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Scrabble Addiction!
What is it about Scrabble that makes it so addictive? Is it the simplicity of the game, the great design or just the fact that we all like to show off our wordpower?
For me, it's based all of these things. Some of the best Scrabble players I know aren't necessarily the best wordsmiths, they can just see the patterns in the board and know where to play their highest scored letters (or block you from getting that great triple word score!).
It's this combination of tactics and vocabulary that make Scrabble the best board game ever!
Scrabble® Facts
- The Scrabble® prototype was invented in 1938 by Alfred Mosher Butts and named Criss-Crosswords. It only developed into the version we all know now when the rights were acquired in 1948 by a lawyer named James Brunot.
- The highest recorded single word score in English is 392 for CAZIQUES. This means native chiefs of West Indian aborigines'
- The Malaysian version of the game has the highest number of single letters - 18 As
- An easy way to use the letter Q, is to construct the word Qi. This is a chinese word meaning 'life force' or 'spiritual energy'
- Scrabble is used to decide the answer to the ultimate question in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
What the web says about Scrabble
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Videos about Scrabble
Great stuff you can buy about Scrabble
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Scrabble: Classic Edition
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Official Scrabble Players Dictionary by Merriam-Webster
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Scrabble Complete (Jewel Case)
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Everything Scrabble by Joe Edley
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Your turn: Am I right?
RedSportNiac wrote...
I love scrabble too. And thanks for putting all these useful scrabble resources. Well done and congratulation for being the new Giant squid.
Posted July 05, 2008
vignettepress wrote...
Love your Scrabble facts! Check out mine at Art of Scrabble.
Posted December 03, 2007
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