Scrabble
1948
BGG Geek Rating
6.1
based on 34,537 ratings
BGG Average Rating
6.3
community average
BGG Ranking
#2379
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Players
2-4
Weight
2.06/5.00
Playtime
90 min
Age
10+
⚙️ Game Mechanics
How this game works - core systems and player actions
🎨 Artists
🏢 Publishers
Holdson
Refax Oy
Clementoni
Selchow & Righter
Cadaco
Parker Brothers
Labo-Mix
Production & Marketing Company
Juegos Crone
Drechsler
Borras Plana S.A.
Cappelen Damm AS
Barnes & Noble
SYU Creation
Tinderbox Games
CEFA (Celulosa Fabril S. A.)
KADABRA
Otto Maier Verlag
The Op Games
Winning Moves Games (USA)
Chieftain Products
Brio AB
Jumbo
N.W. Damm & Søn (Damm)
Fundex
Paul Lamond Games Ltd
Super Impulse
Winning Solutions (WS Game Company)
Murfett
Playmix
Spectrum Games Corporation
Spil hf.
Sio
Schowanek
Milton Bradley
ren ehf.
Alga
NeoTroy Games
Zontik Games
ToyCo
Falomir Juegos
Hearth & Hand with Magnolia
Kuvataide
Dino Toys s. r. o.
Estrela
Habourdin International
Spear's Games
Joker
Max Ploys
T. R. Urban & Co.
YOHAN
Casa Estanciero S.R.L.
Piatnik
Xalingo Brinquedos
Hasbro
(Unknown)
Korea Boardgames
📖 About This Game
In this classic word game, players use their seven drawn letter-tiles to form words on the gameboard. Each word laid out earns points based on the commonality of the letters used, with certain board spaces giving bonuses. But a word can only be played if it uses at least one already-played tile or adds to an already-played word. This leads to slightly tactical play, as potential words are rejected because they would give an opponent too much access to the better bonus spaces.
Skip-a-cross was licensed by Selchow & Righter and manufactured by Cadaco. Both games have identical rules but Skip-a-cross has tiles and racks made of cardboard instead of wood. The game was also published because not enough Scrabble games were manufactured to meet the demand.