Scrabble (in North America)

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Scrabble (in North America) is the regional version of the classic word-based board game in which players score points by forming interlocking words from letter tiles on a game board.

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Surface form Occurrences
The Scrabble Game 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf board game
tile-based game
word game
basedOn Scrabble NERFINISHED
bingoBonus 50 points
bingoDefinition using all 7 tiles in one play
blankTilePointValue 0
boardDimensions 15×15 squares
boardHasPremiumSquares double letter score
double word score
triple letter score
triple word score
challengeRule players may challenge invalid words
coDeveloper James Brunot NERFINISHED
directionOfWords left-to-right
top-to-bottom
familyDictionary Official Scrabble Players Dictionary NERFINISHED
firstMoveRequirement word must cover center star square
formerTournamentDictionary Official Tournament and Club Word List NERFINISHED
governingBodyTournamentPlay NASPA Games NERFINISHED
hasVariant North American school and family rules
North American tournament rules
language English
licenseFrom Mattel NERFINISHED
numberOfBlankTiles 2
numberOfPlayers 2–4
originalDesigner Alfred Mosher Butts NERFINISHED
playingTime 50–120 minutes
playPattern interlocking words crossword-style
primaryMarkets Canada NERFINISHED
United States NERFINISHED
publisher Hasbro NERFINISHED
randomChance medium
recommendedMinimumAge 8+
region North America
rightsHolder Hasbro NERFINISHED
scoringRule sum of tile values plus premium squares
setupTime under 5 minutes
skills anagramming
probability assessment
strategy
vocabulary
startingTileCountPerPlayer 7
tileSetSize 100 tiles
tournamentDictionary NASPA Word List NERFINISHED
usesComponent 15×15 game board
letter tiles
tile bag
tile racks

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Joiners (photographic collages) notableWork Scrabble (in North America)
this entity surface form: The Scrabble Game
Hasbro owns Scrabble (in North America)