Scrabble is a word game produced by Hasbro in North America and Mattel Games elsewhere.
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Hasbro (North America)
1938−1948
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The game, then called "Criss Cross Words", was first produced in small numbers starting in 1938. Alfred Mosher Butts, the game's inventor, unsuccessfully tried to sell the game to major manufacturers.
1948–1950
In 1948, the name was changed to "Scrabble".
1950−1965
1965–2008
2003–2008
2008–2014
2014–present
202?–present (website)
Alternate variant
Mattel (International)
1955–19??
J. W. Spear & Sons (now a subsidiary of Mattel) began selling the game in Australia and the UK on January 19, 1955.
19??–2000
2000–2013
2013–present
