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English-language Scrabble
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<p>English-language <a href="/facts/Scrabble/BxpF5qNv">Scrabble</a> is the original version of the popular word-based <a href="/facts/Board_game/ctkuzWJU">board game</a> invented in 1938 by US architect <a href="/facts/Alfred_Mosher_Butts/V5uxA9om">Alfred Mosher Butts</a>, who based the game on <a href="/facts/English_language/tpkxGt7b">English</a> letter distribution in <i><a href="/facts/The_New_York_Times/T9marWVX">The New York Times</a></i>. The Scrabble variant most popular in English is standard match play, where two players compete over a series of games. <a href="/facts/Duplicate_Scrabble/CdJC8qyg">Duplicate Scrabble</a> is not popular in English, and <a href="/facts/High_score_Scrabble/9XpMXlWR">High score Scrabble</a> is no longer practised. </p><p>Although English is a worldwide language, the official list of allowable words and some tournament rules differ between territories. </p>