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Last Word

Milton Bradley · 1985
2–490 min10+ yrs1.7/5 complexity5.7 BGG#22.985 BGG465CouplesFamily
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Last Word is a clever blend of Boggle and territory control, where wordplay meets tactical positioning.

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official art · Milton Bradley

Last Word is a clever blend of Boggle and territory control, where wordplay meets tactical positioning. Played on a shared 10x10 grid filled with letter tiles and wilds, players take turns forming words by tracing adjacent letters—just like in Boggle—but instead of just writing them down, they remove the tiles they used.

As the board slowly depletes, it gets trickier to find viable words. Players must balance scoring points with strategic sabotage, eyeing both high-value letters and positioning to cut off opponents. If you leave another player stranded—isolated with no word options—you score a sweet bonus. Players who can no longer form valid words are eliminated from the round.

If Boggle had an evil twin who loved spatial warfare, this would be it. Like Upwords, Paperback, and WordSpiel, it rewards clever vocabulary—but here, it's survival of the wordiest. The game continues until someone reaches 50 points across multiple rounds, making Last Word both a test of vocabulary and spatial strategy.

game anatomy
Complexity1.7 / 5
BGG rating5.7 / 10
Vibe
CouplesFamily
Play time
90 min
Players
2–4
Recommended age
10+ yrs
BGG rank
#22.985
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Q3How do you play Last Word?
Last Word is a word game game, for 2–4 players, taking ~90 minutes, featuring grid movement. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Last Word — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Last Word support?
Last Word is played by 2–4 players.
Q5How long does a game of Last Word take?
A game of Last Word takes about 90 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Last Word for?
Last Word is recommended from age 10.
Q7How complex is Last Word?
Last Word has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 1.7 out of 5.
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