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Scrabble is a word game in which two to four players score points by placing tiles, each bearing a single letter, onto a game board divided into a 15×15 grid of squares. The tiles must form words that, in crossword fashion, read left to right in rows or downward in columns and are included in a standard dictionary or lexicon.
Anagrab is a word game which is usually played with Scrabble tiles. The name is an amalgam of the words anagram (the basic game mechanism) and grab - because a player's words may at any time be taken by opponents. The game was first described in 1976 in Richard Sharp's The Best Games People Play, [1] but his description suggests that he did not ...
English-language Scrabble is the original version of the popular word-based board game invented in 1938 by US architect Alfred Mosher Butts, who based the game on English letter distribution in The New York Times. The Scrabble variant most popular in English is standard match play, where two players compete over a series of games.
Scrabble's origins date back to 1931, when American architect Alfred Mosher Butts invented the game's forerunner. Scrabble's original name was “Lexiko,” according to a Mattel factsheet, and ...
Some of the goal cards in the new Scrabble involve challenges like “play[ing] a three-letter word” or “play[ing] a word that touches the edge of the board” - so players do have the option ...
Just Words is a word game for one or two players where you scores points by making new words using singularly lettered tiles on a board, bringing you the classic SCRABBLE experience, but with a twist!
Lexulous also altered the layout of the game to differentiate it more from Scrabble. This change occurred on 3 December 2008, and saw score multipliers moved around the board, and the point score of tiles no longer matching those of Scrabble. In addition a player is now given 8 tiles to play with instead of the traditional 7 tiles.
No. 1 - JUST WORDS Just Words brings back the old "Scrabble" feel with a more modern flair. You can play by yourself, against the computer or an online opponent. Tile placement is just as ...