Bananagrams
Fast, cross-word tile game — no board, no turn order. Race to arrange all your letter tiles into a connected grid.
🌤indoor
What is Bananagrams?
Bananagrams is a fast letter-tile word game invented by Abraham Nathanson in 2006 and packaged in an iconic banana-shaped zippered pouch. Players race — without turns or a board — to arrange their letter tiles into a connected crossword-style grid. Whenever anyone builds their entire hand in they shout 'Peel!' and everyone must take a new tile. First to use all their tiles when the central pool is empty wins ('Bananas!').
Quick facts
Category
Tile Games
Type
Individual
Players
1–8
Where played
indoor
Country of origin
🇺🇸 United States
Estimated origin
2006, Abraham Nathanson (Rhode Island); UK launch 2008
Olympic
No
Popularity
global
Sources & provenance
Last verified 2026-08-24.verified