The World Scrabble Championships

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Published on June 6, 2020 7:24:07 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2Q1D6wJqJI

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The World Scrabble Championship is the most prestigious title in competitive English–language Scrabble. It has been held every second year since 1991.

The number of players invited to the tournament has risen steadily since 1991. A set number of places is allocated to each competing country and it is then up to individual countries' national associations to determine which of their players will represent them. This is typically done by means of a national rating system or qualifier tournaments or some combination of the two. A good performance by a national team according to specific criteria will earn further permanent places for that country.

Scrabble was invented by an unemployed American architect named Alfred Butts, who started tinkering with a word game in 1933. Originally called Lexico, Butts gradually developed the game over the next five years. He also changed its name a number of times, from Lexico to New Anagrams, to Alph, Criss-Cross, Criss-Crosswords, and finally to Scrabble.

In December 1948, Scrabble received a copyright and trademark approval. Its popularity has skyrocketed since then. More than 100 million games in 27 languages have been sold around the world.

The winner of the third World Championships, which was held in London, was David Boys from Canada who defeated Joel Sharman from the USA.