Dabble

{{Short description|Word game}}

{{Infobox game

| title = Dabble

| italic title = yes

| subtitle = The Fast Thinking Word Game

| designer = George Weiss

| publisher = INI, LLC

| players = 2-4

| playing_time = 30 minutes

}}

Dabble is an anagram word game designed by George Weiss, who was 84 years old at the time,{{cite news |title=84-year-old becomes oldest app inventor with the word game Dabble |url=https://venturebeat.com/2011/08/17/84-year-old-becomes-eldest-app-inventor-with-a-word-game-called-dabble/ |accessdate=11 March 2020 |work=VentureBeat |date=17 August 2011}} and published by INI, LLC in 2011.{{cite web |title=Dabble |url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/105602/dabble |website=BoardGameGeek}}

An app version was Kotaku's gaming app of the day in 2012.{{cite news |title=Dabble With Word Puzzles and Just Enough Strategy |url=https://kotaku.com/dabble-with-word-puzzles-and-just-enough-strategy-5901688 |accessdate=11 March 2020 |work=Kotaku |language=en-us}}

Gameplay

Players draw lettered tiles in order to arrange them into words on a tiered tile rack. Each of the five tiers leaves room for a word of a certain number of letters. The first player to make five valid words wins.{{cite web |title=Dabble - The Fast Thinking Word Game for Home, iPhone, iPad, and Android |url=http://www.dabblegame.com/boardgame.php |website=dabblegame.com |accessdate=11 March 2020 |language=en}}

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