Bananagrams

Hi! This is Popcorn and I have a very fun game for you! It is called Bananagrams. Bananagrams is a little game that you play by making your own crossword puzzle. You have 144 tiles and you place them all face down to start. Then,one player says "Split"! After that person says "split", you start. You can make words that read left or right or top to bottom. Each player may rearrange their words as many times as they want. You DO NOT take turns, you play independently, but you play at the same time, and you do not have a time limit. When you or another player has no letters left, that player says, "PEEL",and then they take a tile from the face down pile. If they say "PEEL" all the other players must also take a tile from the bunch and add it to their pile of letters. At any time in the game and as often as desired,a player may say "DUMP". When you dump or someone else dumps, you may put back a hard to use letter, but you have to take three tiles in return and the person who says"DUMP" is the only one to take three letters.The game continues until there are fewer tiles in the pile than there are players. The first player with no remaining letter shouts"BANANAS"!!!!!!! and then is the winner of that game. Now the other players can check for misspelled or incorrect words, and proper nouns are not acceptable. Feel free to use a dictionary, (only for the use of checking). If you find any incorrect or misspelled words that player become the "Rotten Banana" and then that player is out of that game. If that happens the other players may continue.  That is how you play Bananagrams. Oh, and this is a great game for family game night, and it is also very educational. (Teachers you will want to buy this for your students!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) That is the game of Bananagrams.=)  :)