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the game we know as Scrabble.<br />
of<br />
determine how many tiles there<br />
To<br />
New York Times.<br />
The<br />
for example, Q is a letter that<br />
So,<br />
least often in any English text,<br />
occurs<br />
Alfred Mosher Butts decided that<br />
and<br />
Butts named his game Lexico,<br />
Mosher<br />
changed the name to Criss-Cross<br />
then<br />
His friend and eventual<br />
Words.<br />
partner James Brunot came<br />
business<br />
the game began to be produced<br />
rules,<br />
large quantities.<br />
in<br />
SCRABBLE<br />
BY TOBY SPENCER<br />
In 1933, New York City architect Alfred<br />
The game is sold in 121<br />
countries and is<br />
"PERFECT available in 29 FOR<br />
PARTIES languages; AND<br />
approximately 150<br />
CELEBRATIONS"<br />
million sets have been<br />
sold worldwide.<br />
Mosher Butts created an early version<br />
should be and how many points each<br />
letter should be worth, he calculated<br />
letter frequency on the front page of<br />
it should be a letter that there is only<br />
up with the name Scrabble in the late<br />
one tile of, and that one tile would be<br />
1930s.<br />
worth 10 points,<br />
Originally the game was turned down<br />
by many board game makers of the<br />
time but with perseverance and<br />
changing the name and some of the<br />
Scrabble was later produced in many<br />
foreign languages, Braille, and<br />
magnetic editions and continues to be<br />
one of the leading board-and-tile<br />
games .<br />
NEARLY HALF OF UK HOMES<br />
HAVE A VERSION OF SCRABBLE<br />
IN THEIR CUPBOARDS!<br />
Issue One:October 2018 / buzz@ubee.org.uk / www.ubee.org.uk / Page 10