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Scrabble (1948)

Average Rating: 6.45/10
Board Game Rank: 828
Family Game Rank: 274
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Designer
Artist
Publisher
Year Published
1948
# of Players
2 − 4
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 2 players
Recommended with 2, 3, 4 players
(121 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
90 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
10 and up
User Suggested Ages
8 and up
(39 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
Unplayable in another language
(64 voters) [poll]
Honors
Subdomain
(87 voters) [vote]
Category
Mechanic
Expansion
Expands
Family
Primary Name
Scrabble
Alternate Names
Alfa-Pet
Alfapet
Board-script
Crossword
Crucigrama
Deluxe Edition Scrabble Brand Crossword Game
Deluxe Turnable Scrabble
Funworder
Game Folio Edition Scrabble
Intelect
Intelect Luxe
Kris Kros
KrisKros Klasik
Krossgátuspilið
Labo 1
Large Print Scrabble
Literati
Optimots
Palavras Cruzadas
Pocket Scrabble
Scrabble - Russian Edition
Scrabble Brand Crossword Game
Scrabble Brand Crossword Game Edición en Español
Scrabble Crossword Game
Scrabble Crossword Game - German Edition
Scrabble Deluxe Travel Edition
Scrabble Foreign Language - Hebrew
Scrabble Géant
Scrabble Large Type Edition
Scrabble Original
Scrabble Platinum Edition
Scrabble yn Gymraeg
Scrabble: Edición Española
Scrabble: Game Folio Edition
Skip-A-Cross
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Tile Lock Scrabble
Travel Scrabble
Word for Word Crossword Game
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In this classic word game, players use their seven drawn letter-tiles to form words on the gameboard. Each word laid out earns points based on the commonality of the letters used, with certain board spaces giving bonuses. But a word can only be played if it uses at least one already-played tile or adds to an already-played word. This leads to slightly tactical play, as potential words are rejected because they would give an opponent too much access to the better bonus spaces.

Skip-a-cross was licensed by Selchow & Righter and manufactured by Cadaco. Both games have identical rules but Skip-a-cross has tiles and racks made of cardboard instead of wood. The game was also published because not enough Scrabble games were manufactured to meet the demand.

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Official Word List:

For an online Scrabble dictionary/skill-evaluator, visit this website:

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Components:

  • Gameboard
  • 100 Letter Tiles
  • Letter Bag
  • 4 Tile Racks
  • Instructions (On Box)

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Scrabble
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Winning Moves Tile Lock Edition 2011
Publisher: Winning Moves
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Year: 2011
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Intelect
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Falomir Juegos Catalan edition
Publisher: Falomir Juegos
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Year: 2010
Product Code: 4008
Size: 15.63 x 10.83 x 2.09 inches
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Xalingo Brazilian Edition
Publisher: Xalingo Brinquedos
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Year: 2010
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Scrabble Platinum Edition
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Barnes & Noble Exclusive Platinum Edition
Publisher: Barnes & Noble, Parker Brothers
Artist: 
Year: 2010
Product Code: 26975
Size: 17.50 x 17.50 x 3.00 inches
6.75 pounds
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Estonian edition
Publisher: Mattel
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Year: 2009
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9 Two-letter word cheat sheet
4 copies of cheat sheet on which letters combine with which others to form valid 2-letter words.
2009-05-29
5 Multilingual Scrabble tiles collection.
Scrabble tiles sets collection (version 3), featuring 35 sets for 34 languages. Each set can be printed and cut out as an improvised set for any Scrabble board. This collection is the same as version 1, but with four additional languages: Irish, Latin (developed by the Centre for Medieval Studies of the University of Toronto), Latvian, and Lithuanian.
2009-02-21
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Rules translated in Korean
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10 Official NSA scoresheet
Official NSA contestant scoresheet used in Scrabble tournaments.
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Scrabble Score Pad
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Rules in Traditional Chinese
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4 scrabble board reference.pdf
Scrabble Board reference, professionally designed and printable at any size
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Statistics
Board Game Rank: 828
Family Game Rank: 274
Num Ratings: 10750
Average Rating: 6.45
Standard Deviation: 1.62
Num Views: 371833
GeekBuddy Analysis: Analyze
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Avg. Game Weight: 2.2
Fans: 155
Personal Comments: 3253
Users Owning: 14749
Users Wanting: 11
Users Trading: 232 [find trade matches]
Has Parts For Trade: 25
Want Parts In Trade: 19
Price History: View
Total Plays: 29359
Plays This Month: 66
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