| Carmen Sandiego Word Detective | |
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| Developer(s) | Brøderbund |
| Publisher(s) | Brøderbund |
| Series | Carmen Sandiego |
| Platform(s) | Mac OS, Microsoft Windows |
| Release | 1997 |
| Genre(s) | Educational |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Carmen Sandiego Word Detective is a game in the Carmen Sandiego franchise which was released in 1997. The plot of the game sees Carmen Sandiego inventing a machine called the Babble-On Machine, and the player in the role of Agent 13, thwarting her plans by freeing all the other agents which have been captured by Carmen. The title is very similar in format to Carmen Sandiego Math Detective, which was released a year later.