Home›Party and Word Games›Playing Time Band›30 to 90 MinutesBrowse By30 to 90 MinutesFacts30 to 90 MinutesFAQsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of OriginWell-attested1931 130 to 90 MinutesFilter Results18 entriesSportAllBoard Game (4)Card Game (3)Party Game (10)Tabletop Game (1)Trivia Game (3)Word Game (3)Player CountAllLarge Group or Variable (8)Single-Player (2)Small Group (3-6 Players) (9)Team-Based (Two Teams) (5)Two-Player (3)Origin RegionAllCanada (1)North America (1)United Kingdom (1)United States (4)Origin YearAll1964 (1)1979 (1)1982 (1)1984 (1)1985 (1)1986 (1)1991 (1)1996 (1)1998 (1)1999 (2)2003 (1)2004 (1)2006 (1)2011 (1)2019 (2)2021 (1)Derived FromAllCelebrity (game) (1)Charades (1)Skill or LuckAllMixed (2)Age SuitabilityAllAdult (1)Children (1)Family (3)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 18Apples to Apples30 to 90 MinutesBalderdash30 to 90 MinutesBezzerwizzer30 to 90 MinutesBlockbuster (party game)30 to 90 MinutesCards Against Humanity30 to 90 MinutesFacts in Five30 to 90 MinutesHex Hex30 to 90 MinutesIn a Pickle (card game)30 to 90 MinutesKnock Out (tabletop game)30 to 90 MinutesMad Gab30 to 90 MinutesOutburst (game)30 to 90 MinutesPictionary30 to 90 MinutesTime's Up! (game)30 to 90 MinutesTrivial Pursuit30 to 90 MinutesUpwords30 to 90 MinutesWavelength (game)30 to 90 MinutesWhat Next? (party game)30 to 90 MinutesWhat Were You Thinking?30 to 90 MinutesFAQsWhy 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.