Word game apparatus

Claim 1

A word game apparatus, comprising a game board and a plurality of playing pieces for placement on said game board, said game board having a hexagonal playing field imprinted on the upper surface thereof in the form of a regular honeycomb pattern of smaller hexagonal spaces providing three different intersecting directions of play from left to right, the smaller hexagonal spaces at each corner carrying an indicia thereon representing a score multiplier, three connecting lines of hexagonal spaces extending from substantially the midpoint of each side of the hexagonal playing field to a like point on the opposite side dividing the playing field into six substantially equal generally pie-shaped areas each embracing 60° of the playing field between the midpoints of adjacent sides and including the corners of said hexagonal playing field, said lines intersecting at the center of the playing field, each of the hexagonal areas of each said line carrying an indicia indicating a score multiplier, a plurality of spaced score multiplier hexagonal areas arranged in each generally pie-shaped area, each having a fixed multiplier value, and word forming characters on each of said playing pieces, said playing pieces being hexagonal in shape and adapted to fit on any hexagonal space on the playing field, whereby words may be formed in three directions and letters of a word in one direction may serve as letters of a word in the other two directions.