National Scrabble Day is observed annually on April 13th. Being that over 150 million copies of Scrabble have been sold across the globe, it is a game that truly deserves to be recognized! Make sure you honor this beloved game by playing some Scrabble on April 13th! Also, don’t forget to use the hashtag #NationalScrabbleDay on social media when you post about this special day!
National Scrabble Day is observed annually on April 13th. April 13th specifically was chosen in honor of Scrabble’s inventor, Alfred Mosher Butts. Butts was born on April 13th, 1899.
Alfred Mosher Butts photographed with Scrabble game.
Here's a feed of some our favorite, most clever, and funniest National Scrabble Day public social media posts
It’s #NationalScrabbleDay! In this time of everyone working together by staying safe at home, we want to help you stay connected with friends and family. We have some really fun stuff in store today that will do just that. Stay tuned! #ScrabbleDay pic.twitter.com/2vre4gHxEM
— Scrabble GO (@ScrabbleGO) April 13, 2020
HAPPY #NationalScrabbleDay TO MY BRAND 😂🤣😂 Today is going to be a great day!! pic.twitter.com/lkEIDIo1Yj
— Amber HUGGED TAYLOR 😭 (@_Swiftie91_) April 13, 2019
You complete me. #NationalScrabbleDay pic.twitter.com/pb0tnRPZHK
— Amazon Prime Video (@PrimeVideo) April 14, 2017
#NationalScrabbleday
— someecards (@someecards) April 13, 2017
Written by @spies_please
https://t.co/RHvGeBYLjZ pic.twitter.com/rBPUKEhcwq
Happy #NationalScrabbleDay! We drew the best letters 😉 pic.twitter.com/TYmB6psGWK
— FedEx (@FedEx) April 13, 2017
#NationalScrabbleday
— someecards (@someecards) April 13, 2017
Written by @SokolAdam https://t.co/PNcm2pa9IR pic.twitter.com/YmtnWmzAsS
#NationalScrabbleDay: an excuse to play Scrabble all. day. long.
— Amazon.com (@amazon) April 13, 2016
FUN! (6 points) https://t.co/tNBnKmqhH7 pic.twitter.com/EtB0lHdKSQ
Today is #NationalScrabbleDay! There's no better time to #stayhome and play a board game than now during this #coronavirus quarantine. Visit https://t.co/b62cUOfOnQ for all the latest from #OurCounty on #COVIDー19. #staypositive pic.twitter.com/ZQ4Gv1lyVF
— 305 Mosquito Control (@305Mosquito) April 13, 2020
It's National Scrabble Day! The team @ InLine4You would like to spread a little love your way thru this engaging game of words. What's the highest scoring word you've ever played in Scrabble?#nationalscrabbleday #scrabble #quarantine #covid_19 #love #InLine4You #linesitting #app pic.twitter.com/9UENjXJ5Sn
— InLine4You app (@InLine_4You) April 13, 2020
Cant play this one without a blank tile...Only two Z tiles are in the Scrabble bag.Happy #NationalScrabbleDay ! Shown: #ZoyaGiahttp://t.co/tjUbcSzSUB…/Zoya/Zoya-Nail-Polish-Gia.html pic.twitter.com/7A8L9EPguH
— ZOYA Nail Polish (@ZoyaNailPolish) April 13, 2015
Even the *(past/current) Super Bowl Champs got in on the action.Happy #NationalScrabbleDay to Zzyzx, California. Maybe someday proper nouns will count. http://t.co/giXo3zxCDw pic.twitter.com/TFuCUN1xDh
— Google Maps (@googlemaps) April 13, 2015
Because apparently #NationalScrabbleDay is a thing... pic.twitter.com/ZsFIZWtiwV
— New England Patriots (@Patriots) April 13, 2015
Enjoy your day Scrabble fans #NationalScrabbleDay pic.twitter.com/0sSe7tXS6o
— Krispy Kreme UK (@krispykremeUK) April 13, 2018
Don't you just hate when someone cheats at scrabble? #NationalScrabbleDay pic.twitter.com/o4UGtl7DQ9
— Regina Spacola (@gigirules7) April 13, 2018
Grab the squad, it's #ScrabbleDay! Happy celebrating, @xtina! 💕 pic.twitter.com/9ckbEr1Gei
— Fuse (@fusetv) April 13, 2018
Scrabble has a rich history since being created in 1933 by an out of work architect named Alfred Mosher Butts.During the Great Depression in 1938, Butts, an unemployed architect, created a word game that combined crossword puzzles and anagrams. He originally named the game Lexiko, but the game had the same amount of letters and had the same point values that Scrabble still has today. Butts came up with the distribution and the point values for the letters by studying the New York Times and completing a frequency analysis. Then, he later added the 15x15 game board and changed the name to Criss-Cross Words.
Not until 1948 did the game become popular. This happened when James Brunot, a friend of Butts and one of the few people to own Criss-Cross Words at this time, bought the rights to manufacture the game. Brunot officially changed the name to Scrabble and Butts received a royalty for every copy sold. In 1952 it surged in popularity when the president of Macy’s discovered the game and decided to carry it in stores.
A few years later, Brunot sold the manufacturing rights to Salchow and Righter and it eventually became a product of Hasbro. Today, it is the ranked as the second best board game in United States History and it was inducted into the American National Toy Hall of Fame in 2004.
• Play Scrabble! If you don’t have a physical copy, you can also play online! • Host a Scrabble game night for friends or family • Check to see if there are any Scrabble tournaments being hosted in your area • Post about it on social media and use the hashtag #NationalScrabbleDay • Treat yourself with some Scrabble-themed merchandise
Scrabble is played with two to four players who score points by taking the individual lettered tiles and forming them into words by placing the tiles onto the game board which contains a grid of squares. The tiles have to be placed in crossword fashion and read left to right in rows or downward columns. The words must also be found in a standard dictionary or lexicon.
National Scrabble Day is celebrated annually on April 13th. This site has no affiliation with Hasbro or Mattel.