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Word games gifts for 8 to 9 year olds

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  • Codenames (2025) Codenames (2025)
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    Codenames (2025)
    Codenames is a party game of wordplay and deduction, where two teams compete as rival spymasters. They give clever one-word clues to help teammates identify secret agents hidden among 25 codenames. The challenge is to avoid innocent bystanders, enemy agents,...
    4-8 players
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  • Quiddler Quiddler
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    Quiddler
    Quiddler challenges players to create words from an ever-increasing number of letter cards in their hand. The game lasts eight rounds, with three cards being dealt to each player in the first round, four cards in the second, five in...
    2–8 players
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  • Bananagrams Bananagrams
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    Bananagrams
    Addictively simple, and simply addictive, Bananagrams is the fast and frantic word game enjoyed by millions! Players and their opponents aim to use all of their letters to build a word grid in a race to the finish. The first...
    2–8 players
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  • Cards Against Humanity Family Edition Cards Against Humanity Family Edition
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    Cards Against Humanity Family Edition
    Cards Against Humanity Family Edition is a fill-in-the blank party game for kids and adults to play together! This is a brand new game written in consultation with child development experts and play tested with thousands of families. Kids get...
    4+ players
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    P Is for Pterodactyl
    From wacky words to peculiar pronunciations, get kids excited about language with this unconventional alphabet book from Raj Haldar (aka Lushlife) A New York Times Bestseller! A "raucous trip through the odd corners of our alphabet." -The New York Times...
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  • Classic Scrabble - Board Game Classic Scrabble - Board Game
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    Classic Scrabble - 2-in-1 Board Game
    Enjoy two exciting ways to play the beloved word game with the Mattel Games Scrabble Board Game. 2-4 Players | Ages: 8+ Flip the double - sided board to choose between the classic competitive Scrabble experience or the collaborative, fast...
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    Orchard Toys: Buzz Words
    This fun and fast-paced literacy game has four exciting ways to play. Race to spell in game one, grab the word in game two, pick a pair in game three, and make a match in game four. Let the fun...
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    Lonely Planet Kids The Games on the Go Activity Book
    Kick boredom to the curb with this awesome book that's packed with over 100 brilliant brain teasers, puzzles, fill-in drawing challenges, games and activities. This pocket-sized companion provides hours of entertainment for kids and grown-ups alike, whether you're in the...
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  • Scrabble - Junior Scrabble - Junior
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    Scrabble - Junior
    Now kids can enjoy all the fun and challenge of Scrabble® at their own level.Younger children start the fun by linking letters on the board that includes pictures. Older children enjoy making words all by themselves. Now the classic word-building...
    2–4 players
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  • P for Pizza Travel Edition
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    P for Pizza Travel Edition
    Stack up your Pizza Cards and get ready to reach for a slice! 2-4 Players | 15+ Mins | Ages 8+ Features: Pattern Building, Speed Matching, Compact & Portable Theme: Word Game, Real-Time, Travel, Party Game, Humour, Family Game Each...
    2–4 players
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  • Grab & Game - Really Loud Librarians (by Exploding Kittens) Grab & Game - Really Loud Librarians (by Exploding Kittens)
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    Grab & Game - Really Loud Librarians (by Exploding Kittens)
    Travel friendly version! With quicker play, fewer parts, smaller cards, and portable packaging, Grab & Game - Really Loud Librarians is ready to Grab & Game wherever you go. Ages 8+ | 2+ Players | 15 mins Featuring smaller cards...
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    Pokemon Pocket Puzzles
    Become the ultimate Pokémon trainer with this mind-bending puzzle book! Test your skills with word, number, and logic puzzles with varying levels of difficulty — so you can start off easy and work your way up. Featuring all your favourite...
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    Yahtzee Words
    Traditional Yahtzee gameplay with a delightful difference. Numbers are out and letters are in with Yahtzee Words. Players roll seven dice and spell words with the letters they’ve rolled. Follow the score sheet and in the scoring blocks, just like...
    2+ players
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  • The Original Tapple Mini The Original Tapple Mini
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    The Original Tapple Mini
    The #1 viral party game … to go! Tapple Mini is the portable version of the award-winning, fast-paced word game that has sold millions of copies worldwide! Small in size but big in fun, Tapple Mini is the perfect game...
    1+ players
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    Weirdle: A Wonderfully Wordy Game Book
    You'll find puzzling offline fun for everyone in this wonderful, wordy quiz book. Weirdle: A Wonderfully Wordy Game Book invites you to put your thinking caps on and your internet off! Join in the latest puzzling trend with over a...
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    Lots of Jokes and Riddles Box Set
    With over 750 jokes, Lots of Jokes and Riddles Box Set includes kid-friendly joke books that will keep you and your friends and family laughing out loud! This three-book collection of jokes is hilarious, clean, and kid-friendly, featuring everything from...
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  • Scrabble - Refresh Scrabble - Refresh
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    Scrabble - Refresh
    Scrabble – Scrabble Together 2 Games-In-1 Double Sided Board – Mattel Experience the joy of Scrabble in two exciting ways with Mattel’s double-sided board game. On one side, you can engage in the classic Scrabble game that you’ve always loved....
    2–4 players
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  • Fast Friends Fast Friends
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    Fast Friends
    Fast Friends is the word association card game that’s a mind-reading race. 2-8+ Players | 10 Mins | Ages 7+ Set the timer and read the word on your card. On the count of three, you and the person to...
    2–8 players
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    Battle Flips
    It's my word against yours! 2 Players | 10+ Min Play Time | Ages 8+ It’s hangman meets battleships. This is a head-to-head game for two players. Your mission: to guess their word before they guess yours. Start by picking...
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    Bunny vs Monkey: The Whopping World of Puzzles (a Phoenix Comic Book, from the million-selling Jamie Smart, Illustrator of the Year)
    When Bunny, Monkey and the gang discover a secret theme park lost deep in their woods, with rides just waiting to be enjoyed, so begins a new competition, where you are at the heart of the adventure. Wordsearches, puzzles, mazes...
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    Britannica's Word of the Day
    Britannica’s Word of the Day builds knowledge one day at a time with 366 masterful words.Become a word virtuoso in just one year with 366 crackerjack words aimed to impress. This charmingly illustrated book features boffo words selected by the...
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  • Shenanigrams The Mega Mischievous Word Game Shenanigrams The Mega Mischievous Word Game
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    Shenanigrams The Mega Mischievous Word Game
    Race To Build, Tag & Steal Words. Be The First To Use All Your Tags & Shout... Shenanigrams! 2-6 Players | 15-30 Mins | Ages 8+ Shenanigrams is a mega mischievous word game that all ages will love! Players battle...
    2–6 players
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  • Harry Potter Lexicon Go
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    Harry Potter Lexicon Go
    Race against other players to get rid of all your playing card tiles, swapping letters and even adding your tiles onto other players' words. This game comes in a cool, portable bag, which makes it the perfect game for on-the-go,...
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  • I Spy: Memory Game
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    I Spy: Memory Game
    I spy a spider, a baby in blue, memory riddles are fun to do! Beginners search for matching pairs while advanced players solve the riddles. 8 ways to play! Word games and cooperative games are included. Promotes visual, memory and...
    2–4 players
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    Poetry for Neanderthals Pop Culture Edition (by Exploding Kittens)
    2+ Players  |  15+ Mins  |  Ages 7+ A word game where you must speak good or get poked with a stick. Earn points by getting teammates to guess secret words or phrases. ● Poets can only use single syllable...
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    Colossal Words for Kids (WINNER of the CLiPPA Poetry Prize 2025)
    Boost your child's growing vocabulary with 60 hilariously illustrated poems from Colette Hiller, author of the critically acclaimed kids' poetry book The B on Your Thumb. Each poem in this funny, funky book teaches a specific important word, as well...
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  • Tapple 10 Tapple 10
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    Tapple 10
    Tapple 10 offers 10 unique games that are challenging and fun for the whole family. The Tapple 10 deck of 80 cards provides 160 different categories that will engage players of all ages. It comes packed in its own travel...
    1+ players
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    No Reading Allowed
    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of P is for Pterodactyl comes another hilarious fresh look at the English language! A new, hilarious picture book for kids from the #1 New York Times bestselling authors of P IS...
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    Playmonster - SET Mini Round Tin Card Game by SET Enterprises
    Each round card comes with three features: colour, shape and number. Click open the tin for fun quick teaser version of the original SET game!
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  • Spellio Spellio
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    Spellio
    The Addictive, Fast-Paced Word Game for EVERYONE! Race to make 3+ letter words with your revolving 5-card consonant hand and one or both shared vowel cards ... Try finding: Fast, Smart, and Fun!
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  • If Words Could Kill If Words Could Kill
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    If Words Could Kill
    If Words Could Kill: Spell your way to survival, and remember… words can hurt. 2-4 Players | 30-45 Mins | Ages 8+ A cutthroat word-building battle, where your vocabulary is your weapon and your shields are your only defense. Build...
    2–4 players
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    Lots of Tongue Twisters for Kids
    Lots of Tongue Twisters for Kids is the perfect collection of over 250 kid-friendly tongue twisters that will keep you and your friends and family laughing out loud! Whether you're stuck in the house, on a road trip, or gathered...
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Word games gifts for 8 to 9 year olds

Discover word games perfect for 8 to 9 year olds that spark creativity and learning. This collection features favourites like Classic Scrabble and Orchard Toys: Buzz Words, ideal for family fun and developing vocabulary skills.