LinguiSHTIK Rules and Documents

The official tournament rules are modified slightly every year based upon suggestions from member leagues and the national committee composed of certified judges for this game.

NOTE: As significant changes were made in summer 2024 and 2025 in the distribution of topics across divisions, coaches should refer to the most recent editions of the Order of Play sheets for each division.

LinguiSHTIK Tournament Rules – (Updated July 30, 2025)

Dictionary of Terms (Glossary) – (Last Updated July 2024)

Handbook and Judges Manual for LinguiSHTIK – (Updated July 30, 2025)

Demands Form (all divisions) – (Last Updated August 21, 2022)

LinguiSHTIK Scoring Chart (all divisions) – (Last Updated Jul 30, 2025)

Order of Play Sheets Order of Play: Elementary Division – (Last Updated July 2024) Order of Play: Middle Division – (Last Updated July 2024) Order of Play: Junior Division – (Updated July 30, 2025) Order of Play: Senior Division – (Updated July 30, 2025)

Cube Games Scoresheet

Certified Judges

Instructional Materials
Playing LinguiSHTIK: A Step by Step Guide	Playing LinguiSHTIK: Introducing Challenge Impossible
Playing LinguiSHTIK: Another Look at Challenge Impossible

The Roman numerals and letters (e.g., III.C) refer to a section and subsection of the Judges Manual for LinguiSHTIK.

LinguiSHTIK Worksheets
I.B1 – Parts of Speech I (All Divisions)
II.A1 – Sentence Patterns I (All Divisions)
II.A2 – Sentence Patterns II (All Divisions)
II.A3 – Sentence Patterns III (MJS)
II.B1 – Sentence Structures I (All Divisions)
II.C1 – Sentence Purposes I (All Divisions)
III.B1 – Noun Functions I (All Divisions)
III.B2 – Pronoun Functions I (MJS)
III.C1 – Noun General Demands I (All Divisions)
III.C2 – Pronoun General Demands I (MJS)
IV.B1 – Verb Functions I (All Divisions)
IV.B2 – Verb Functions II (MJS)
IV.C1 – Verb General Demands I (All Divisions)
IX.A1 – Interjections I (All Divisions)
V.B1 – Adjective Functions and General Demands I (All Divisions)
V.B2 – Adjective Functions and General Demands II (MJS)
VI.B1 – Adjective Functions and General Demands I (MJS)
VII.A1 – Prepositions I (All Divisions)
VII.A2 – Prepositions II (MJS)
VIII.A1 – Conjunctions I (MJS)
X.A1 – Clauses I (All Divisions)
X.A2 – Clauses II (MJS)
XI.A1 – Phrases I (All Divisions)
XI.A2 – Phrases II (MJS)