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Designed By
Art By
Published By
Year Published
2004
# of Players:
2 − 6
User Suggested # of Players
(Not best with any number)
Recommended with 2, 3, 4 players
(4 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
30 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
8 and up
User Suggested Ages
10 and up
(1 voter) [poll]
Language Dependence
No necessary in-game text
(2 voters) [poll]
Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
Typo
Alternate Names
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Players are dealt 12 cards from an alphabetic deck and play them to the table in rows and columns to make words, or the start of words. Players choose their cards simultaneously. When the cards are shown, the lowest in the alphabet goes first and so on. Players add their card to the rows or columns on the table, calling the word or part-word they are forming, so adding E to the start of LAST gives ELAST, for which you can call "elastic".

All cards must be placed, so if you cannot form a valid word to call, you pick up the longest line of cards, which will score against you. In the following rounds, play order is Z-A.

Rules in 4 languages, English, German, French and Dutch.
The strong graphic design is styled on an old typewriter font. A typewriter is an early form of word-processor...

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Typo. Rules (and solitaire variants by Steve Oliver) in spanish. Typo. Reglas (y variantes para solitario de Steve Oliver) en español.
2009-04-05
1 typoVar.txt
allow row letters to be rearranged when card added
2005-09-16
1 Typo solitaire variant.doc
Typo solitaire (two variants)
2005-01-24
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Average Rating: 6.26
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Users Owning: 384
Users Wanting: 11
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