- Alfred Butts invented the original concept of the Scrabble game in 1938.
- You can join the National Scrabble Association or form your own Scrabble club.
- The first official Scrabble Dictionary was created in 1978 using the top five dictionaries in North America.
- Chuck Woolery, the popular game show host, brought Scrabble to the small screen in a 80's TV version.
- There were some censoring issues concerning some "objectionable words", but Scrabble solved the problem by coming out with one dictionary for family play and a separate one for tournament play.
- Check out the book Word Freak by Stephen Fatsis who did some in-depth Scrabble sleuthing.
Scrabble on, Scrabble dudes!
I had no idea there were other Scrabble freaks like me out there. It looks like there is only one Scrabble club in Jackson. Maybe you should start another one. A "happy hour" Scrabble club that meets at Hal and Mal's and definitely plays with the tournament dictionary.
ReplyDeleteWe have a scrabble club here which meets every fourth Thursday of the month, usually (sometimes, due to holidays, it meets earlier). I did not know so many people still played Scrabble...
ReplyDeleteI just stumbled across this post and your love for board games resonated with me. I love playing Scrabble as well. Unfortunately though, there is no Scrabble association where I live. Therefore I play online instead, or on my phone to be exact. But this way I can play wherever I want and in case I need help there are always sites like https://www.word-grabber.com and such to help out. Maybe one day we play together or rather against each other :)
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