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==History==

==History==

Alfred Mosher Butts invented the Scrabble crossword game in its current form in 1948 based, at least in part, on his previous games Lexiko and Criss Cross Words.  He purportedly determined the frequency of the letter tiles in the game by counting letter usage in the New York Time.  He began by selling them individually by mail order until he partnered with James Brunot and his newly formed Production and Marketing company.

Alfred Mosher Butts invented the Scrabble [[crossword]] game in its current form in 1948 based, at least in part, on his previous games Lexiko and Criss Cross Words.  He purportedly determined the frequency of the letter tiles in the game by counting letter usage in the New York Time.  He began by selling them individually by mail order until he partnered with James Brunot and his newly formed Production and Marketing company.

The game struggled in its early years until sales began dramatically increasing in 1952.  The game was purchased by Selchow & Righter in 1971.  Following the windfall created by [[Trivial Pursuit]], and its subsequent crash,  Selchow sold their properties to Coleco Industries in 1986.  Coleco was subsequently acquired by Hasbro in 1988 and Scrabble has remained with them since.

The game struggled in its early years until sales began dramatically increasing in 1952.  The game was purchased by Selchow & Righter in 1971.  Following the windfall created by [[Trivial Pursuit]], and its subsequent crash,  Selchow sold their properties to Coleco Industries in 1986.  Coleco was subsequently acquired by Hasbro in 1988 and Scrabble has remained with them since.