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How Scrabble Became A Triple Word Scoring Legend Of Board Games
Manage episode 291909328 series 2922787
It's National Scrabble Day, marking the birth of the person who started it all. Here's some of how Alfred Mosher Butts and, later, James Brunot turned the game originally called Lexiko got its start. Plus: on this day in 1818, the U.S. begins adding stars (but no longer adding stripes) for each new state.
A Short History of Scrabble (and Some Fun Scrabble Facts) (New England Historical Society)
Only the Beginning (New Yorker)
Grand Old Flag (Library of Congress)
"Backer" is my favorite word, become one today on Patreon!
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1339 episodes
Manage episode 291909328 series 2922787
It's National Scrabble Day, marking the birth of the person who started it all. Here's some of how Alfred Mosher Butts and, later, James Brunot turned the game originally called Lexiko got its start. Plus: on this day in 1818, the U.S. begins adding stars (but no longer adding stripes) for each new state.
A Short History of Scrabble (and Some Fun Scrabble Facts) (New England Historical Society)
Only the Beginning (New Yorker)
Grand Old Flag (Library of Congress)
"Backer" is my favorite word, become one today on Patreon!
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coolweirdawesome/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coolweirdawesome/support
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