Zingo! Sight Words Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Includes
• Reloading Zingo! Tiles
• Instructions
  • Your Goal
  • Setup
• To Play
  • Simple Steps to Play
• Game Variations
  • Mini-Zingo! Sight Words
  • Zany Zingo! Sight Words
  • Multi-Card Zingo! Sight Words

Includes

• 72 Zingo! Sight Word Tiles (3 of each of 24 words: and, come, for, here, my, said, the, three, we, where, are, have, our, she, there, they, went, what, who, me, in, two, now, want)
• 6 Double-Sided Zingo! Cards (green side less competitive, red side more competitive)
• 1 Zingo! Zinger

Reloading Zingo! Tiles

• Remove the cover to reload tiles when the Zinger is less than half full.
• Reload tiles through the cover slots when the Zinger is more than half full.

Instructions

Your Goal

Be the first to cover all the spaces on your Zingo! card with matching word tiles!

Setup

1. Remove the top from the Zingo! Zinger. Take out the 72 tiles and scramble them.
2. Load the tiles back in the Zinger in two equal stacks and replace the top.
3. All players should have a clear view of the Zingo! Zinger before play begins.
4. Each player selects a Zingo! card. Cards are double-sided to allow for two levels of play. The green side is less competitive and the red side is more competitive. All players should have the same colored side facing up.

To Play

Simple Steps to Play

1. Decide whether one player will serve as Dealer and operate the Zingo! Zinger, or whether players will pass the Zinger each turn, giving everyone a chance to operate the device during a game. We recommend choosing an adult or older child to be the first Dealer.
2. The Dealer slides the Zingo! Zinger forward and back to reveal two tiles.
3. When a player sees a Word Tile that matches the word on his/her Zingo! Card, the player calls out the word, takes the tile and covers the printed image on the card. The Dealer slides any unclaimed tiles back into the Zinger through the slots at the top of the device.
4. If two or more players need the same tile, it goes to the player who calls for it first. In the case of a tie, the Dealer slides the tile back in the Zingo! Zinger.
5. If a player calls for a tile he/she doesn't need, the tile goes to the next player to correctly call it.
6. The first player to cover all 9 spaces on the card shouts "Zingo!" and wins!
7. The winner starts the next game as the Dealer.

Game Variations

Try out some exciting new play variations for an added Zing!

Mini-Zingo! Sight Words

The first player to match three words in a row—across, up, down or diagonally—is the winner!

Zany Zingo! Sight Words

Select a pattern to match; the first player to match the pattern is the winner! The printed patterns are "Picture Frame", "X Marks the Spot", "Four Corners" and "Z is for ZINGO!".

Multi-Card Zingo! Sight Words

Use two or more cards each round. Try playing with one green and one red card. The first player to fill one of his/her cards wins!