Scrabble Rebus
1984
Spears Games
 
First produced
1984
Players
2 to 4
Age(s)
9+
             

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1 x playing board
35 x red plastic letter / symbol tiles *
36 x yellow plastic letter / symbol tiles *
33 x blue plastic letter / symbol tiles *
1 x rules booklet

A picture game of sentence building where players construct words and sentences, represented by letters and symbols.

The rules booklet includes a glossary of the symbols as a guide to play and interpretation.
"I saw him leave" could be represented by;
-  I (picture of a saw) him (picture of a leaf).

A clever and enjoyable game based on Scrabble. Released in the US / Canada in 1983 as Rebus by Irwin.

* Other Rebus games have 36 of each colour tile. Although there are unequal numbers of red, yellow and blue tiles in this edition, this is definitely the complete set;
- 35 red; A, A, A, E, F, G, H, N, O, Q, T, W, Y,, 2, 2, 4,, the (4),& (3), as, at, in, of, by, on, no, off, -ly, -ing,, pictures of square, sum
- 36 yellow; B, C, D, L, M, R, S, S, S,, ½, 1, 8, 8, 10,, pictures of saw (2), oar (2), log (2), can (2), phone, broken plate, road,
waitress, leaf, tick, needle, rose, sandwich, scroll, knot, heart, scissors, hat
- 33 blue; U, U, U, U, U,, all,, pictures of eye (5), boy (3), girl (3), ear, hand, flame, hen, cat, well, egg, house, ant, hoe, bulb, nose, witch, weight, sun, square
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