During the time of the Great Depression in the 1930's, a jobless architect called Alfred Mosher Butts was determined to create a board game. After basic market research he came to a decision that games typically fall into three segments: number games like Dice and Bingo (link bingo game); move games like Chess (link chess game) and checkers; and word games like anagrams.
Alfred wished to develop a game that merged the vocabulary skills of puzzles along with an extra element of chance. The game of Scrabble was initially called Lexico, but Alfred was determined to call the game “Criss-Cross Words”.
The game boards for the initial Criss-Cross Words game were handmade using his architectural drafting skills, reproduced through blueprinting and pasted on checkerboards. The tiles too were handwritten and stuck to quarter-inch balsa and cut to match the board.
The initial years were a struggle for the game of Scrabble. In the early 1950s, the president of Macy’s spotted the game on vacation, and wanted to purchase it for his store. Within a year, the game became so popular that everyone wanted a Scrabble set of their own.
A lot has changed since then, the game of Scrabble is now played online but the essence of the game still remains the same. It is a popular game among people of all age groups, which is a rare feat.
If you are looking for a quick scrabble game to play online, the Mela app is the perfect choice for you. You can assess all the letters displayed on the screen and make small or long meaningful words.
Here are some tricks that will help you play online Scrabble like a pro.
You can improve your Scrabble game skills by: