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HASBRO | Home » » SCRABBLE UPWORDS BOARD GAME | | | | | | WARNING:| CHOKING HAZARD -- Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. |
| | | Description: | | It's a high-stacking 3-D crossword game! You and your opponents spell words with stackable letter tiles on the special gameboard to score points. Build words by playing letters across or down on the board and by stacking letters on top of letters already on the board to form new words. It's this 3-dimensional game play that makes SCRABBLE UPWORDS so unique and challenging to play. Score points for each letter in your word and every letter tile under each letter of your word. Letters can be stacked five tiles high so your score can really add up fast! Build words, stack letters, score high and have fun! Ages 8+. | | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 1.88 inches | | Product Width:
| 10.5 inches | | Product Height:
| 10.5 inches | | Product Weight:
| 1.25 pounds | | Package Length:
| 10.6 inches | | Package Width:
| 10.6 inches | | Package Height:
| 2.1 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.25 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 32 reviews |
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17 of 18 found the following review helpful:
 Search for an earlier version instead!Jan 12, 2010
By Big Johnny
Played this at a friend's house recently and decided to buy one for our family, Be warned: the board and tiles have been scaled down (no doubt to save money) from earlier versions. So the tiles are pretty small for adult hands. Even worse (to me) is that the board is now a garish green (brighter and more garish than the Amazon photo suggests) -- it is so gross. This is probably the manufacturer's attempt to compete with all the bright colors of video games. They really blew it. Better for a board game to offer something that most video games can't: the opportunity for a tactile experience, some eye contact and some quality family time. Instead, you get this overpriced piece of plastic (cheap bright green board and 100 small letter tiles). I'd return it if I could, and look on eBay for an older version.
10 of 10 found the following review helpful:
Great game for everyone-- wish the letter tiles were bigger like in the original game...Mar 19, 2008
By NM Silver
This is a great game for everyone. Especially good for younger people since they can spell "shorter" words and still win the game. Great positive reinforcement for spelling and reading.
I do like the original game better- the tiles are bigger. I think the newer version is not as well made and I don't like the smaller tiles. And where is the bag for the letters?? I bought a newer version because I wanted to leave a game at my mountain cabin where we have no TV and play games at night. I'm going to look for a version of the game where the game pieces are larger and better made. The game is still worth buying and playing with kids and adults. We've been playing this game for over 20 years and never play Scrabble anymore since we play Upwords all the time. My family loves the game and we highly recommend it!
9 of 10 found the following review helpful:
Educational OpportunityDec 29, 2008
By R. Duck
"rduckteach"
I am an elementary school teacher and a child's vocabulary level has a high correlation to their reading comprehension. In a time of dropping vocabulary levels, this is a quick and easy game that has students checking the dictionary and expanding their vocabulary in a fun way. (I allow them to use the dictionary to check words or "find" words as they play.) I also "allow" them to expand to Scrabble and Upwords when they want more challenge. Students who never opted to play vocabulary games are now playing both of these.
I bought one game initially and just bought more so the whole class can play at one time. This is one way to expand their knowledge that they think is a reward.
6 of 7 found the following review helpful:
 UPWORDS: Great strategic twist to a letter tile game. SCRABBLE: Why?Aug 05, 2009
By Wigglesworth
Upwords has been around for a 25+ years, and it's a stacking letter tile game that brings a whole lot more strategy and flexibility to the table, when compared to Scrabble. With Scrabble, words are built - hopefully on double-triple word score spaces - and then they're essentially cast in concrete for the whole game. Unchangeable. With UPWORDS, a word is fair game for modifications and higher scoring. A letter atop another letter has greater value. It is very strategic and lot more flexible a game. Why on earth it is called "Scrabble Upwords" is a good question. If you like UPWORDS, you likely don't like Scrabble all that much. And if you are a Scrabble player, likely you are dedicated to the flat construction of words, which I personally find boring. One reviewer complained about the smell of plastic. Hello. No trees died in the making of UPWORDS. Perhaps ivory tiles? Never mind.....
6 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Really Like This Game!Jan 07, 2009
By Amber Sims
I love playing Scrabble Upwords online, so when I went to buy this as a Christmas present for someone else, I couldn't wait for them to open it so I could play it. The game does not disappoint from the online version. The only I would change (as has been mentioned in other reviews) is that the game pieces sit very loosely on the board. So if you're playing on the floor, or with someone fidgety, there's a good chance you'll be trying to replace tiles when they get knocked off.
Overall, this game is a good one to add to your collection. It's fun, challenging, and there's nothing like the feeling of scoring big on someone else's word!
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