Scrabble Deluxe

A mutation of scrabble can be found way back in 1938 when an architect named Alfred Butts created a game based on a previous idea he had call Lexiko and named it 'criss-crosswords'. He sold a few but nothing to make any impact.

Scrabble Deluxe thats for sale is basically the same favourite game as normal scrabble only the deluxe version comes with a polished wodden fram with an embossed playing area with recesses for the wooden lettered peices. The scrabble deluxe version also comes with a revolving board so there is no more jogging the letters as you try to turn it round, or picking the short straw and being the one who ends up playing upsidedown!!

One of the few people who bought the criss-crosswords, James Brunot, later in 1948 later slightly simplified the game and re-arranged some of the squares and renamed the game 'Scabble' which incidently is actually a real word that means 'to stratch frantically'. He made just 2400 boards but one was sold to Jack Strauss in 1952 who took it upon himself to help promote the game. Later in 1952 Brunot could not keep up with the frantic demand for the game and its manufacture so he had to sell the idea and name to Selchow and Righter 1972. In 1955 Scrabble came to the UK by the new owners Mattel where we could enjoy it on our shores. Now Scrabble is of course owned by the mighty Hasbro.