Best word game board games

The top word game games out of 127 in this category, ranked by BoardGameGeek community rating. Codenames XXL leads the list.

• Codenames XXL (2015)
  2–8 players · 15 min · ★ 7.6
• Decrypto XL (2018)
  3–8 players · 15–45 min · ★ 7.8
• Codenames Duet XXL (2017)
  2–99 players · 15–30 min · ★ 7.6
• Just One (2018)
  3–7 players · 20 min · ★ 7.6
• Paperback (2014)
  2–5 players · 45 min · ★ 7.2
• Scrabble (1948)
  2–4 players · 90 min · ★ 6.3
• When I Dream (2016)
  4–10 players · 20–40 min · ★ 7.1
• Werewords (2017)
  4–10 players · 10 min · ★ 7.2
• Taboo (1989)
  4–10 players · 20 min · ★ 6.3
• Letter Jam (2019)
  2–6 players · 45 min · ★ 7.3
• Hardback (2018)
  1–5 players · 45–90 min · ★ 7.3
• Scrabble Scattergories (1988)
  2–6 players · 30 min · ★ 6.2
• Balderdash (1984)
  2–6 players · 60 min · ★ 6.5
• Scrabble Boggle (1972)
  1–8 players · 10 min · ★ 6.2
• Beyond Balderdash (1993)
  2–6 players · 45 min · ★ 6.8
• Werewords Deluxe Edition (2018)
  2–20 players · 10 min · ★ 7.6
• Duplex (2010)
  3–6 players · 30 min · ★ 6.6
• Codenames Deep Undercover (2016)
  4–8 players · 15 min · ★ 6.6
• Trapwords (2018)
  4–8 players · 30–45 min · ★ 7.0
• The Chameleon (2017)
  3–8 players · 15 min · ★ 6.7
• Cranium (1998)
  4–16 players · 60 min · ★ 5.7
• Word on the Street (2009)
  2–10 players · 20 min · ★ 6.6
• Krazy Wordz Erwachsenen Edition (2016)
  3–7 players · 45 min · ★ 7.4
• Funemployed 'Hiring Frenzy' (2013)
  3–20 players · 30 min · ★ 6.8
• Super Boggle (1979)
  2–8 players · 10 min · ★ 6.9
• Medium (2019)
  2–8 players · 30–45 min · ★ 7.0
• Anomia Party Edition (2013)
  3–6 players · 30 min · ★ 7.1
• Pass Word (1994)
  4–16 players · 30 min · ★ 6.3
• Quiddler Deluxe (1998)
  1–8 players · 30 min · ★ 6.1
• Letter Tycoon (2015)
  2–5 players · 30 min · ★ 6.8
• Word Slam (2016)
  3–99 players · 45 min · ★ 7.0
• Cross Clues (2020)
  2–6 players · 5–10 min · ★ 7.6
• Linq (2004)
  4–8 players · 45 min · ★ 6.9
• CrossTalk (2017)
  4–8 players · 20–30 min · ★ 7.0
• Nobody Is Perfect (1992)
  3–10 players · 45 min · ★ 6.9
• Articulate! (1992)
  4–8 players · 60 min · ★ 6.5
• Barbarossa (1988)
  3–4 players · 60 min · ★ 6.3
• Compatibility (1996)
  3–6 players · 30 min · ★ 6.5
• Wise and Otherwise (1997)
  2–6 players · 45 min · ★ 6.7
• Wordsy (2017)
  1–6 players · 20 min · ★ 7.0
• Upwords (1982)
  2–4 players · 90 min · ★ 5.7
• Word Domination (2017)
  2–4 players · 20–45 min · ★ 7.1
• Unspeakable Words (2007)
  2–6 players · 30 min · ★ 6.2
• Codenames Harry Potter (2018)
  2 players · 15 min · ★ 6.7
• Attribute (2002)
  3–8 players · 30 min · ★ 6.4
• Think! Words (2012)
  2–10 players · 30 min · ★ 6.4
• Showtime (1990)
  4–99 players · 10 min · ★ 5.9
• Fiesta de los Muertos (2019)
  4–8 players · 15 min · ★ 7.3
• Knit Wit (2016)
  2–8 players · 15 min · ★ 6.1
• Cranium Hoopla (2002)
  2–8 players · 20 min · ★ 6.2
• Krazy Wordz Family Edition (2016)
  3–7 players · 45 min · ★ 7.3
• Cranium WOW (2007)
  4–16 players · 60 min · ★ 6.1
• BuyWord (2004)
  1–4 players · 45 min · ★ 6.3
• Travel Pass the Bomb (1994)
  2–10 players · 20 min · ★ 5.8
• Password (1962)
  3–4 players · 30 min · ★ 6.1
• What's My Word? (1972)
  2 players · 45–60 min · ★ 7.1
• TAGS (2018)
  2–4 players · 20–40 min · ★ 6.6
• The Big Taboo (2006)
  4–0 players · 30–60 min · ★ 6.3
• Alias (1991)
  4–12 players · 60 min · ★ 5.8
• In One Word (1996)
  4–99 players · 20–35 min · ★ 6.5