A popular word game where players create words from lettered tiles to score points on a game board, aiming to use all seven randomly drawn tiles to achieve the highest score.
Scrabble is a classic word game created in 1938 by Alfred Mosher Butts. Two to four players make words from lettered tiles to score points, with common letters like A and E worth one point and rarer letters like X and Z worth more points.
Each player draws seven lettered tiles from a bag and tries to create words on the game board, scoring points based on the letter values. Players can build off previously played words for additional points, trying to place tiles on premium spots like double and triple letter and word scores. The game ends when all tiles have been drawn and the player with the highest final score wins.
Scrabble builds language skills and vocabulary while offering a fun, competitive word game. Official tournaments are held by the North American Scrabble Players Association and World English-Language Scrabble Players Association. Scrabble continues to be one of the most popular board games worldwide over 70 years after its creation.
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