Bananagrams Word Game

Bananagrams is a word game invented by Abraham Nathanson^[1] of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, wherein lettered tiles are used to spell words.

Nathanson conceived and developed the idea for the game with the help of his family.^[2] The name is derived from the founding family’s claim that it’s the “anagram game that will drive you bananas!”^[3] Beginning as a family innovation, Bananagrams was made available to the public in January 2006 at the London Toy Fair.^[4] The game is similar to the older Scrabble variant Take Two.

Game play involves arranging one’s tiles into a grid of connected words faster than one’s opponents. The object of the game is to be the first to complete a word grid after the pool of tiles has been exhausted. The tiles come in a fabric banana-shaped package.