Home›Party and Word Games›NationalityBrowse ByNationalityNationality groups athletes by the country each one represented. Wikipedia describes Pele as "a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward," a nationality he represented on the pitch to win three World Cups. This dimension shows which countries produced the athletes behind a given sport's history.FactsNationalityFAQsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of OriginWell-attested1931 1NationalityFilter Results8 entriesGame PlayedAllCrossword (1)Poker (1)Scrabble (7)Active EraAll1946 (1)1951 (1)1952 (1)1962 (1)1966 (1)1967 (1)1969 (1)1975 (1)1979 (1)1982 (1)1984 (1)1985 (1)1989 (1)1993 (1)2000 (1)Competition CategoryAllIndividual (8)CompetitionAllNorth American Scrabble Championship (1)World Scrabble Championship (8)Area (sq km)All242,500 (1)263,310 (1)330,803 (1)513,120 (1)923,769 (1)7,688,287 (1)9,866,632 (1)9,984,670 (1)Government TypeAllConstitutional Monarchy (6)Republic (2)Income GroupAllHigh (5)Lower-Middle (1)Upper-Middle (2)Independence or Founding YearAll1768 (1)1776 (1)1801 (1)1867 (1)1901 (1)1947 (1)1957 (1)1960 (1)LandlockedAllNo (8)PopulationAll5,355,220 (1)27,801,023 (1)34,374,300 (1)41,417,056 (1)65,975,198 (1)69,414,000 (1)242,747,130 (1)340,587,000 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 8AustraliaNationality1 entryCanadaNationality4 entriesMalaysiaNationality1 entryNew ZealandNationality1 entryNigeriaNationality1 entryThailandNationality2 entriesUnited KingdomNationality4 entriesUnited StatesNationality15 entriesFAQsWhy does this atlas treat Scrabble champions as athletes?Scrabble champions and professional competitors are carried as athlete entities, matching this atlas's treatment of mind sports generally.This subcategory groups athletes who competed in Scrabble, the word-formation tile game, including Scrabble champions and professional competitors. Players of other tile or board games are grouped under their own categories, since this atlas treats each mind sport's top competitors as athlete entities in their own right.Sources1. Wikipedia: Scrabbletier 2WikipediaScrabble, History sectionQuote, Scrabble, History sectionIn 1931 in Poughkeepsie, New York, the American architect Alfred Mosher Butts created the game as a variation on an earlier word game he invented, called Lexiko.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.