WORD WAR 2®

Answers are common 2-word phrases or compound words. Answers must start with the 2-letter pair on the card and be commonly recognized — compound words, titles, acronyms, slang, even cultural references all count (footlocker, The Odyssey, S.W.A.T. team, jawn). No repeats or variants of an answer already played, and articles (a, an, the) only go in front. Play moves clockwise.

5 seconds from the previous player’s answer — that’s the whole window. Miss it, repeat an answer, or give one that doesn’t pass and the card lands in your penalty pile. Fewest cards wins, so every card you dodge is points in your pocket.

Any player can call “Challenge!” on an answer they don’t think holds up. The challenged player either surrenders — taking the card and ending the round — or accepts and forces a vote of everyone else. Win the vote and you’re safe; lose it and you take every card in play, 1 from the challenger, and the whole discard pile. A tie goes to the challenged player.