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instead of being a hundred a month were thousands a day, and there was a wonderful success which has continued up to the present time. a b c d e Bell, R.C. (December 1974). "Word games". Games & Puzzles. No.31. Edu-Games (U.K.) Ltd . Retrieved 24 February 2023. Any of the 12 cards forming the circle may be moved, if desired, to help to form a word, but once a letter is moved, or if a second letter has been played on it, it cannot be moved again.

The possible actions may seem limited. However, they allow for a sophisticated and surprisingly tactical game that rewards inventiveness, lateral thinking and critical reasoning. When a player chooses to add letters to an existing word, they aren’t restricted to placing them at the beginning or end. Instead, unlike Scrabble, they can insert letters anywhere in the word. Swapping letters out from an existing word for those in your hand allows you to gain the cards you need for a word you intend to play on a subsequent turn. However, by not getting rid of any cards you run the risk of running out of time to play that word. Only words found in any standard dictionary are to be used. Proper nouns are not permitted unless given in the dictionary you are using.The original game was published by Waddingtons in the United Kingdom, and it was later distributed and licensed internationally, and has been published with various names and in different formats. The intellectual property for the game is currently owned by Winning Moves. The first edition was sold through the stationery shops at 1s. 9d. each and sales were practically non-existent. However, when the real launching took place in the autumn, heralded by an intensive newspaper advertising campaign, sales,

To determine who shall be first dealer, one card is given to each player and the player holding the highest card is the first dealer, A being high and Z being low, thereafter the deal is taken in rotation. A writer by the name of David Whitelaw persuaded the company to produce and sell a word game - Lexicon. a b c d "Lexicon". Elliott Avedon Museum and Archive of Games. University of Waterloo Faculty of Health. 5 June 1998 . Retrieved 24 February 2023. Word, number and chess games". Games & Puzzles. No.55. Edu-Games (U.K.) Ltd. December 1976 . Retrieved 24 February 2023. Soon Lexicon was published in a smart slip case and many different editions have followed, including foreign language versions.a b c d e f Augarde, Tony (1994). The Oxford A to Z of word games. Oxford University Press. pp.133–135. ISBN 0-19-866178-9. This was an unprecedented approach in the stationery world and there was much opposition and criticism. Whilst these different games are all fundamentally similar to each other, they nevertheless offer a great amount of replay-ability. The game possibilities don't end there either. Previous editions have included rules for as many as 20 additional variant rule sets, ranging from games of patience to Lexicon Bridge and more, so for the inquisitive there’s more to discover. Final Thoughts on Lexicon