From the instructions:Use the exciting combination of scrambled letters, fast clues and definitions to find the original word.Step 1. Mix the cards up in each separate groupStep 2. each players draws a card from the 4 letter word categoryStep 3. every player makes up a new work from the word theyve pickedStep 4. First player begins by telling everyone their newly created workStep 5. All other players must guess in 90 seconds what word first player originally pickedStep 6. A clue will be given every 30 secondsStep 7. Record PointsStep 8. Move to next player, then advance to next level---In a nut shell there are 10 levels of cards 4 letters through 13 letters. The object of the game is to use as many letters as possible on your clue card to make a new word.Scoring is based on how many letters from the clue word are used in the new word, excluding any added letters and how quickly the word was guessed.Every round all players play with words of the same length, advancing to longer words at the beginning of every new round.An example card: 4 letter Knob : A small rounded handle - BoardGameGeek