Variants
Variant: Duckdown
Rules
Duckdown is a variant themed around exclusion.
Letters round: Players must give the longest word that does not include any of the letters in the selection.
Numbers round: Players must leave at least one of the working numbers unused.
Conundrum: Players will be shown an eight-letter word with the vowels removed. The solution is the original word (which will be unique). The solution may be plural and might be obscure.
Duckdown formats
- Duckdown
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