Word Pictures
Word Pictures is a rebus puzzle game. A picture, some letters and the way they are laid out combine to spell a word or a common saying. Sun plus FLOWER is sunflower. META written four times is a metaphor. You pick the answer from four options.
- SkillAbstraction
- Ages8 and up
- Par time15 seconds
- PriceFree, no ads
How to play Word Pictures
- Say what you see out loud, picture by picture.
- Notice position and style too: a word over another, a word in a box, a word upside down or in a colour.
- Pick the option that matches what you said.
How it gets harder
There are three tiers. Tier one adds pictures and words together. Tier two uses layout tricks such as one word over another. Tier three is the double-take kind. Higher levels draw from the harder tiers, and the practice mode avoids repeating puzzles you have already seen.
Tips
- Read positions as words: over, under, in, on, between.
- Count things. Four of something often means "for".
Playing Word Pictures as a family
Word Pictures is the one game in Brainpilates that uses words. They are short, everyday words a confident eight-year-old can read, and the jokes land for adults too.
Word Pictures is also one of the thirteen games in the Brainpilates daily mix. On days it comes up, everyone plays the same board, and you can send your result to someone as a challenge to beat.
Questions about Word Pictures
- What is a rebus puzzle?
- A puzzle where pictures, letters and their position stand for a word or phrase. A picture of a bee plus LIEVE reads as believe.
- How many Word Pictures puzzles are there?
- Over a hundred, each one checked by hand so that exactly one of the four options fits.