Lots of times, on bus rides or long car trips, kids play smartphone or computer games. But those games are almost always solitary pastimes. What if you want to do something with friends? Here’s a cool travel game my dad taught me.
- You can have any number of players, even grown-ups. The winner is the first to get from A to Z, using only the letters you spot on license plates.
- You have to go in alphabetical order. (No skipping around.)
- License plates must be moving. (If a car is parked or stopped, no can use!)
- Any license plate counts. (I once beat Georgie with a Z on a motorcycle!)
- The letters must be part of the license plate number, not any other words on the plate. (You cannot use the X on the word Texas on a Texas plate, for example.)
- If two or three successive letters are on the same license plate, you can use all of them. (For example: if you need a D, and the next plate you see is 872NED, you get both the D and the E, and you get to jump to F.)
- If the letter you are searching for occurs twice on the same license plate, you get that letter plus a wild card which you can use (just once!) to skip over any letter you choose whenever you wish. (For example: if you need a G, and the next plate you see is GHG5269, you get your G and a wild card.)
- If the letter you are searching for occurs three times on the same license plate, game over! You win! (This has never happened to me or Georgie.)
- License plates may be used only once and only by one player. First to see it, gets it. (If a license plate that’s been used reappears, and it has a letter you need, too bad.)
- No cheating! You are on your honor. (C’mon! It’s just a game. Play fair!)
- These are the Cheesie rules. If you want to change them, go ahead. (But all the players should agree, right?)
Please tell me about your License Plate Alphabet Race Games or any other travel games you like.
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i like ur game i am going to try it with my friends. i also have a game, u have to find different animals and each animal is worth a point u can make up how many points each animal is worth.
I think you’ll like the game. It’s a lot of fun.
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He’s right.
Cool game i am going to try it out.
My family went on a car trip last week, and we played this game. My Mom, who does not often play games, won. Granpa came in last, and he complained it wasn’t fair because he has old eyes. Goon refused to play.
Cool game
Thanks! I play it all the time in the car. It helps pass the time on long trips.
I think that game sounds really fun! Thank you for putting it on there so I can play with my family!
Let me know who wins!
i know a game you have to start from A and say things you see no cheating and the next person haves to say something they see that start with the end letter of your thing
Oops. I was talking about the out-of-state car game.
Yep. I realized that.
I found 29 states so far. I started on January 29th.
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Can you use letters from your car?
No, you cannot.
I am playing the game. I am on the letter Q.
Good luck!
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Thank you for that, Isabella.
what about when im alone and my mom or dad is driving and they are the only other people in there?
They could play the game, too. Or you could time yourself…and see how long it takes to win.
i like to play a game where you have to say any state and the other player has to think of another state that starts with the last letter of the first state. like alabama then arkansas or texas and south carolina
Never start by saying Connecticut. You will lose immediately because the only response is Tennessee…and then you’re dead.
Connecticut end with a T.
So you can use Texas instead of Tennessee.
Then, you can go on.
You are correct. What I meant to say is IF you start with Connecticut, then the other player SHOULD say Tennessee…and then you lose.
hi darlings! cheesie how do I get a date with gorgy
I play a game called the animal gama what u do is u think of an animal and u say the beginning letter and then other people start guessing animals that start with that letter whoever guesses the right animal gets to think of an animal next
Sounds like fun, but if you pick Z or X, I bet they guess it very quickly.
has NOTHING 2 do with license plates!!!
I play the same as Grace J. I have 45 states so far!
I have a game called “honk”. Whenever you pass a car parked or moving you say honk.(this is mostly for bus trips cause its really annoying).
That would be VERY annoying on a busy interstate!
Yup
i will play it on the way to Minnesota with my cousin Sophie
Let me know how it goes…and who wins!
A game i like 2 play(sometimes anyway) is where u try to find all 50 state’s licence plates. My sister and her boyfriend r really good at it!
I think that is easier than this game. It’s fun, though.
I totally agree, Cheesie!
No it isn’t! I have never won 🙁
This game is so fun! My sister and I played on our way to LA. Sadly I did not win but it was still fun. I play a license plate game with my sister where you try to spot any state besides your own state in the car and when you do find one you punch each other lightly on the arm.
i like the part when you shot the shoot the pudding filled balloon at your sister i am going to do that to my sister
I hope you do not get in trouble!
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that is so weird
Weird? What’s weird?
why is there an alphabet race with 872 NED, GHG 5269, and 777 AAA?
WHY IS THERE 777 AAA. 😕
Because the rules say: “If the letter you are searching for occurs three times on the same license plate, game over! You win!” So if you saw this license plate when you needed an A, you would win!
Well i didn’t really now how to spell it. Sorry!
Wow. I wonder how you can win with the lack of Z usages.
Why would there be a lack of Z’s? There are Z’s as part of licenses plates in every state.
My family always plays a game called pedidal.pu-did-ul.If you see a car with one headlight out you shout “pedidal!!”
My dad says he used to play that game when he was a kid. He spells it “Padiddle.”
every time my family go’s on road trips we play the license plate game but usally we lose the score and my brothers and I start fighting and then we have to play the quiet game! i dont like that game…
That’s really funny!
Ha ha ha ! That’s so funny! I ALWAYS win the quiet game. It pays to be the older sibling. 🙂
First, my website isn’t ready yet. So don’t go there and say “jay is a weirdo for lying to me!” . Maybe you can combine it with the state game (I like this one better though!)
Huh? I don’t understand. What are you talking about?
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Did you play the game? It’s fun!