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 indescribably deliciousApr 22, 2010
By international
This is a truly fun word game. To enter into realm of bananagrams in español is to entera land of possibilities and collaboration. I have played this game in a teaching / tutorial basis with small groups of people of different language abilities. The non-competitive /competitive nature of this game allows for team work and surprises one and all. This game is part language skills, part visual skills. It works! It makes winners out of all players and provides a great boost to the language learner who is always surprised by the discovery that they know so much more than they thought they did. And, when there is no one else around with whom to play, you can play it as a solitaire game. Love it.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Really Fun!Oct 25, 2010
By Emma
I tried playing Spanish Bananagrams with the English version and it just didn't work- the letter distribution is too different. This game was great for a fun way to practice Spanish with our Spanish club. Would definitely recommend it!
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Excelente!Jun 15, 2010
By D. Tillery
I was looking for an end-of-the-year game to play with my Spanish classes. I had not heard of Banagrams, but I liked that numerous players can play at one time, so I decided to give it a try. Wonderful fun!
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Better than ScrabbleMar 27, 2010
By E. Navarro
Bananagrams is better to play than Scrabble and much more fun, especially when several people play the game.
Spanish or English it is a magnificent educational toy. Every family should own Bananagrams.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Letter frequency - ??Dec 30, 2011
By Betsy Mendelsohn
I like Bananagrams in English and bought the Spanish version to help make me speedier in recalling Spanish words, including verb conjugations. I find the letter frequency to be "off." I checked it against Wikipedia's table of letter frequency to find that it's not so far off, except for particular letters.
In building bananagrams, I'm typically left with an abundance of vowels that I can't integrate into the words I already spelled out. For example, there are fewer c, d, r and s tiles in the game than is indicated by the letter frequency chart; there are more g, h, j and o tiles. I know the percentage will be off for single letters (like k, w and x), but the letters that disappear too quickly when I build bananagrams are represented by 2 or more tiles. Having only 8 s tiles is hard for me. Maybe my difficulty flows from my mediocre vocabulary or because the letter frequency is supposed to suit 2 or more contending players rather than one person building an anagram.
At any rate, I love Bananagrams, and once I get more experience with the Spanish version, I'll just cannibalize another set to make something with letter frequency that lets me use up the tiles.
Here's the frequency in the Spanish set of 144 Bananagrams tiles: A=17, 11.8%; B=3, 2.1%; C=5, 3.5%; CH=2, 1.4%; D=7, 4.9%; E=17, 11.8%; F=2, 1.4%; G=3, 2.1%; H=3, 2.1%; I=8, 5.6%, J=2, 1.4%; K=1, .7%; L=5, 3.5%; LL=2, 1.4%; M=3, 2.1%; N=7, 4.9%; Ñ=2, 1.4%; O=12, 8.3%; P=3, 2.1%; Q=2, 1.4%; R=7, 4.9%; RR=2, 1.4%; S=8, 5.6%; T=6, 4.2%; U=7, 4.9%; V=2, 1.4%; W=1, .7%; X=1, .7%; Y=2, 1.4%; Z=2, 1.4%.
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