Home›Party and Word Games›Playing Time Band›Under 30 MinutesBrowse ByUnder 30 MinutesFactsUnder 30 MinutesFAQsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of OriginWell-attested1931 1Under 30 MinutesFilter Results10 entriesSportAllBoard Game (1)Card Game (1)Party Game (8)Word Game (1)Player CountAllLarge Group or Variable (5)Small Group (3-6 Players) (7)Two-Player (1)Origin RegionAllCzechia (1)Origin YearAll1998 (1)2005 (2)2009 (1)2015 (2)2017 (1)2018 (1)2019 (1)2020 (1)Skill or LuckAllMixed (1)Age SuitabilityAllChildren (1)Family (3)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 10Anomia (game)Under 30 MinutesCodenames (board game)Under 30 MinutesCranium WhoonuUnder 30 MinutesExploding KittensUnder 30 MinutesHerd Mentality (party game)Under 30 MinutesJust One (board game)Under 30 MinutesPictures (board game)Under 30 MinutesQuiddlerUnder 30 MinutesThe Chameleon (party game)Under 30 MinutesWits and WagersUnder 30 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.