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Scrabble. Production and Marketing Company, 1948.

Scrabble, formerly known as “Criss-Cross Words,” was invented during the Great Depression by Alfred Mosher Butts. Butts was an unemployed architect who wanted to produce a game that combined words and chance. Scrabble has become one of the world’s most popular games, promoting instruction in vocabulary and spelling, as well as a lifelong passion for words.

 
 

 

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