Abstract: The invention relates to a word-forming game kit which contains a playing board bearing a grid of rectangles, a number of blank playing tiles and a number of lettered playing tiles which together represent most or all of the alphabet. Each lettered playing tile has on at least one face a minimum of two different letters of the alphabet and may bear up to six letters of the alphabet. The game kit is used to play a cross-word type game in which all the rectangles in the grid are filled by the end of the game. The game is won by the player who can claim the greatest number of tiles at close of play.