I got Maxi Bananagrams for his birthday but really it is a good game for anyone who likes word games... and I think it is particularly useful for families where people of various ages would be playing together.
It is similar to Scrabble EXCEPT that each player plays independently, making their own words and grid. Scoring isn't important. Which makes it wonderful where a teen might be playing with a 7 year old, etc... so juvenile words wouldn't cost the player a loss. The idea is to use up all your tiles in your own grid before the other player does. So accuracy is the issue.
Up here, Target carries it for $14. The game comes packaged in a bright yellow Banana which is sorta cute, too.
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