Words can mean everything

Letters become words. Words become sentences. Chapters become chapters. The game with words Scrabble is a chapter in itself. The „nuts and bolts“ in this game are the brain cells that are strained. „There is no such word“. A phrase that a player likes to say over and over again when you do not know the word. Thinking about whether you can score many points with a long word. Expand a laid word with letters. Scrabble has been fascinated by the world of letters for decades.

The success story of a word game

Scrabble. A game that conquered the world since 1931. The American architect Alfred Mosher Butts then invented under the name „Lexiko“ the first version of Scrabble , Later, he expanded the game by a game board and called it „Criss-Crosswords“. However, the game was not crowned with success. Only by the lawyer James Brunot, the game was developed and found his name Scrabble 1948. The game board, a bag of 102 letters and letters for the letters make up the equipment of this word game. Different letter values ​​are applied to the stones. The highest points are reached with the letters „Y“ and „Q“. You can achieve ten points each. Followed by „Ö“ with eight points. As an aid, there are Joker stones that are without imprint. No points will be awarded here.

Scrabble for clever minds

In North America was and is Scrabble a game that quickly inspired people. In Europe, however, it took several years. Until 1987 was played with only eight letters. Only the change in 1987 brought the breakthrough. Even tournaments are played – with timings set by watches like one Chessbe used. Horizontal and vertical words on the field are placed in both variants private and in competition. Diagonal word formations are not allowed. There are extra points like the triple word value. Here, the points are counted tripled. Abbreviations are generally prohibited. Super Scrabble or Scrabble Blitz are variants of the classic. Scrabble Freestyle or Scrabble Trickster are deviations from the original. Scrabble often found himself in literature. With „Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy“ or „Calvin and Hobbes“ Scrabble is somehow part of the story. Known is Scrabble – no question. Even with TV series or films is scrabbled. Roman Polanski saw Ma Farrow discover a diabolical connection in Scorpble’s „Rosemary’s Baby“. Also Loriot has portrayed in the film „Oedipussi“ the quarrels that can trigger Scrabble humorously. Instead of „dog nose“ it must be called „dog nose“. „Then jellyfish would have been right before.“

The spread of the game giant Scrabble

Scrabble achieves something that has made this game so popular and popular. The discussions. Thinking about what to do with the existing letters. In 29 languages ​​the game has been published in words. There are numerous versions of Scrabble on the internet that you can play online. Scrabble means translated paw. People scramble around a game board staring at letters for hours. You should have patience until the opponent or until you have used all the letters yourself. The game ends when all letters are on the clipboard. If no player can create a new letter or form new words, the game is over. The player with the most points has won. It is therefore like in real life: Who can talk best, prevails. Scrabble has, like other classics in the field of board Gamesa high priority. Letters just become words. Words become sentences. Chapters become chapters. Scrabble has been and remains a success story.