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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Scrabble (in North America) canonical | 1 |
| The Scrabble Game | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5307281 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scrabble (in North America) Context triple: [Hasbro, owns, Scrabble (in North America)]
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A.
Scramble Board
Scramble Board was a popular recurring word-guessing game segment on the television music and dance show "Soul Train."
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B.
Wheel of Fortune
Wheel of Fortune is a long-running American television game show in which contestants solve word puzzles to win cash and prizes by spinning a large carnival-style wheel.
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C.
UNO
UNO is a public research university located in Omaha, Nebraska, known for its urban campus and strong community engagement.
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D.
UNO
UNO is a public research university in New Orleans, Louisiana, known for its diverse academic programs and strong ties to the city's culture and economy.
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E.
Solitaire
Solitaire is a fictional psychic tarot reader and Bond girl who appears as a key ally and love interest to James Bond in the novel and film "Live and Let Die."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scrabble (in North America) Target entity description: 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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A.
Scramble Board
Scramble Board was a popular recurring word-guessing game segment on the television music and dance show "Soul Train."
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B.
Wheel of Fortune
Wheel of Fortune is a long-running American television game show in which contestants solve word puzzles to win cash and prizes by spinning a large carnival-style wheel.
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C.
UNO
UNO is a public research university located in Omaha, Nebraska, known for its urban campus and strong community engagement.
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D.
UNO
UNO is a public research university in New Orleans, Louisiana, known for its diverse academic programs and strong ties to the city's culture and economy.
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E.
Solitaire
Solitaire is a fictional psychic tarot reader and Bond girl who appears as a key ally and love interest to James Bond in the novel and film "Live and Let Die."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
board game
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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
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double word score ⓘ triple letter score ⓘ triple word score ⓘ |
| challengeRule | players may challenge invalid words ⓘ |
| coDeveloper | James Brunot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| directionOfWords |
left-to-right
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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
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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
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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
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probability assessment ⓘ strategy ⓘ vocabulary ⓘ |
| startingTileCountPerPlayer | 7 ⓘ |
| tileSetSize | 100 tiles ⓘ |
| tournamentDictionary | NASPA Word List NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesComponent |
15×15 game board
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letter tiles ⓘ tile bag ⓘ tile racks ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Scrabble (in North America) Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Scrabble Game