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Scrabble

On the way to becoming "Scrabble" it was called "Lexico" and then “Criss-Cross Words”. Who was behind this famous word game?

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Remo Giuffré
Mar 04, 2026
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Alfred Mosher Butts with James Brunot. Image credit: SHORPY

In 2007, during a Scrabble tournament in the UK, a player named Philip Appleby played a seven-letter word that left everyone baffled. He played the word “CAZIQUES” which refers to South American tribal leaders, earning an impressive 392 points for that single move. It is the highest-scoring sing…

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