Customer Reviews

Spanish Bananagrams

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This is a truly fun word game. To enter into realm of bananagrams in español is to entera land of possibilities and collaboration. I have played this game in a teaching / tutorial basis with small groups of people of different language abilities. The non-competitive /competitive nature of this game allows for team work and surprises one and all. This game is part language skills, part visual skills. It works! It makes winners out of all players and provides a great boost to the language learner who is always surprised by the discovery that they know so much more than they thought they did. And, when there is no one else around with whom to play, you can play it as a solitaire game. Love it.

I tried playing Spanish Bananagrams with the English version and it just didn't work- the letter distribution is too different. This game was great for a fun way to practice Spanish with our Spanish club. Would definitely recommend it!

I was looking for an end-of-the-year game to play with my Spanish classes. I had not heard of Banagrams, but I liked that numerous players can play at one time, so I decided to give it a try. Wonderful fun!

Bananagrams is better to play than Scrabble and much more fun, especially when several people play the game.
Spanish or English it is a magnificent educational toy. Every family should own Bananagrams.

I like Bananagrams in English and bought the Spanish version to help make me speedier in recalling Spanish words, including verb conjugations. I find the letter frequency to be "off." I checked it against Wikipedia's table of letter frequency to find that it's not so far off, except for particular letters.

In building bananagrams, I'm typically left with an abundance of vowels that I can't integrate into the words I already spelled out. For example, there are fewer c, d, r and s tiles in the game than is indicated by the letter frequency chart; there are more g, h, j and o tiles. I know the percentage will be off for single letters (like k, w and x), but the letters that disappear too quickly when I build bananagrams are represented by 2 or more tiles. Having only 8 s tiles is hard for me. Maybe my difficulty flows from my mediocre vocabulary or because the letter frequency is supposed to suit 2 or more contending players rather than one person building an anagram.

At any rate, I love Bananagrams, and once I get more experience with the Spanish version, I'll just cannibalize another set to make something with letter frequency that lets me use up the tiles.

Here's the frequency in the Spanish set of 144 Bananagrams tiles: A=17, 11.8%; B=3, 2.1%; C=5, 3.5%; CH=2, 1.4%; D=7, 4.9%; E=17, 11.8%; F=2, 1.4%; G=3, 2.1%; H=3, 2.1%; I=8, 5.6%, J=2, 1.4%; K=1, .7%; L=5, 3.5%; LL=2, 1.4%; M=3, 2.1%; N=7, 4.9%; Ñ=2, 1.4%; O=12, 8.3%; P=3, 2.1%; Q=2, 1.4%; R=7, 4.9%; RR=2, 1.4%; S=8, 5.6%; T=6, 4.2%; U=7, 4.9%; V=2, 1.4%; W=1, .7%; X=1, .7%; Y=2, 1.4%; Z=2, 1.4%.

The set should contain a higher proportion of vowels. For almost any word in English, the Spanish word contains more vowels.

Trip to Italy and Greece this summer with highschool students and adults required several long airport vigils. Mind-numbing boredom was completely avoided by this fast-paced, often rowdy and always mind-expanding game. The banana peel pouch is perfect..can be carried and used anywhere--in the airports, on the ferry, at the hotel. We used the English version, but I bought several "en espanol" for my Spanish classes this year.

This is a great game to play with the family! I have it in English and it's been a blast to play with my friends in college, my friends at home, my family, and any age group. I actually have yet to play this Spanish version, but I'm certain that it will help with my Spanish vocabulary just as much as the English one helps with my English vocabulary. It's small and easy to carry with you in your bag, especially when going to restaurants and you have to wait for the food: just pull out Bananagrams and play while you wait! This is a great learning tool and I recommend that everyone has one.

This has turned out to be a really fun family game for the whole family. We have an international household with members from various Spanish speaking countries. The game has helped us all sharpen our Spanish skills, have taught kids how to use the bilingual dictionaries as well as the Spanish dictionaries, and somewhat helped settle battles as to which country has the best Spanish (somewhat being the operative word). The Spanish version contains various Spanish alphabet characters. Well made, easy to travel with.

Great game! We have the English version, Spanish version and Double Bananagrams for larger groups. It's a game that can be played with all age groups.