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Scrabble

From Erik Arneson,
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Date: 1984
Publisher: Selchow and Righter
Designer: Alfred M. Butts
Why It's Significant (in 25 words or less): Scrabble is the most popular word game in the world.
More About Scrabble: Players compete to build high-scoring words on a crossword-like board in Scrabble, which originated as Lexico and became Criss-Cross Words before eventually becoming a hit as Scrabble.

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