letters, for any one word.