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Wordplay

Wordplay is a word game for up to four players. The virtual host Bob continuously presents new letters in a pool. Players select a letter to place in their own collection each turn. It is up to the players to…

1 February 1994

Wordplay is a puzzle, released 1 February 1994 on Philips CD-i.

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What Wordplay is

Wordplay was released in 1994. It was published by Philips Interactive Media. It is available on Philips CD-i only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Wordplay is a word game for up to four players. The virtual host Bob continuously presents new letters in a pool. Players select a letter to place in their own collection each turn. It is up to the players to create words with their collected letters. Forming words scores the players points, the first player to reach 200 points wins the match. Players score more points for words that use all of their letters. If a player can't make any words from the letters in the pool he or she can opt to reshuffle it completely but losing a turn. The game recognizes 35,000 words of both British and American spelling.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are educational. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Wordplay launched on 1 February 1994, within three weeks of NBA Jam Tournament Edition and Gunbird.

Released around the same time: NBA Jam Tournament Edition, Gunbird.

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When did Wordplay come out?
Wordplay was released on 1 February 1994 for Philips CD-i.

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