BUZZ ISSUE-U:BEE ONLINE #01

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