What kind of words can I find in the Scrabble dictionary that have been banned?
Playing Scrabble involves adding verbal skills to a game of chance. This is how creator Alfred Mosher Butts envisioned the diversion when he invented it in 1931. Originally called Lexico, a copyright was taken out on the game in 1948 after Butts joined with James Brunot for distribution. When the then-chairman of Macy’s department store, Jack Strauss, sought the game for his stores, it because a world-wide phenomenon quickly after. Today, the game of Scrabble is played throughout the world. Local, national, and international tournaments abound for the best players to show off their skills. While chance factors into the letters you choose, it is your expertise as a player that is challenged when it comes time to make words out of the random letters you have picked. Advanced Scrabble players can use dictionaries to challenge other players’ words. Beginners will find dictionaries helpful in improving their own word scores and building their vocabularies. Sources:
