Pocket Ghost

Authors

A. Ross Eckler

Abstract

Many Word Ways readers are familiar with the game of Ghost. In the two-man version of this game, players build sequentially toward a word by alternately adding terminal letters; the one who completes a word loses the game. After a player has added a letter to the sequence, his opponent can challenge him to produce a word starting with that sequence; if he can do so, the challenger loses the game, but if he cannot, the player challenged loses the game. Both players must agree beforehand on a dictionary of admissible words; ordinarily, words must be three or more letters long in order to be counted.

Recommended Citation

Eckler, A. Ross (1973) "Pocket Ghost," Word Ways: Vol. 6 : Iss. 1 , Article 9.
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