The original version of the board game Scrabble was created by architect James Mosher Butts as "criss cross words" in 1938. In 1948 James Brunot purchased the rights, made a few changes & changed the name to "Scrabble".
In 1938, architect Alfred Mosher Butts created the game as a variation on an earlier word game he invented called Lexiko. (Wikipedia)
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In 1931, Alfred Mosher Butts created a word game called Lexico. In 1938, he then renamed the game to Criss Crosswords. In 1948, he and a man named James Brunot decided to make some changes on the rules and design of the game and renamed it to Scrabble, which was also trademarked that year. In 1949, the Scrabble game was released to the public.
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Scrabble game board was first created in 1938 by an American architect Alfred Mosher Butts. James Brunot bought the right to manufacture the game in 1948. He also gave the game its name "Scrabble".
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