Missing Middles
| No. of Players: | 2+ |
| Type of Game: | written |
| What you need: | pen and paper |
Goal
To think of words that start and end with particular letters.
How to play
The gamemaster prepares identical lists of letter pairs, separated by four blank spaces, and hands them out to the other players. These letter pairs are the first and last letters of potential six-letter words. Players are then given a certain amount of time to fill in the blanks with letters to form actual words. The winner is the first player to complete the list, or the player who completes the most words within the given time frame. The winner becomes the gamemaster for the next round, or this role falls evenly to all players. Word length can be changed as desired.
Other variations of this word game include Bookends, First and Last, and Last to First.
Example
Aida prepares a list of twelve first and last letter pairs. She gives the other players ten minutes to form as many six-letter words as they can.
A _ _ _ _ H
C _ _ _ _ T
D _ _ _ _ M
K _ _ _ _ D
L _ _ _ _ R
G _ _ _ _ P
S _ _ _ _ W
J _ _ _ _ Y
V _ _ _ _ R
T _ _ _ _ C
P _ _ _ _ H
U _ _ _ _ S
Blaine completes ten words: ambush, commit, kissed, longer, seesaw, jockey, victor, tropic, punish, and uncaps. But it is not enough to beat Carolyn who completes eleven: attach, carpet, deform, kicked, lawyer, gossip, sorrow, viewer, tragic, preach, and unites.
