Description

What can you do with the 400+ 3-letter words in the English language? You make a game out of them - PAIR THREE.

PAIR THREE is a series of simple word games where players connect three-letter words through certain relationships.

Components: The game comes with 112 lasercut, wooden tiles, each containing four 3-letter words.

Goal: Be the first player to discard all your tiles.
Four ways to play.

Matching Rules:
A word can be placed adjacent to another word when at least two letters match.
Examples:

First two letters match: men and met
Last two letters match: doe and toe
First & last letters match: red and rod
All three letters match: rat and art

Additionally, relate 300+ compound words and phrases:
ask for, eat out, dog tag, bed bug, pay cut, pen pal, gym rat, dry out, ice cap, gasbag, seabed, batman …
carrot, menace, barred, tiered, garage, digits, cotton, market, Carmen, Margot, Dayton, Red Sea …

Optionally, allow:
Homophones: bye and buy, won and one
Mirrored letter pairs: got and fog, win and ink
Related connections: sun hot, hen egg, cap hat, arm leg, man boy

—description from the designer