Home›Party and Word Games›All Party and Word GamesBrowse ByAll Party and Word GamesReference and ClassificationVerifiedSocial games played in a group for entertainment rather than sustained strategic depth, covering Charades, Pictionary, Taboo and Trivial Pursuit, plus Scrabble as the tree's one dedicated word game, grouped here rather than given its own singleton category. Belongs here: acting, guessing, trivia and word games meant for a casual group setting. Does not belong here: physical dexterity games, grouped under Dexterity and Physical Skill Games, and structured deduction games, grouped under Deduction and Guessing Games.FactsAll Party and Word GamesFAQsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of OriginWell-attested1931 1All Party and Word GamesFilter Results115 entriesSportAllBoard Game (23)Card Game (15)Children's Game (13)Dexterity Game (1)Dice Game (1)Drinking Game (2)Game of Chance (1)Party Game (50)Puzzle (2)Strategy Game (1)Tabletop Game (1)Trivia Game (9)Video Game (3)Word Game (21)Player CountAllLarge Group or Variable (42)Single-Player (3)Small Group (3-6 Players) (42)Team-Based (Two Teams) (12)Two-Player (11)Origin RegionAllAustralia (1)Australia (2)Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)Canada (2)China (1)Croatia (1)Czechia (2)Europe (1)Finland (1)France (1)Japan (1)Montenegro (1)North America (2)North Macedonia (1)Rhode Island (1)Serbia (1)Slovenia (1)South Korea (1)United Kingdom (6)United States (12)Origin YearAll1877 (1)1899 (1)1911 (1)1931 (1)1932 (1)1938 (1)1948 (1)1955 (1)1956 (1)1962 (1)1964 (2)1971 (1)1973 (2)1979 (2)1982 (1)1984 (2)1985 (2)1986 (2)1987 (1)1988 (2)1989 (2)1990 (3)1991 (2)1992 (1)1996 (1)1997 (2)1998 (3)1999 (3)2000 (1)2002 (2)2003 (2)2004 (2)2005 (2)2006 (4)2007 (1)2008 (2)2009 (2)2010 (1)2011 (1)2014 (3)2015 (3)2016 (3)2017 (2)2018 (1)2019 (3)2020 (1)2021 (1)2022 (1)2023 (1)Derived FromAllCelebrity (game) (1)Charades (1)Mafia (party game) (1)Playing Time BandAll30 to 90 Minutes (5)Under 30 Minutes (4)Skill or LuckAllMixed (4)Age SuitabilityAllAdult (1)Children (3)Family (6)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 15Uncle Roy All Around YouParty and Word GamesUpwordsParty and Word GamesUtter Nonsense!Party and Word GamesWavelength (game)Party and Word GamesWhamageddonParty and Word GamesWhat Do You Meme?Party and Word GamesWhat Next? (party game)Party and Word GamesWhat Were You Thinking?Party and Word GamesWise and OtherwiseParty and Word GamesWits and WagersParty and Word GamesWord chainParty and Word GamesWould you ratherParty and Word GamesYeonnalligiParty and Word GamesYoung World QuizParty and Word GamesZip (game)Party and Word Games← Previous123FAQsWhy is Scrabble grouped with games like Charades and Trivial Pursuit?Scrabble is the tree's one dedicated word game and is grouped here rather than given its own singleton category.Party and Word Games covers social games played in a group for entertainment rather than sustained strategic depth, including Charades, Pictionary, Taboo and Trivial Pursuit. Scrabble is included as the tree's one dedicated word game, grouped here rather than given its own singleton category, since it shares the casual group setting of the other games in this family.Sources1. Wikipedia: Scrabbletier 2WikipediaScrabble, History sectionQuote, Scrabble, History sectionIn 1931 in Poughkeepsie, New York, the American architect Alfred Mosher Butts created the game as a variation on an earlier word game he invented, called Lexiko.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.