The Unusual Origin of Scrabble

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There arent a great number of positive things that can be attributed to the Great Depression. However, Scrabble is a game that probably wouldnt have existed without it. It all began with an unemployed architect by the name of Alfred Mosher Butts of Poughkeepsie, New York. Thanks to his excessive free time while unemployed, he decided to invent a word game that was inspired by anagrams and crossword puzzles.\r
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