Scrabble

Question 1

founder of Scrabble

Answer 1

Alfred Butts

Question 2

Alfred Butts invented Scrabble in

Answer 2

1931

Question 3

A key to the game was:

Answer 3

Butts‘ analysis of the English language

• studied the front page of The New York Times to calculate how frequently each letter of the alphabet was used.
• then used each letter’s frequency to determine how many of each letter he would include in the game.
• He included only four “S” tiles so that the ability to make words plural would not make the game too easy.

Question 4

Butts initially called the game “L___”, but later changed the name to “Criss Cross Words”

Answer 4

Lexiko; Criss Cross Words

Question 5

An entrepreneur and game lover who bought Butts’ board game that also renamed the game

Answer 5

James Brunot

Question 6

to grope frantically

Answer 6

Scrabble

Question 7

from Dutch “Schrabben”

Answer 7

scrape or scratch

Question 8

Scrabble board is compose of how many squares and tiles?

Answer 8

225 squares and 100 tiles

Question 9

Points per letter

Answer 9

1 pt - A, E, I, O, U, L, N, S, T,R

2 pts - D,G

3 pts - B, C, M, P

4 pts- F, H, V, W, Y

5 pts- K

8 pts - J, X

10 pts- Q,Z

Question 10

Put all letter tiles into the tile bag or any suitable container. Draw for the first play.

Answer 10

Player’s turn

Question 11

To decide word challenges, a word judge is elected by the players who may be one of them

Answer 11

Word judge

Question 12

the players must first agree on the dictionary to be used in settling challenges on what words to allow or not to allow

Answer 12

Dictionary

Question 13

A player completes a turn by counting and announcing the score for the turn

Answer 13

Completing a Turn

Question 14

Play proceeds to the left. The second player, and then each in turn, adds one or more letters to those already played to form new words.

Answer 14

Subsequent Turns

Question 15

• Adding one or more letters to a word or letters already on the board.
• placing a word at right angles to words already on the board. The new word must use one of the letters already on the board or add a letter to it.
• placing a complete word parallel to a word already played so that adjacent letters also form complete words.

Answer 15

Forming new words

Question 16

The two blank tiles may be used as any letters. When playing a blank, the player must state which letter it represents

Answer 16

Blank tiles

Question 17

Any player may use his or her turn to replace any or all of the tiles in his/her rack

Answer 17

Replacing tiles

Question 18

A player may voluntarily miss a turn. Instead of placing tiles on the board or replacing tiles, a player may also decide to pass whether or not he/she is able to make a word or words

Answer 18

Passing

Question 19

Any word may be challenged before the next player starts a turn

Answer 19

Challenge

Question 20

The score of each turn is the sum of the letter values in each word formed or modified on that turn plus the additional points obtained from placing letters on premium squares

Answer 20

Turn score

Question 21

The premium square “DOUBLE WORD SCORE” doubles the score of the word when one of the letters is placed on it, and “TRIPLE WORD SCORE” triples the score of the word when one of its letters is placed on it. Count LETTER premiums if any, before doubling or tripling the WORD score

Answer 21

Premium word squares

Question 22

The two blanks by themselves have no score value but when a blank is played on a premium word square

Answer 22

Pearly twins

Question 23

When two or more words are formed in the same play, each is scored

Answer 23

Multiple scores

Question 24

Any player who plays 7 tiles on a turn, scores a bonus of 50 points added to the total of his/her score for the turn

Answer 24

Bingo score

Question 25

The game ends when all the tiles have been drawn and one of the players has used all the tiles in his/her rack.

Answer 25

Ending the game