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National Novelty Corp. · 1953

Gin-A-Word

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Description

Oklahoma Gin Rummy with words. The deck has 70 cards, each with a letter and a point value between 1 and 10. Ten cards are dealt each player, and the top card turned over to start the discard pile. This is also the "knock" card, and determines the value you must match to knock. In a turn a player draws the top of either pile and either goes out or discards one. If a player can form his hand into a 10- or 11-letter word, he calls "Gin-A-Word" and goes out; if he can make 10 letter into 2 or more words of 3+ letters each, he calls "Gineroo" and goes out; if he can meld all his hand together except cards whose total value is

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