Spill and Spell Dice Game, 1957

Summary

Spill and Spell is competitive. Players take turns spilling fifteen lettered cubes and spelling out words from the upturned letters. Complex scoring requires addition and multiplication skills. The longer the word, the more points, and words that intersect like a crossword puzzle double the score. The first player to earn 300 points wins!

Spill and Spell is competitive. Players take turns spilling fifteen lettered cubes and spelling out words from the upturned letters. Complex scoring requires addition and multiplication skills. The longer the word, the more points, and words that intersect like a crossword puzzle double the score. The first player to earn 300 points wins!

Artifact

Educational game

Date Made

1957

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2000.55.5

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Miriam R. Epstein.

Material

Cardboard
Plastic
Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Printing (Process)

Color

Black (Color)
Orange (Color)
White (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 3.375 in

Width: 3 in

Length: 3 in

Inscriptions

box: SPILL/ AND / SPELL® / New Exciting Game / Educational / Enjoyable Entertaining PHILLIPS PUBLISHERS INC. / Newton 58, Massachusetts gold sticker on box: P.S.* / *Powell Square / 222 POWELL ST. / SAN FRANCISCO instruction manual: RULES FOR / SPILL /AND / SPELL ® / ® App. For.

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