Blurt! Word Race Game | Review

Tim Walsh shares the Eureka moment of inventing a best-selling board game.

The idea for Blurt! came while I was helping my girlfriend, a third grade teacher, in her classroom. I opened a children’s dictionary and read aloud, “The nut of an oak tree.” I wasn’t looking for a response because I hadn’t asked a question, but a kid next to me mumbled, “Oaknut…. The nut of an oak tree is an oaknut, right?” I said, “No, it’s an acorn, but that’s FUNNY. Let’s try another one.” So I opened up to a random definition and read it aloud. The kids got more and more excited to race each other to the correct words. The light bulb went off, and the game born in a third grade classroom went on to entertain millions of families (not to mention many more third graders!) The best part of the story? I married the teacher.

This is one of the fastest, funniest board games I have played in a long time. And the best part is it allows me to spend quality time with my kids and have them learn all at the same time. It is so much fun to see who gets the right answer the fastest by doing just what the game is called, Blurting the answer out. Funny how “Blurting” something out seems to get louder and louder each time, but we all have so much fun. And in that process we learn, I will also admit to a little friendly smack talking courtesy of my kids when they get something right first. I have even implemented this game into my daughter’s curriculum by having her write down the word that I read the definition of. It helps her vocabulary and her spelling. But don’t just take my word for it, watch the video below and see how much fun Blurt! is:

I love this game and I know you will too. You can find it at the following stores: Barnes & Noble, Amazon, your favorite specialty toy retailer or from Educational Insights. Great game, I recommend it to everyone for hours of fun!