Just One

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   Ready. Shuffle the cards, deal 13 face down as the deck, and give each player an easel and marker. The group agrees who guesses the first word.
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   Pile. Place the deck within easy reach with room beside it for scored cards. Won cards stack face up parallel to the deck and lost cards stack perpendicular to it.

Worked opening: the active player draws and picks word 3, "Guitar", without reading the rest. Three clue-givers secretly write "Music", "Strings", and "Music". "Music" appears twice so both copies erase while the guesser looks away. The guesser turns back, sees only "Strings", and scores 1 point.

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   Draw. The guesser draws the top card unseen, stands it on the easel lip, and announces a number from 1 to 5. Everyone else reads the mystery word while the guesser looks away.
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   Write. Each clue-giver secretly writes one single-word clue (names, numbers, acronyms, sounds, and compounds like merry-go-round all count as one word). All easels stay face down until everyone has written.
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   Cancel. The guesser closes their eyes while clue-givers reveal together and hide every invalid clue plus every identical clue. Identical means exact match ignoring case, same family (Japan/Japanese), singular/plural (Horse/Horses), or misspelling (Rhythm/Rythem); invalid means the mystery word respelled or translated, its family (Princess for Prince), a made-up word, or a homophone.
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   Guess. The guesser opens their eyes and gives exactly one answer or passes aloud. Correct cards stack face up parallel to the deck for 1 point; a pass moves only the active card to the perpendicular pile; a wrong guess adds the next deck card unseen to it too.

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   Clue. Write exactly one word with no talking or showing. Names, numbers, acronyms, sounds, and compounds are valid; the mystery word respelled or translated, its family, made-up words, and homophones are banned.
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   Cancel. Reveal clues together and erase all duplicates and banned clues. Only valid unique clues stay face up for the guess.
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   Guess. The guesser gives exactly one answer or passes aloud. Correct cards stack parallel to the deck; a pass moves only the active card to the perpendicular pile; a wrong guess discards one extra deck card unseen as well.
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   Rotate. Play 13 cards with the guesser role passing left; with 3-4 players each clue-giver writes two clues on two easels. Cards are the score, so no tokens change hands.

• Duplicate cancel: "Guitar" clues "Music", "Strings", and "Music" erase both copies of "Music".
• Family clash: mystery "Prince" with clue "Princess" is invalid and erased before the guess.
• Parts are not duplicates: mystery "Garden" with clues "Lawn", "Mower", and "Lawnmower" all survive by the official rules, so agree on any stricter house rule before play.
• Piles: correct "Guitar" goes face up parallel to the deck, a passed card goes perpendicular alone, and a miss adds the next deck card unseen to the perpendicular pile.

• Identical clues both erase, even with different capital letters.
• Identical also covers same family, singular/plural, and misspellings, not only exact copies.
• Word family clues are invalid, including plurals and translations.
• Keep the guesser's eyes closed during the compare, and show only survivors.
• The guesser gets one answer only; a wrong guess discards an extra card, but a pass does not.
• There are no score tokens; correct cards stack parallel to the deck and misses stack perpendicular.