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Scrabble is the most popular word game ever published. It was developed
in 1933, designed to uplift spirits following the Great Depression. To
win the game, you want to score as many points as possible. Each player
pulls from a pool of 100 random letter tiles, creating words, and
aligning them on a grid-like game board. When one player has used all of
their tiles and there are no more tiles left to draw, the game ends.
Word scores and a player's total points ultimately determine the winner.
Interestingly, while the rules surrounding the end of a Scrabble game
seem to be universally accepted, the proper method of scoring, which
determines the winner of the game, depends on which set of rules you
follow.
The game manufacturer's scoring rules (Hasbro) differ from those
of the North American Scrabble Players Association, the host of the
annual National Scrabble Championship and the world's leading
organization of Scrabble enthusiasts.