Classic Scrabble

* Scrabble was invented in 1938 by architect Alfred Mosher Butts. Butts created the game as a variation of another word game he invented, Lexiko.

* Alfred Butts decided on the frequency and distribution of letters in Scrabble by analyzing the front page of the New York Times. He used a penknife to cut his first set of wooden Scrabble tiles.

* The original name of Scrabble was "Criss-Crosswords."

* ETAERIO is the seven-letter word most likely to appear on a Scrabble rack.

* There is a Braille version of Scrabble.

Scrabble - The Classic Crossword Game

Tile Lock Scrabble

Scrabble - Diamond Anniversary Edition

Scrabble Platinum Edition with Rotating Board

Super Scrabble Deluxe Edition

Scrabble Premier Wood Edition

* There is just one Q in a Scrabble game.

* The highest known score for a single word in competition Scrabble is 392. In 1982, Dr. Saladin Khoshnaw achieved this score for the word "caziques," which means "Indian chief."

* Scrabble is a real word. It means "to scratch frantically."

* Scrabble was a daytime game show (on NBC), hosted by Chuck Woolery, from July 1984 to March 1990. A second run of the show aired from January to June, 1993.

* The highest possible score a player can get in Scrabble, on a first turn, is for the word MUZJIKS (128 points).