From this week's New Yorker - a whole glorious article by Judith Thurman about Scrabble entitled "Spreading the Word"!!
Some Facts:
1. Invented during the Depression by Alfred Mosher Butts
2. Butts created "Lexiko" based on a story by Edgar Allen Poe - "The Gold Bug"
3. Changed name to Criss-Cross Words in 1938
4. James Brunot - served on the War Relief Control Board under Roosevelt, assumes marketing duties in 1947 - renames "Scrabble"
5. 1952- Jack Strauss, chairman of Macy's, orders lots of "Scrabble" triggers avalanche
6. 1954- 3,798,555 "Scrabbles" were sold
Go to sites to play Scrabble online (Good luck stopping once you start!0
1. Games.com
2. Lexulous.com
3. quadplex.com
4. The Pixie Pitt - British site
5. ISC.ro
Cultural Relevance:
1. You Tube clip by Kreole Parody to tune of Fergie's "Glamorous"
Thanks for such a lovely post. I love Scrabble even though i have been playing it for only a year or so.
ReplyDeleteGreetings from London.