Often called ‘Scrabble without a board’, Bananagrams boils down the letter-placing classic to its spelling core by getting rid of the bonus squares. Players start with a handful of letter tiles and create their own personal lattice of connected words, rather than sharing a grid. When one player has used up all their letters, everyone grabs a new tile – this happens until there are none left and the quickest speller is declared the winner. Because everyone spells at once and the only objective is to use letters rather than making really long words, it’s a lot easier and faster to play than Scrabble. Plus, it comes in a banana-shaped bag!