Scrabble is commonly cited as being the world's most popular word game Truly, Scrabble is a popular board game played throughout the world on kitchen tables and in a thriving international tournament scene

The Scrabble Board Game has been experiencing phenomenal growth in popularity in recent years Invented and designed by Alfred Butts during the great depression and originally known as "Criss-Cross Words", Scrabble was renamed into the board game we know today in 1948