Scrabble

Pros: Challenging/Great Entertainment
Cons: Takes a while to play a game

I have been playing Scrabble since I was a child, but have become quite fond of it again in adulthood. As a mother of two young children who stays home with them, I long to use the gray matter!! Playing Scrabble gives me an opportunity to really think...

Pros: Fun to play, educational
Cons: None

We have had the Scrabble Game for several years now, and it is among our favorite board games. My husband and I both played this game as a child, and continue to enjoy playing it with our children.

It is a wonderful, educational toy for...

Pros: challenging, good for all ages, promotes thinking!
Cons: Can sometimes take a looooong time

First, some background:

I first played scrabbled exactly 30 years ago. My debut word was "dog" and others I used during that game included "the" and my powerplay (I was only seven!), "words."

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Pros: It's Scrabble, without the wait!
Cons: It's Scrabble, so we can't market it!

If any of you are like me, who get terribly impatient when fellow Scrabble players insist on taking 45 minutes or more per turn, here is a great new version of the standard classic that, were we not almost guaranteed to run into severely limiting...

Pros: Amazing action, tear jerking drama, creative dictionary usage
Cons: My girlfriend will beat you too

Scrabble, It is the greatest board game invented since chess. The rules are so simple that the only prerequisite to play is being able to spell in English. Yet the strategy is so complicated that you will be crushed by your girlfirend's stunning...

Pros: intellectually engaging
Cons: game pieces slide around

All right, so it's got about 25 too many letters. And it probably wouldn't count as a real word. But just think what a score it would get! Scrabble encourages everyone, from reading-level children to adults, to enhance their vocabulary. The more words...

Pros: challenging
Cons: none

Scrabble is a fun and challenging game to play and I have been playing it for years. (Not the entire 50 years that it has been in existence). Although, I have been playing it for over 25 years and it has kept my interest.

As soon as I knew...

Pros: It's a great fame for all the family
Cons: It can be a little slow

The one thing people hate about Scrabble are the rules. "If only I was allowed to put down proper names!", "If only you hadn't put that there", "If only I could steal that S and put it somewhere else"....

But...

Pros: Improves your strategic and vocabulary skills, fun way to spend the night with friends or family, unique in its concept
Cons: Addictive, some of the words they accept is questionable

My mother, being the word maniac that she is, is the one who always had Scrabble available. However, my brothers never really showed an interest in it, and all of us have a life that is always on the go. So, playing a leisurely board game is usually...

Pros: It's fun, educational, relatively inexpensive.
Cons: None

Scrabble has been a very popular game in my family and had to replace it at least three times over the years because of lost tiles or tile stands.

I have two daughters; the oldest is 24 years old and the youngest is 23. The best player is...

Pros: if lots of fun and brings the family and friends together
Cons: can be long games and usually leads to arguments

Scrabble is a family classic it has been around for generations. It is a good way to have fun and it also teaches you how to spell and use vocabulary a little better. It will keep people of all ages playing for hours.

Scrabble, the classic...

Pros: Good teaching tool
Cons: Might be long for adults

This is an oldie but a goodie. The game has some many uses from its original intention. The original way to play is to build words on the bard and to build off the words and gain as much points as you can. The same thing applies to letting kids play....

Pros: Fun for the whole family, easy to learn, internationally-known game
Cons: Often takes 20 min for a person with 'bad tiles' to make a move!!!

Note on Price: My family got the 'deluxe rotating board' version, which is way more expensive than the plain board. I've seen the board form of it for about $6.99!

Family Fun

Scrabble has been played in my family...

Pros: Increases vocabulary, lots of fun to play
Cons: none

To truly enjoy a challenging game of Scrabble, one must conduct a love affair with words. In an effort to master the English language there is no choice but to become an excellent Scrabble player.

I have played this game for many years....

Pros: Good family time, educational and easy to learn.
Cons: Addictive

Scrabble is the top board game in our house, especially during the holidays. My children have grown up on this game, and it has been a great tool in quality family time as well as educational. All family members can play, learn and laugh together...