Home›Party and Word Games›Origin RegionBrowse ByOrigin RegionOrigin region names the specific place where a game was actually first played. Wikipedia notes "rugby football started at Rugby School in Rugby, Warwickshire, England," a single school whose name the sport still carries. This dimension shows which places have given the world their own distinctive games.FactsOrigin RegionFAQsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of OriginWell-attested1931 1Origin RegionFilter Results20 entriesSportAllBoard Game (4)Card Game (5)Children's Game (5)Dice Game (1)Drinking Game (2)Game of Chance (1)Party Game (7)Puzzle (1)Trivia Game (2)Video Game (2)Word Game (11)Player CountAllLarge Group or Variable (5)Single-Player (2)Small Group (3-6 Players) (7)Team-Based (Two Teams) (3)Two-Player (4)Origin YearAll1899 (1)1911 (1)1932 (1)1938 (2)1948 (1)1956 (1)1964 (1)1979 (1)1984 (1)1990 (1)1991 (1)1999 (1)2002 (1)2003 (1)2004 (1)2008 (2)2009 (1)2011 (1)2014 (1)2015 (1)2021 (1)Derived FromAllCelebrity (game) (1)Playing Time BandAll30 to 90 Minutes (1)Skill or LuckAllMixed (1)Age SuitabilityAllChildren (1)Family (1)Admission YearAll1790 (1)Area (sq km)All4001 (1)13,883 (1)20,272 (1)25,436 (1)51,209 (1)56,561 (1)78,871 (1)88,499 (1)100,472 (1)242,500 (1)338,455 (1)377,975 (1)632,702.3 (1)7,688,287 (2)9,572,900 (1)9,866,632 (1)9,984,670 (1)10,186,000 (1)24,709,000 (1)Country CountAll1 (1)23 (1)44 (1)Government TypeAllConstitutional Monarchy (4)One-Party (1)Republic (11)Highest Elevation (m)All2228 (1)5642 (1)6190 (1)Income GroupAllHigh (11)Upper-Middle (5)Independence or Founding YearAll843 (1)1776 (1)1801 (1)1867 (1)1901 (1)1917 (1)1945 (1)1947 (1)1949 (1)1991 (3)1992 (1)1993 (1)2006 (2)LandlockedAllNo (13)Yes (3)PopulationAll622,902 (1)1,114,521 (1)1,836,713 (1)2,135,107 (1)3,412,000 (1)3,866,233 (1)5,652,881 (1)6,532,019 (1)10,915,839 (1)27,801,023 (2)41,417,056 (1)51,106,229 (1)69,081,996 (1)69,414,000 (1)122,587,000 (1)340,587,000 (1)592,296,233 (1)745,173,774 (1)1,407,698,000 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 20AustraliaOrigin Region1 entryAustraliaOrigin Region2 entriesBosnia and HerzegovinaOrigin Region1 entryCanadaOrigin Region2 entriesChinaOrigin Region1 entryCroatiaOrigin Region1 entryCzechiaOrigin Region2 entriesEuropeOrigin Region1 entryFinlandOrigin Region1 entryFranceOrigin Region1 entryJapanOrigin Region1 entryMontenegroOrigin Region1 entryNorth AmericaOrigin Region2 entriesNorth MacedoniaOrigin Region1 entryRhode IslandOrigin Region1 entrySerbiaOrigin Region1 entrySloveniaOrigin Region1 entrySouth KoreaOrigin Region1 entryUnited KingdomOrigin Region6 entriesUnited StatesOrigin Region12 entriesFAQsWhy 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.