How to Play Video
How to Play Instructions
Each player has 8 cards. Each card shows one half of a compound word and picture. Example: Find a "Sun" card and a "Glasses" Card to form 1 new word "Sunglasses". Be the first player to find 4 new words from your 8 cards to win the round.
On Your Turn
- Choose 1 card from the draw pile (face down) or the discard pile (face up).
- Then choose 1 card to place face up on the discard pile to end your turn.
Out of Turn Trading. *Keep an eye on the discard pile it's a game changer!
Before the next player draws, any other player may be the first to ask, “Can I trade for that?” referring to the top face-up discard. The current player says “Yes” or “No.”
If yes, the asking player takes the discard and replaces it with a card from their hand and play continues; if no, no trade occurs. You can only win on your turn—completing 4 new words during a trade does not count until your turn.
Use your reference card (Pair the Pictures to form a word) as a guide to help you find the correct pairs faster. Each player receives 1 "Pair the Pictures to form a word" card.
Keeping score of each round
The first player, during their turn to have 4 correct compound words from their 8 cards wins the round and scores 0 points for that round.
All other players add up their remaining cards:
- 5 points for each matched pair (including wild cards)
- 10 points for each unmatched card
After recording the scores, shuffle the cards and play another round!
Winning the game:
The game ends when any player reaches 200 points. At that time all players add up their scores from each round. The player with the lowest score Wins the Game!!
Enjoy playing Pairloopa again and again!