Description

Wobuga comes from WOrd BUilding GAme.

It includes 72 letters: 6 each for A, E, I, O; 4 each for U, Y; 2 each of all other letters.

To start, the letters are stirred face down, and each player draws 5 letters. A turn consists of drawing a letter and then either making a word out of one's hand, or adding one or more letters to words already on the table without rearranging their order. After playing, a player draws again and continues playing until announcing "I am thru", and the turn goes to the left. One can also make a sentence out of their own words, after which those words cannot be further altered. When a turn is over and other players see plays they could have done, they say "Wobuga" and can make the play for them and score the points they could have scored.

Points scored are: 5 points for each letter played during one's turn, 10 points for each word of a sentence, and 25 points for making the word "Wobuga". The highest score when all the letters are used wins.

There is also a solitaire mode where a player takes repeated turns and tries to use all the letters. Also, Wobuga Rush, where two players each play with a half deck in solitaire mode, and play through all their letters. Each player gets 5 points for each letter not used, and -10 points for being the first to say "I am thru"; the lower score wins.

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