Bananagrams
The same race, played in Spanish
Spanish Edition
Split, Peel, Dump and Bananas run this race under a Spanish letter mix with a single tile that carries CH.
$14.92
Rated 4.7 out of 5 by 23 players
That tile carrying CH sits in the bunch because Spanish treats the pair as one sound, but the race itself runs on the classic four calls. Players reach into the same yellow banana pouch and build across the bare table without turns.
Everyone races at once to use their hand up first. A Peel forces a fresh tile onto every player, and a Dump trades one stubborn letter for three new ones until the bunch runs low.
| Players | 1–8 |
| Ages | 7 and up |
| A game runs | About 15 minutes |
| In the box | 144 letter tiles and an instruction sheet, in a zip-up banana pouch |
| You also need | A table and players who spell in Spanish. |
| The feel | Everyone plays at once |
How a game unfolds
The race itself is unchanged from Bananagrams; the letters in the bunch are a Spanish mix.
Split once
Turn all the tiles face down in the middle. That pile is the bunch. Each player draws their opening hand and flips it on the call.
Build all at once
Every player builds their own crossword grid at the same time. There are no turns to wait for.
Peel repeats
Empty your hand and say so. Everyone draws one more, and the bunch shrinks by one per player.
Bananas ends it
When the bunch runs below the number of players, the next grid to go clean wins the check and the game.
A different bunch of letters
The count is the classic 144, but the mix underneath is not the English one - the photographed set includes a tile reading CH, a pair Spanish says as one sound and the English pouch does not carry at all.
What makes it its own game
- Cream tiles with black lettering match the look of the classic set while shifting the letter mix to Spanish words.
- Calling Peel hands one tile to every opponent at the table, as well as to the player who made the call.
- Trading one unwanted letter through a Dump adds three tiles to your hand, so your grid grows by two.
- Unused letters or words the table rejects disqualify a player when checking the final grid for the win.
Worth knowing before you open the box
Nothing about the race changes with the language. Split, Peel, Dump and Bananas are called exactly as this site describes them; only the words the table will accept are different.
Who it suits
Families speaking Spanish at home and English at school find common ground across this race. Confident spellers thrive on the speed of real-time play. A player who wants time to weigh each move may find the open race stressful, because nobody waits for turns.
Before your first game
Pull the CH tile out of the bunch to show everyone before handing out opening tiles. Players used to single letters can pause when two appear on one tile, so seeing it early keeps the race moving. Set clear ground rules on accepted vocabulary before the first call of Split.
Elsewhere on the shelf
Still reading? That is usually a yes.
The classic race with a Spanish letter mix, down to a tile that carries CH on its own.
$14.92