Lexicon is a word game played with a dedicated deck of playing cards, designed for two to four players, structured as a shedding-style card game in which players build words by laying down cards from their hand. The game was originally published in the United Kingdom by Waddingtons in 1932, and its intellectual property is now held by Winning Moves, which continues to issue editions of the deck. Over the decades, Lexicon's specialized deck has supported a range of derivative formats, including solitaire variants for a single player and organized tournament rule sets for competitive play. Because the deck itself, rather than a fixed rulebook alone, defines the game, Lexicon has proven adaptable to house rules while keeping its core identity as a word-building card game intact.
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Player CountSmall Group (3-6 Players) 1 Sources
1. Lexicon (card game) (Wikipedia)
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published by Waddingtons in 1932
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2-4; more with an additional deck
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Lexicon is a word game using a dedicated deck of cards
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