I have two children who can play this game. Relatively. 9 and 6 years old. While at least one of them isn't very good at forming new words using given letters, they generally do pretty well with a little help. This is a great little game for the whole family to play and I love how they can stack tiles and change words without constantly adding new words. My only doubt (and that goes for most games in general): you think the game fits back in the box, don't you? Well there is, but it's a bit bulky and the lid doesn't close completely. If the box had been made an inch or two thicker this would not have been a problem. Otherwise great game!