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How to Play Buzzword

Buzzword is a team-based game of clues that is appropriate and fun for many combinations of ages. This game is safe for young children to play unsupervised. Buzzword offers a variety of challenge levels based on variations made by the players.

Things You'll Need

Buzzword cards
Scorecards
Buzzer

Instructions

- 1
  Divide into two teams and name your team.
- 2
  Choose who goes first by dividing the scorecards and totaling them. Whoever has the highest total begins the game.
- 3
  Pick a card from the pile. Read the buzzword aloud.
- 4
  Read the different clues on the card. For each clue, your teammates must give you the correct answer or admit to being stumped by saying "pass."
- 5
  Keep quiet when the buzzer sounds. Any answers given after the buzzer or to a passed option do not count.
- 6
  Record which questions are passed or unanswered by turning over the corresponding scorecard.
- 7
  The opposing team now has the option to steal points by answering the questions marked by the scorecards.
- 8
  Repeat this process alternating teams until a team reaches 50 points. The team reaching 50 points only once when each team has played an equal number of turns wins the game.

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