Home›Party and Word Games›Age Suitability›ChildrenBrowse ByChildrenFactsChildrenFAQsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of OriginWell-attested1931 1ChildrenFilter Results7 entriesSportAllBoard Game (1)Card Game (1)Children's Game (1)Dice Game (1)Party Game (2)Tabletop Game (1)Word Game (1)Player CountAllLarge Group or Variable (4)Small Group (3-6 Players) (3)Two-Player (1)Origin RegionAllFrance (1)United States (2)Origin YearAll1911 (1)1956 (1)1973 (1)1991 (1)2005 (1)Playing Time BandAll30 to 90 Minutes (1)Under 30 Minutes (1)Skill or LuckAllMixed (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 7Are You a Werewolf?ChildrenCranium WhoonuChildrenKnock Out (tabletop game)ChildrenPerquackeyChildrenPig (card game)ChildrenTête à TotoChildrenThe UngameChildrenFAQsWhy is Scrabble grouped with games like Charades and Trivial Pursuit?Scrabble is the tree's one dedicated word game and is grouped here rather than given its own singleton category.Party and Word Games covers social games played in a group for entertainment rather than sustained strategic depth, including Charades, Pictionary, Taboo and Trivial Pursuit. Scrabble is included as the tree's one dedicated word game, grouped here rather than given its own singleton category, since it shares the casual group setting of the other games in this family.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.