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Record 1 2011-05-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade Names
  • Word Games
  • Board Games
DEF

A board game in which players take turns placing letter tiles each with a count value on squares some of which are marked for extra count to form words with as high a count as possible.

OBS

Scrabble™: Trademark of Hasbro.

Key term(s)
  • Scrabble

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations commerciales
  • Jeux de mots
  • Jeux sur plateaux
DEF

Jeu de lettres créé en 1946 aux Etats-Unis, qui consiste à former des mots à partir de lettres tirées au hasard et à les placer sur une grille de façon qu'ils s'intègrent aux mots déjà constitués.

OBS

«Scrabble» désigne aussi le «mot, combinaison permettant au joueur de placer ses sept lettres d'un coup».

OBS

Les points marqués dépendent de la valeur des lettres utilisées et de l'emplacement où on les pose sur la grille.

OBS

Jouer au Scrabble : scrabbler. Joueur de Scrabble : scrabbleur, scrabbleuse.

OBS

ScrabbleMC : Marque de commerce de Hasbro.

Spanish

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