Izzat So is subtitled on the box top as "A Family Fun Game of Witty Proverbs and Old Saws." The object of the game is to make complete proverbial sayings from a collection of phrases which appear on small rectangular tiles. The tiles are in several colors and some include a point value. The proverbs that can be formed are listed on a scoresheet as a reference. Each player in turn rolls two dice, draws that number of tiles from the face-down "boneyard" and attempts to form said proverbs. There are also rules for swapping and stealing tiles from other players and from the discarded tiles from previous turns. The game continues until all 60 proverbs in the list have been formed. Scores are then tallied to determine the winner.