Scattergories is a fast-thinking category-based party game produced by Hasbro through the Milton Bradley Company. The objective of the 2-to-6-player game is to score points by uniquely naming objects within a set of categories, given an initial letter, within a time limit. Trivial Pursuit is a popular party game. ... Hasbro (NYSE: HAS) is an American toy and game company. ... The Milton Bradley Company was established by Milton Bradley in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1860. ...

Gameplay

The game is played in sets of 3 rounds.

1. Each player takes a folder with a pad of paper and 3 category cards. Each sheet in the pad has three columns of 12 blank lines. In addition, each card has 4 lists of 12 unique categories, for a total of 12 lists and 144 categories. All players must agree on the list to use.
2. One player rolls a 20-sided letter die to determine the first letter used. The timer is set for up to three minutes.
3. One player starts the timer. In the time allotted, each player must attempt to think of and write down, in the first column on the pad, a word or term that fits each of the 12 categories and starts with the rolled letter. Any number of words in the answer is allowed, as long as the first word starts with the correct letter. For example, with a category of "vegetable" and a letter of "C", words such as "cucumber", "carrot" and "cauliflower" are acceptable, but "broccoli" is not (wrong initial letter), nor is "citrus" (wrong category). Alliteration is encouraged, and inventive use of adjectives is usually allowed; "crunchy carrot" can usually be used.
4. All players stop writing when the timer is finished. Following the list, each player, in turn, reads their answer for each category. Players score zero points for an answer that duplicates another answer in that round, and one point for a unique answer. Acceptable answers using alliteration score one point for each word using the letter.
   • For example, in the "C-vegetable" example, if players A, B, C, and D answered "cucumber", "cucumber", "cauliflower" and "crunchy carrot", respectively, players A and B would score nothing, C would score 1 point, and D would score 2 points. The rules are not entirely clear on what happens if one answer forms the base of another alliterative answer; if a player E answered simply "carrot", player D could score either 0 points for a duplicate, 1 point for a single unique word, or 2 points for a unique answer, and E's answer might be considered either a duplicate or unique answer.
5. The die is rolled again (and re-rolled if the same letter as the previous round is duplicated), and the second round starts.

Binomial name Cucumis sativus L. The cucumber is the edible fruit of the cucumber plant Cucumis sativus, which belongs to the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, as do melons and squash. ... Binomial name Daucus carota L. The carrot (Daucus carota) is a root vegetable, usually orange or white in color with a woody texture. ... Percentages are relative to US RDI values for adults. ... Broccoli is a plant of the Cabbage family, Brassicaceae (formerly Cruciferae). ... Species & major hybrids Species Citrus maxima- Pomelo Citrus medica- Citron Citrus reticulata- Mandarin & Tangerine Major hybrids Citrus × sinensis- Sweet Orange Citrus × aurantium- Bitter Orange Citrus × paradisi- Grapefruit Citrus × limon- Lemon Citrus × latifolia- Persian lime Citrus × aurantifolia- Key lime See also main text for other hybrids Citrus is a common term...

Game show version

Main article: Scattergories (game show) Scattergories, the popular party game became an ill-fated, short-lived game show on NBC Daytime hosted by Dick Clark. ...

Like Scrabble, the board game became an ill-fated NBC game show in 1993 hosted by Dick Clark. It ran right after Scrabble which was revived for a short time during this period, and featured Chuck Woolery as a regular panelist. Scrabble is a popular word game and board game in which 2-4 players score points by forming words from individual lettered tiles on a 15×15 game board. ... NBC, (Formerly an acronym for the National Broadcasting Company until 2004), is an American television and radio network based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Dick Clark redirects here. ... Scrabble was an American television game show that was based on the Scrabble board game. ... Charles Herbert Chuck Woolery (born on March 16, 1941) is a popular game show host, best known for hosting the dating game show Love Connection, from its debut in 1983 to its ending in 1994. ...

External links

Hasbro.com product detail on Scattergories