Home›Party and Word Games›Skill or Luck›MixedBrowse ByMixedFactsMixedFAQsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of OriginWell-attested1931 1MixedFilter Results19 entriesSportAllBoard Game (5)Card Game (2)Dice Game (1)Party Game (6)Trivia Game (5)Word Game (5)Player CountAllLarge Group or Variable (7)Single-Player (1)Small Group (3-6 Players) (13)Team-Based (Two Teams) (3)Two-Player (4)Origin RegionAllCzechia (1)North America (1)United States (3)Origin YearAll1956 (1)1964 (1)1973 (1)1979 (1)1982 (1)1985 (1)1988 (1)1990 (1)1996 (1)1998 (1)1999 (1)2004 (1)2005 (1)2006 (2)2007 (1)2015 (2)Derived FromAllCharades (1)Playing Time BandAll30 to 90 Minutes (2)Under 30 Minutes (1)Age SuitabilityAllAdult (1)Children (2)Family (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 19Apples to ApplesMixedAre You a Werewolf?MixedBananagramsMixedBezzerwizzerMixedBookchaseMixedCodenames (board game)MixedCranium WhoonuMixedExploding KittensMixedFacts in FiveMixedIn a Pickle (card game)MixedMad GabMixedPerquackeyMixedPictionaryMixedQuiddlerMixedScattergoriesMixedThe UngameMixedTriBondMixedTrivial PursuitMixedUpwordsMixedFAQsWhy 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.