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Scrabble Facts

Scrabble came about as a variation of the game Lexikos. Although created in 1939 by Alfred Mosher Butts, Scrabble, originally called Criss-Crosswords, wasn't manufactured until 1948. James Brunot was the one who manufactured the board game and at first, it wasn't successful. However, once Macy's decided to carry it, sales improved.

Board
- There are 225 squares on a Scrabble board---15 squares across and 15 spaces down. Originally, there was no board, just the tiles.
Words
- The highest score on a first turn ever gotten is 128. This is for the word "muzjiks", which means "Russian peasant." The highest known single-word score is 392 points for the word "caziques," which means "Indian chief" or "American oriole." There are also 92 two-letter words that one can use in Scrabble, 10 of them just vowels.
Households
- Sold in more than 100 countries and in more than 25 languages, Scrabble is truly a worldwide game. One in three U.S. households has Scrabble games.
TV
- "Scrabble" was a TV game show from July 1984 to March 1990 and again from January to June 1993.
Bonus Points
- If a player uses all his tiles in one turn, he gets a bonus of 50 points. In America and Canada they call this a bingo.

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