Perquackey

Players	2 or more
Age range	7 and up
Playing time	Short
Random chance	Medium
Skill(s) required	Spelling Word creation from random letters
Includes: shaker cup, 10 black dice, 3 red dice, timer, instructions

Perquackey is a word game produced by Cardinal Industries, Inc. of Long Island City, New York. It was previously produced by Lakeside Toys, a division of Lakeside Industries, Inc. of Minneapolis, MN, and originally by The Shreve Company of Los Angeles, CA. It is similar to the game Spill & Spell.

Simplified gameplay

Each player throws ten or thirteen dice with letters printed on their faces. They must rearrange them into as many words as possible within a certain time, reusing the same letter set repeatedly. Points are scored according to the length of each word and the number of words made. Once a player reaches a certain score, they must use all thirteen dice, and are not allowed to make words that contain only three letters.

The dice are labeled as follows:

• Two Black Letter Dice: A, A, A, E, E, E
• Black Letter Die: B, I, T, K, R, H
• Black Letter Die: H, R, F, S, U, I
• Black Letter Die: G, R, M, S, U, I
• Black Letter Die: Z, E, X, Q, V, J
• Black Letter Die: F, T, N, P, U, I
• Black Letter Die: M, O, O, P, C, W
• Black Letter Die: D, R, T, L, O, N
• Black Letter Die: B, O, Y, L, O, W
• Red Letter Die: S, Q, Y, W, V, S
• Red Letter Die: B, F, P, H, N, L
• Red Letter Die: G, M, D, J, K, C

In popular culture

In the Dick Van Dyke Show episode "A Man's Teeth Are Not His Own," Rob & Laura play a game of Perquackey with their neighbors.

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