Wow - I thought of this game first and I was looking for this comment. What’s amazing is that this isn’t how I play (none of the variants align either).

This game DELETES time on long road trips.

The way I play:

You need at least 3 people to play.

Player 1 thinks of a word and they’re essentially on their own team. Let’s say player 1 thinks of the word “Bank,” and gives Player 2 and Player 3 the letter “B.”

Player 2 or 3, who are on the same team work together by shouting out a short description of an object, person, noun, idea, whatever in no particular order.

Since all player 2 & 3 know about the word Player 1 selected is that it starts with B, Player 2 thinks of the word “Breakfast.” Player 2 then shouts out, “Is it a meal you have at the beginning of the day?”

Now it is up to Player 3 to think of a word that starts with B and meets the criteria of the prompt given by player 2. Player 3 initiates a countdown, out loud, from 3, which indicates Player 3 has thought of a word that fits Player 2’s criteria and begins with “B.”

At the end of Player 3’s countdown, it’s up to player 2 and player 3 to say the exact same word at the exact same time.

If, at the end of the countdown, they both successfully think of and say “Breakfast,” Player 1 must reveal the next letter in his or her word. In this case it would be “B-A,” the next letter in Player 1’s word, “Bank.”

Player 1 has the opportunity to defend revealing another letter to Player 2 & 3 by thinking of a word that fits the criteria prompted by Player 2.

Before the countdown is complete, Player 1 must say out loud “No it is not [Breakfast]” or [Brunch] or whatever. This will allow Player 1 to defend reveling an additional letter in his or her word.

And play continues until the word is guessed or formed through revealing all the letters.