Question 1

True or false: Blank tiles can be used to form words not found in the official Scrabble dictionary.

Accepted Answer

False. Blank tiles must represent a letter, and the resulting word must be valid in the official Scrabble word list.

Question 2

True or false: The letter 'Q' is worth 10 points in Scrabble.

Accepted Answer

False. The letter 'Q' is actually worth 10 points in Scrabble, so this statement is true. Oops—wait, that's correct. Let me redo: Actually, Q is 10 points, so this is TRUE.

Question 3

True or false: There are exactly 100 tiles in a standard Scrabble game.

Accepted Answer

True. A standard Scrabble set contains 100 tiles: 98 letter tiles and 2 blank tiles.

Question 4

True or false: You can win a game of Scrabble without ever forming a word longer than two letters.

Accepted Answer

False. While possible in theory, a typical game requires longer words to accumulate enough points, as two-letter words score very low.

Question 5

True or false: Scrabble was originally called 'Criss-Crosswords' before being renamed.

Accepted Answer

True. Alfred Butts initially called the game 'Criss-Crosswords,' but James Brunot later trademarked it as 'Scrabble' in 1948.

Question 6

True or false: The word 'AA' is a valid Scrabble word meaning a type of lava.

Accepted Answer

True. 'AA' is a Hawaiian term for rough basaltic lava and is accepted in official Scrabble dictionaries.

Question 7

True or false: Scrabble is banned in some countries for promoting capitalism.

Accepted Answer

False. No country has officially banned Scrabble; this is a humorous urban legend with no factual basis.

Question 8

True or false: The highest possible score for a single word in Scrabble is 1,778 points.

Accepted Answer

True. Using 'OXYPHENBUTAZONE' across two triple-word scores, with optimal placement, yields exactly 1,778 points.

Scrabble Trivia Questions