Product Description

The classic crossword game played by millions around the world! Use your seven letters to build crosswords, and use bonus spaces to add to your score! Genuine wooden letter tiles and racks. For two to four players.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #75 in Toys & Games
• Brand: Hasbro
• Model: 4024 S5
• Dimensions: 15.00" h x 2.00" w x 14.00" l, 2.00 pounds

Features

• Word-forming board game
• Score as many points as you can by forming words from the letters on the tiles
• Bonus squares on the board give double or triple letter word points
• Use all 7 tiles in your hand and score 50 bonus points
• For 2 to 4 players

Editorial Review
After all these years, it's still hard to get a triple word score, the tiles are still made of wood, and there's only one "X" in the whole box. The game of Scrabble has sparked feuds and a near-cult following. All the fuss is over a spelling game that hasn't had an upgrade in 50 years. It takes a little luck and a lot of skill to make high-scoring words out of seven little letters, sometimes with an overabundance of vowels and letters that don't go together--sometimes there's Q without U. Two to four players battle it out on the board, and while some players might be proud of impressive words ("I spelled gestalt!"), skilled players know how to use the premium letter and word squares on the 225-square board to their best advantage. This crossword game has strict rules (no names, no slang) and comes with a warning label: "Choose a dictionary first to avoid any ugly word disputes." --Lynne Sampson

From the Manufacturer
Test your vocabulary with the one and only all-American crossword game with genuine wood tiles and racks.

Customer Reviews

Scrabble, One of the Best Games in Life
Scrabble (Scrabble: Classic Edition) is an entertaining way both to stimulate young brains and to keep mature brains developing. This kind of play is beneficial. There is nothing wasteful about the time spent playing Scrabble. (Unless you are playing with someone who spends too long trying to think of a word.)

There is some correction needed on the description of Scrabble. One is the age limit! It is recommended that a player be eight years of age to enter the Scrabble community; but with today's child prodigies, I think this age for eligibility could be lowered to six. Since the pieces are tiny, and the wood looks delicious, it is not safe to leave around where it could entice little ones to eat them; otherwise younger brilliant children could use the tiles for their enlightenment when the game is not being used by the conventional players. The upper age for playing Scrabble is ninety-nine. I don't know why one-hundred-year-olds would want to give up Scrabble!

With the widespread concern about the waste of fuel, maybe it is time to play more Scrabble. This game is fun, and it has been around unchanged for about fifty years. People still love it. It requires nothing but two, three, or four brains and a comfortable place to spread the board. Every household needs a Scrabble game. Despite its longstanding popularity it is still reasonably priced. It would make an ideal gift for many occasions.

Classic Scrabble
Unfortunately, this low cost Scrabble board has no insert to secure the letters so, at the slightest jolt they go all over the place.
I would not buy again.

R Boyer

Scrabble, an old game, but still fun.
Since I purchased this Scrabble game as a Christmas gift for one of my granddaughters, I cannot answer any more questions about it. It will not be opened for another month or so. It is sealed and I don't want to break that seal to look inside. I am unable to answer the query with the stars above because I have not seen the inside of this game, nor have I played it with my grandchild yet. I have played Junior Scrabble with my granddaughter and she liked it a lot.