Football fans! On Super Bowl Sunday, sports lovers everywhere gather for the NFL’s biggest football game of the year. Super Bowl party hosts put up football-themed decorations and prepare yummy snacks. Guests arrive, clad in the colors of their favorite Super Bowl teams, to watch the big game.
Are you hosting or attending a Super Bowl party this year?
Try this Super Bowl XLVII word scramble for a super party icebreaker. Answers include football vocabulary, players’ names and more. See how many words you can unscramble before looking at the answers (listed at the end of this article).
Here’s the totally tricky part of this Super Bowl wordplay. All of the clues are listed as single words, but many of the answers are not. A few key players’ first and last names are included. Some answers are multi-word phrases.
For example, “GRIDIRON FANS” might be scrambled as “FANORIGIDRNS,” if it were one of the clues. (Hint: It’s not.)
Check your Super Bowl knowledge.
Print out this list of 25 scrambled words or phrases, which all pertain to the 2013 Super Bowl game, to be played between the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers in New Orleans on Sunday, February 3, 2013.
Super Bowl XLVII Word Scramble
1. FREEREE
2. OCBENYE
3. CKEAURARBTQ
4. TYESAF
5. CIKOKFF
6. CKAAIYLESI
7. RUAHGHNOJHBA
8. MNPIICHOSAPH
9. JAHHIBGMUAR
10. SIROTWDNF
11. AFCECOOLJ
12. NCEARIKLEB
13. MBIYORTDLROHAP
14. IPKIGSN
15. REIBLPWURGNOS
16. CTNNOODWU
17. LORRLERDBADPAN
18. RKKNEALPECNIIOC
19. DAGEILOLF
20. ECULIRRSLVCHI
21. TNHOCUWOD
22. CFSEAMAK
23. EALFMIHT
24. LYUAMEABLTLPOSRVEA
25. MPOURDSEE
Instruct Super Bowl Sunday party guests to try to unscramble these Super Bowl XLVII words during the big game, or give them a time limit before the game even starts. Pick a few fun prizes for the winners, if you want.
No peeking at the answers until you have deciphered as many of the scrambled Super Bowl XLVII words as you possibly can.
Work individually, link up with a partner or work in teams at your Super Bowl Sunday party.
(Remember, this article is copyrighted. You are free to print out the scrambled words for use at your own Super Bowl Sunday party, but this information may not be copied and reposted or republished in print or on a blog, website or elsewhere without the author’s permission.)
How many Super Bowl XLVII words were you able to unscramble?
If you think you have deciphered as many words from this year’s Super Bowl Scramble as you can possibly manage, you can check your answers with the key listed below.
Answers to Super Bowl XLVII Word Scramble
1. REFEREE
2. BEYONCE
3. QUARTERBACK
4. SAFETY
5. KICKOFF
6. ALICIA KEYS
7. JOHN HARBAUGH
8. CHAMPIONSHIP
9. JIMHARBAUGH
10. FIRSTDOWN
11. JOEFLACCO
12. LINEBACKER
13. LOMBARDITROPHY
14.PIGSKIN
15. SUPERBOWLRING
16. COUNTDOWN
17. BERNARDPOLLARD
18. COLINKAEPERNICK
19. FIELDGOAL
20. CHRISCULLIVER
21. TOUCHDOWN
22. FACEMASK
23. HALFTIME
24. MOSTVALUABLEPLAYER
25. SUPERDOME
OK, sports fans. Who scored a touchdown on this tricky football exercise? How did you do on the Super Bowl XLVII Word Scramble for your Super Bowl party this year?
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