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Year Scrabble was invented:
1931
Scrabble was invented during the Great Depression by Alfred Butts, an out-of-work architect from Poughkeepsie, NY.
Source: The Independent, 11/16/2005
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Year of the first annual Scrabble world championship:
1991
Source: The Independent, 11/16/2005
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Number of Scrabble sets handmade and sold in 1949:
2,251
James Brunot officially registered the game in 1948 and hand-made and sold 2,251 sets in 1949. The venture lost him $450.
Source: The Independent, 11/16/2006
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Highest possible opening move score in Scrabble:
124
Bezique and cazique are the best possible opening moves in Scrabble, each worth 124 points.
Source: The Independent, 11/16/2005
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