What is National Scrabble Day?
Every year on National Scrabble Day, April 13th, a game played around the world is recognized. Alfred Mosher Butts, who was originally named Lexiko and then Criss-Cross Words, eventually settled on the term Scrabble. In the midst of the gyrations, an amateur artist and unemployed architect invented the word game. Butts didn't begin to produce the game until 1948, a final name change and a trademark.
On a game board marked with a 15 x 15 grid, two to four players can score points by constructing words from individual lettered tiles.
Hasbro, Inc.'s Scrabble is a registered trademark of Hasbro, Inc. Scrabble is available in 121 countries in 29 different language versions. Over One hundred and fifty million sets have been sold around the world, with sets being found in nearly one-third of American households.
- 1984 – Scrabble became a daytime game show on NBC. Scrabble became a daytime game show on NBC
