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Word Snatch components. A US quarter is included to show how small the cards and box are.
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Word Snatch box top. Not evident from this view is that the box is a small cube.
Word Snatch box bottom.

Snatch (2001)

Players
2–10
Best: 4, 5
Playing time
45–45 min
Age
8+
6.39
Average rating
310
Ratings
1.71/5
Weight
#10021
BGG rank
Outside top 5,000
Alternate names:Snatch-It +1 more
Designer:(Uncredited)
Publisher:U.S. Games Systems, Inc. +3 more
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 5, Luck 5, Interaction 5, Complexity 3.4, Theme 3
Strategy5.0
Luck5.0
Interaction5.0
Complexity3.4
Theme3.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

Word GamePattern BuildingPattern RecognitionSpelling

Overview

Snatch is a reimplementation of the classic game of Anagrams. It contains a slightly different tile distribution from a Scrabble set of tiles, reportedly based on analysis by WW2 code-breakers.

In 2008, U.S. Game Systems changed the name to "Snatch-It" likely in response to the original name's slang meaning in the U.S.

GameplayPlace the tiles face down and take turns to turn them over until a word of three or more letters can be made. If you see and say the word first, take it. Watch out. From now on the game has 2 sides as words are made both from the centre pool of letters or snatched from other players if changed by one or more letters. So your CAT can become their CART to be snatched away as TRACK seconds later. Play on until all 100 letters have been turned and you agree to stop playing and start scoring.

(Text is from the game's container (tube). The game is originally published by PortobelloGames (UK).)

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