The Game of SCATTERGORIES

by Hasbro

Product Features

• The classic fast-thinking categories game
• Match categories using words that start with the same letter
• Now with more categories for extended play
• Includes 6 folders, 48 category cards, 1 answer pad, 6 pencils, 10-sided die, 6 plastic clip strips, timer, die-rolling board, and instructions
• For 2 to 6 players

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.4 x 8.1 x 10.7 inches ; 3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00000IWEP
• California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 warning.
• Item model number: 4917 S5
• Manufacturer recommended age: 12 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,965 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (104 customer reviews)

Product Description

Editorial Review

Scattergories is a fast-paced word game that's a real crowd pleaser. Each player takes a category list with 12 categories--such as vegetable, state, president, things you throw away--and must write down the name of one item that fits into each category. Sounds easy enough, but each item has to begin with a specific letter that is determined when the 20-sided die is rolled. For instance, you roll the letter "R." Your answer list for the above categories might look something like this: rutabaga, Rhode Island, Roosevelt, rubbish, etc. You have to think fast, because a round lasts only 3 minutes! Players score points for each unique answer. --Alison Golder

Product Description

Right off the top of your head name a restaurant, fruit, toy, Halloween costume, and weaponand make sure your answers all begin with the same initial letter. There are 144 different categories to challenge your mind. It is for 2 to 6 players. The Package contents: six folders, 36 category cards, two answer pads, six pencils, 20-sided die, six plastic clip strips, timer and die-rolling and rules board. Color of parts may vary.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Never the same game twice (well, seldom, if ever), August 28, 2000

By 

Alan R. Holyoak - See all my reviews

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: The Game of SCATTERGORIES (Toy)

This is a great game... there are 12 categories on a sheet, and you roll a many sided die to see which letter you will use during a round. Here's the trick, you have three minutes to come up with a word that starts with the letter from the die that is something that other players will accept as fitting into each of the 12 categories. Then, you score points by having words that no one else has.

If you like word games you'll like this one. If you like games that can last as long as one 3-minute round, or as long as you want, then you'll also like this game.

I found that once you run out of categories supplied with the game you can make up your own categories and continue the fun.

A great party game, or for the family to share some evening or lazy afternoon.

A great buy!

Alan Holyoak

42 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thought Is The Key!, November 29, 1999

By A Customer

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: The Game of SCATTERGORIES (Toy)

I recently bought this game, and played it with my family on Thanksgiving. Everyone found it fun, from age 8 to 54! I had to leave early, and people were actually asking if I had left "Scattergories"! It takes your vocabulary, some words you come up with you don't even know you know! Since I'm home-schooled, My mom and I play it all the time as extra-curriculum, it's ~VERY~ educational. I would recommend ~EVERYONE~ buy this game.

56 of 62 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Describe this Game Beginning with G. Great Group Game., December 16, 2003

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Mark Baker (Santa Clarita, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: The Game of SCATTERGORIES (Toy)

Each player is given a card with a list of twelve categories on it. The 20 sided die is rolled, and the game is on. Now you must complete your list of categories with whatever letter came up with the roll of the die. And, just to make it more challenging, if you come up with the same answer as another player, you both must cross the answer off your list.

It may seem easy now, but believe me, it's hard when the time comes. You have 3 minutes to fill in 12 categories, so it's not the time. I find my mind often draws a blank when first presented with the lists, but if I go through it filling in the easy answers first, I can often fill in some of the harder ones later.

Officially, the game is for 2 to 6 players, so the title of my review should have been great small group game. But small messes up my alliteration. Seriously, I did play this once in a large group, and we just played with several teams instead of the traditional individual players.

This is a fun way to increase vocabulary under pressure. I've enjoyed it every time I've played it, and I'm sure you will as well.