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.

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

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.

Having 3 children ages 16,14 & 10, its fun for all ages and adults too. The only comment the kids said was they wish it had a grid that would keep the tiles in place. I believe that is available in a more deluxe model but we got the basic game. Overall its a great game to have in your collection.

Scrabble is a classic, fun for children and adults. The game's educational value is awesome because it provides a chance to get better at word-making from a luck-choice of letters. This game is good for family and friends. I love this game because the only luck of it is picking the letters which even makes it more educational. Scrabble is much more based on the skill of the players rather than the luck. If you are deciding to get it, I must tell you that you are making a good choice!

I hadn't played Scrabble in a long time and I forgot how much fun it is to play with friends and family. It is easy to have conversation while playing and there are always those funny "Freudian Slip" moments too!

Along with Jeopardy and Monopoly, this one is at the top of our list of our favorite games that our family most likes to play. It can provide hours of fun for the whole family, including children of all ages.

This is one of my favorite games. It is also an excellent way to enrich one's vocabulary. To this day I recommend using a dictionary when you play just to be sure no neologisms sneak in. Still, the extent to which other players will try to win can be as fun as the game itself. I love this game!

I've always enjoyed this game and was glad to see it was still available in its original form!

I've been playing Scrabble for almost 2 years now, and I profess to completely know only the 2 and 3 letter words. Scrabble really expands your vocabulary, but DON'T expect it to use them in daily life, or more commonly, not know the meaning at all. You see, to achieve Scrabble 'cramming', top players rarely, if ever memorise the word meanings. They memorise them for utility. So while you may triumph in many a word game, it will not significantly improve your English. In fact, the 2003 world champion Panupol Sujjayakorn has admitted that his English is still poor in spite of what must be a massive vocabulary numbering over a million.

I highly recommend one of the Scrabble dictionaries, to cut out those niggly disputes when a person invents and insists that a word exists. I myself use the Collins 2005 edition.

Among word games, this is king. Just don't waste all your time memorising words - there are better things to do out there. Really :).

Scrabble is a word game that anybody can play as long as they can spell in the language in which the game is being played. It can be a lot of fun but it's wise to have a dictionary at hand to settle disputes that arise when somebody creates a dubious word or spelling. The dictionary should only be used to settle disputes - leafing through its pages trying to find a word that fits your letters is definitely cheating. The game is intended to be played by between two and four players but it is possible to practise alone and I'll explain how later, though it isn't as much fun as playing against another person. If more than four people are available, they can either team up or just find something else to use instead of racks to hold the tiles.

Scrabble comes in various editions but all of them have certain things in common. There are 100 tiles each with a letter on them, four racks (one to hold each payer's tiles) and a bag into which all tiles are placed at the start of the game and from which all players draw letters as the game progresses. The main playing area is a board of 15 x 15 squares, most of which are of a standard gray color. Some squares are red, pink, dark blue or pale blue - these are premium-scoring squares (triple word, double word, triple letter, double letter respectively).

To begin with, each player draws seven tiles from the bag. The first player makes a word from any or all of their letters and places it on the board, beginning, ending or crossing the central square, which automatically gives them a double word score. (it is pink) and replaces the used tiles with a corresponding number of tiles from the bag. Subsequently, players take turns to create a new word (thereby building a crossword on the board), attempting to score as many points as possible. Any tiles added must all form part of one word and link to tiles already on the board but strategy as well as vocabulary is useful.

Most of the time, you just place letters focusing on an existing tile on the board, using that tile as part of the word you create, However, if you have a letter S in your rack, you may be able to add it to the end of an existing word while also using it as part of a word of your own, if there is clear room on the board for you to do so. Thus, you score for your own word but you also score for the word that you made into a plural. This is just one example of how you can (sometimes) score for more than word while sticking to the rules, but it teaches you not to waste S letters - keep them for when they can be most effectively used.

When there are no more tiles in the bag, play continues until one player uses up all their tiles or nobody is able to. At that point, points on unused tiles still in players' racks are deducted from their score.

To play alone is quite simple, if less satisfying. The object is to score as many points as possible. Obviously, scoring is much easier since you can build the crossword in a very open design - you aren't trying to block your opponents - but if you find that those opponents usually beat you, a bit of practice on your own might improve your chances of beating them in future.

So, if you decide to buy Scrabble, it comes down to deciding whether to buy the Deluxe edition (if you can afford it), the Travel edition (for taking away from home with you) or the standard edition. Just make sure you have that dictionary at hand to settle disputes, otherwise it won't be much fun.

A great way to pass time, teach kids how to spell and learn the meaning and purpose of words. Definatley to be played with a dictionary (I suggest the Oxford scrabble dictionary which not only tells you if words are valid but also gives their true scrabble score!) It's a good laerning curve but can cause lots of heated debate!!

This game is so much fun! Even my mom who hates to play games with me, will play this game! I like this game because everyone can play it! Fun and educational at the same time as you learn to build words and you can even use it to show how to use a word and grow from it. I think this game is worth the money they charge. My only regret is that I didn't get one with a turn table luckily my mom had one from the 70's and we use it. My advise buy this game!

Scrabble is a really fun game where you spell out words with little wooden tiles that have letters on them. My sister and I play it a lot. It is also very educational because you learn loads of new words every time you play! How can any person in the right mind not absolutely be crazy about scrabble?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Scrabble is my favorite board game of all time. It is fun to play and does not ever get boring. The game is not only fun and challenging but it is very educational. The game is made up of about 30% luck and about 70% skill. This is about the perfect percentage breakdown. There is enough luck involved so that everyone has a chance to win(if the skill levels are not too different) and enough skill involved so that the game does not ever become boring.

Adults love this game because it's challenging and makes them think, and the educational opportunities for kids to broaden their vocabularies and learn spelling skills are obvious. Suggest buying a dictionary as an accessory. This is a great game and will continue to stand the test of time

I think anyone should have a scrabble set lying around somewhere. It's a classic game and even though all these new games are coming out, it's still a great favorite. I think children and adults can pay and havea lot of fun. I still have ny first set from when I was a kid and enjoy playing with my friends and children. The tiles should be heavier or somthing so that the tiles don't move around on the board so much.

I love this game. I play this game often. It taeches you how to sspell and is very educational.

This game is a lot of fun and is very educational. It increases your word power and vocabulary and is very versatile.

This is a classic game, what else can be said about it?

Well how about "speed Scrabble" a new way to play without using the board. Each player takes five tiles and makes a scrabble matrix. As soon as one player uses all five tiles, he say's "take two" and everyone has to grap two more. You can change your matrix at any time and you build it using standard Scrabble rules. When the tiles are finished, score like normal and subtract unused tiles. Can be played with any number of people, just open up another game and mix the tiles together.

As for the normal way to play, my only objection is the time spent waiting for other players to move and the fact that through bad luck you can get six vowels and the "Q", but other than those minor objections, this is one great game.

A classic. Highly recommended.

This is one of the best games of all time in my opinion; however, despite the advertising, the current product is of lesser quality than it has traditionally been. Specifically, the tiles are different now. The corners are no longer rounded, the wood seems to have less finish, and the tiles are not all exacly the same size. This does not change the entertainment value, the educational value, nor the durability of the game, but it does diminish the overall quality.

i love this game!!!!!!!!! it rocks my socks. for a while i could only play this game because i love it so much. i totally recomend it for anyone who can spell (don't play with your 5 year old cousin *experience).

I love playing Scrabble with my parents. It's a fun game as well as educational. It's fun when people try and pass off words that arent in the English language.
Word of caution: Dont lose any tile because your game will be useless.

This is a great learning tool for teaching children how to read. It helps them understand how to add on a word or use an existing letter to create new ones.

Many people are repelled from this game merely because it is a word game. They think to themselves 'my children won't play this, it looks boring to ME!" When in fact, this game is addictive. You may go into the game despising it, but when you come out, you'll want to play again and again, striving to beat your opponents, and bust out zebra on a triple word score.

My husband and I bought this for ourselves and we love playing it. It's a very fun challenge to try to come up with words when you only have a few letters to work with; it certainly exercises your mind!

Great game, great time, a Classic.

Turn off the TV, get off the couch and play this game with your family. For that matter, play any game and turn off the TV.

The only trouble with Scrabble is that the nature of the game limits the amount of talking you do with each other, because everyone is concentrating on their letter rack.

Welcome to the game of Scrabble. The game where you try to make high-scoring words out of little wooden letters. Don't let these simple instructions fool you- it's tough for both kids and adults alike. (I suggest a dictionary for solving arguments of those rather stretched words....) But nevertheless, it's almost as educational as fun! Your kids will win the spelling bee while having fun learning the words! And it's durable, too- it will survive those long air-plane trips. All in all, I give this a 5/5. Milton Bradley has done it again!

My grandmother taught me the alphabet with Scrabble tiles when I was 4 or 5 and my love of the game started there. She and I have continued to play for the last 36 years!
We didn't always play the traditional cut throat way, we played for combined score, which makes it a "friendly game". Read about it on the inside of the box top.
I encourage you to add Scrabble to your favorites list.

OK, I admit I'm a nerd, and proud of it, actually. Board games were always a standard activity in my family, and became so with my friends in high school as well. Consequently, I brought a large number of board games with me to college--and made most of my friends freshman year by having them come to my room to play. Scrabble has the advantage of having very few rules to learn, and extreme durability.

I liked this game alot. it is very fun to play and I learn new vocabulary words each time I play. I recommend this as both a learning game and family game.

Scrabble is the ultimate board game. In the game (for 1-4 players), you try to get the highest score by forming crosswords of the highest possible values. When it is your turn, you have to put down a word on the board, which connects with a word that is already on the board. You get points by taking advantage of the letter values, as well as premium squares which can double or triple the letter values, or double or triple the word value! This game has given me hours of fun, and I have learned many new words in the meantime.

What I don't like about the Standard version of Scrabble is that my tiles always seem to slide out of place and create a mess. If your willing to pay a little more, you should check out the Deluxe version of Scrabble which includes a raised grid, in which your tiles easily fit into, and a special bag which, makes the storage of tiles easy, and makes drawing tiles easier too. I personally love the Deluxe version, but the Standard version of Scrabble is still good.

Getting together over a game a Scrabble in my house used to be taken for granted. I never thought any more about it until I organized a game in the geriatrics setting in which I work. My clients - the players were not only elderly, there were degrees of severe disability. It was on that day I realized the value of Scrabble as a fun game and a learning tool that lasts a lifetime! My clients not only made up words with verve, they were seriusly placing them stratigically on the board to get the most "word score". This game has been restocked in our recreation rooms and now is played regularly. I can't help but observe that not only is this a really, really fun game, but it obviously stays with one for life - for fun mental stimulation.
If you don't have one buy this game!

Even if you're not a fan of crosswords, this is a great game. Not only do players have to try and make words with what is frequenlty a bunch of tiles that only spell something in Martian, but there's the strategizing involved with trying to hit that triple word score!

This is a wonderful family game, because it's not just big words that win. It teaches vocabulary and dictionary skills (kids sometimes have to prove that what they just spelled is a word - or not!), and the confidence and pride that kids get from playing a "grown-up" game is without measure. (I remember playing this with my family as a kid, and thinking it was the greatest ever.)

Scrabble is a wonderful game! It teaches elementary age children how to spell and make words. It also teaches adults. This game allows people to use their brains an awful lot to find words to place on the board. The wooden tiles are wonderfully durable, but be sure to keep them away from small children. The game board is pretty durable, but with smaller children around, it can be torn up easily. Over all, this is a wonderful game and a fabulous teaching tool. I love Scrabble!