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Clue In
Number of players: 4 or 5
Materials:
• game grid
• 24 playing cards
Directions:
1. Place the clue cards facedown on the game grid in piles under these
categories: vis/vid and scrib/script. Randomly label the back of the twelve
vis/vid and scrib/script cards in the following values: 50, 100, 150, 200, 250,
300, 350, 400, 450, 500, 550, and 600.
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2. Decide which player is the game host. The host places the clue cards
facedown in order from lowest to highest on the game grid beneath the
appropriate headings. Players decide who goes first.
3. The first player picks a category and an amount for the host to read (for
example, “I’ll take vis/vid for 50”). Without showing the player the card, the
host reads the clue, and the player gives an answer, phrasing it in the form
of a question, and spells the word. For example,
Host: “Sense of sight”
Player: “What is vision? V-i-s-i-o-n.”
4. The player receives the card if the answer is correct. The player then
chooses another clue card. A player may take only two consecutive turns.
If the player answers incorrectly, the player to his or her left may answer. If
no one can answer, the card is put into a discard pile.
5. Play continues around the circle clockwise until all the clue cards have been
read and won or put into the discard pile. Players count their points. The
player with the most points wins the game.
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vid/vis
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Clue In
scrib/script
sense of sight
able to be seen
vision
visible
to redo to make better
to broadcast by
television
revise
televise
to supply the things
needed
provide
television
a person who is able to
think ahead
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a device that receives
transmitted pictures and
sounds
having to do with visuals
video
visionary
a view, often distant
to go or to come to see
vista
visit
to watch over and direct
to compose and perform
with no preparation
supervise
improvise
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to tell or write about
someone or something
describe
description
to agree to pay for and
receive something, such
as a magazine
to write an order for
something
prescribe
subscribe
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the words or statement
that tells about someone
or something
a doctor’s order for
medicine
to write or mark words
on something
prescription
inscribe
a written dedication in a
book
to write a copy of
transcribe
inscription
a written, printed, or
typed copy
writing below a signature
of a letter
transcript
postscript
a year’s worth of a
magazine
a person who writes
subscription
scribe
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