Lexicon-Go
Lexicon-Go Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
LEXICON-GO!
The incredibly super fast word game!
Setup
- Shuffle all letter tiles face down. This is the draw pile.
- Take 10 tiles and keep them face down in front of you. This is your hand.
- Place the draw pile to one side to leave a free play area.
Playing
How to Win
- The race begins to form words using all of your letter tiles.
- Be the first to get rid of all your letter tiles to win the round.
- If you win five rounds in a row, you are the champion!
Instructions
- One player calls "LEX-GO" and everyone turns over their tiles at the same time.
- The race now begins to form words and get rid of all letter tiles.
How to Get Rid of Your Letter Tiles
You must perform one of these actions and may not pass:
- FORM A WORD. Place the tiles face down on the play area.
- ATTACK another player's word by adding one or more letter tiles to it or replacing letters in it.
When adding, you may not change the order of the letters or reverse the word, but you may add new letters at both ends or insert letters, for example:
RAD – RADAR | ALM – PALME | SAND – STAND
When replacing, you must take the replaced letter into your letter stack, for example:
BUCH – BACH | NETT – NEST | LIED – LIEB
- SWAP a tile. Replace one of your letter tiles with one from the draw pile. You must call "TAUSCH" (SWAP) when doing so. You may only swap again once another player has made a swap.
IMPORTANT
The LEXICON tile may be used as a letter in a word. Once it has been used in a word, the player must announce which letter it stands for, and that letter stays the same for the rest of the round.
The numbers on the letter tiles are not used in this game.
Not allowed: proper names, acronyms, abbreviations.
Allowed: all kinds of conjunctions, declensions and plural forms.
Winning
- When you have played all your letter tiles, call "LEXICON".
- If all of your words are correct, you win the round. If one of your words is not correct, you are out for this round (if a word is challenged, you should use a dictionary or take a vote).
- Shuffle the tiles and play again.
- The first player to win five rounds is the winner!
Be sure to play on a level surface so that your tiles are not damaged.
ORIGINAL (MASTER) LEXICON
Setup
You need pencil and paper.
- Shuffle all letter tiles face down. This is the draw pile.
- Each player takes one tile.
- The player with the tile showing the highest number begins. Play continues clockwise.
- Return all tiles to the supply pile and shuffle them again.
- Take 10 tiles and lay them face up. This is your hand.
- Place the draw pile to one side to leave a free play area.
- Place one letter face up on the draw pile. This is the swap tile.
Playing
How to Win
- Form words with your letter tiles.
- Be the first to get rid of all your letter tiles to win the round.
- The other players add up the numbers on their remaining tiles to get their score.
- At 100 points you are out!
- The last remaining player WINS!
Instructions
- Players take turns in order, forming words, attacking a word, or swapping a tile.
- The first player may only form one word or swap one tile.
You must perform one of these actions and may not pass:
- FORM A WORD. Place the tiles face down on the play area.
- ATTACK another player's word by adding one or more letter tiles to it or replacing letters in it.
When adding, you may not change the order of the letters or reverse the word, but you may add new letters at both ends or insert letters, for example:
RAD – RADAR | SAND – STAND | ALM – PALME | SCHWEIN – SCHWEINEREI
When replacing, you must take the replaced letter into your letter stack, for example:
BUCH – BACH | NETT – NEST | LIED – LIEB | ROST – KOST
- SWAP a tile. You may swap one of your letter tiles for the face-up swap tile or for a face-down tile from the supply pile. Your discarded tile becomes the new face-up swap tile (stack the discarded tiles face up on top of each other if necessary).
IMPORTANT
The LEXICON tile may be used as a letter in a word. Once it has been used in a word, the player must announce which letter it stands for, and that letter stays the same for the rest of the round.
Not allowed: proper names, acronyms, abbreviations.
Allowed: all kinds of conjunctions, declensions and plural forms.
Winning
- When you have played all your letter tiles, call "LEXICON".
- If all of your words are correct, you win the round. If one of your words is not correct, you take the tiles back and must add them to your score for this round (if a word is challenged, you should use a dictionary or take a vote).
- Players who lose add up the value of their tiles and record their scores.
- At a score of 100, a player is out.
- Shuffle the tiles and play again.
- The last remaining player WINS!