Word game

Claim 1

A game having a plurality of game pieces for use in evolving word combinations, said game comprising: a game board; a plurality of game piece racks strategically located about said game board to permit a participant to sit adjacent one of said racks and to position game pieces on said one rack in such a manner that written indicia on said game pieces is viewable by said participant, while said written indicia is concealed from the remaining participants and said remaining participants are adjacent the other of said plurality of racks; a card tray carried by said game board in a location which is central to said game piece rack so as to provide a space between said racks and said tray for the positioning of selected game pieces thereon, said tray having first, second, and third laterally spaced recesses, said first recess being sized so as to be larger than said second and third recesses, said second and third recesses being substantially the same size, said third recess being adapted to store discarded game pieces; a plurality of first game pieces, each being a word card of a size complementary to the size of said first recess and having a series of words thereon wherein each series of words has one vowel combination and different letters of the alphabet, said first card being stored in said first recess of said tray and being adapted to be selected therefrom and stored in said racks; a plurality of second game pieces, each of said second game pieces being of a size complementary to the size of said second recess and having a letter of the alphabet thereon, said second game pieces being stored in said second recess of said tray and selected numbers of said second game pieces being positionable on said racks; a plurality of third game pieces, each of said third game pieces being a card of a size complementary to said second recess and having in duplication certain of the words on said first game pieces, said third game pieces being stored in said second recess and a selected number thereof being adapted to be stored in said racks; a plurality of fourth game pieces, each being a word card of a size complementary to the size of said second recess and having in duplication certain of the vowel combinations on said first game pieces, said fourth game pieces being stored in said second recess, a selected number of said fourth game pieces being stored in said racks; a plurality of fifth game pieces, each being a word card of a size complementary to the size of said second recess and having instructions thereon causing the drawing participant to forfeit a turn, said fifth game pieces being stored in said second recess and adapted to be positioned in said space between said tray and said racks; and a plurality of dice for determining whether a participant will retain one of the aforementioned game pieces during the course of play.