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Travel Game - Scrabble
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Overview
This compact game is packed in a vinyl blue pouch, and contains a foldable board with 225 squares; 100 lettered tiles; 4 racks; instruction sheet
Historical information
Scrabble is a word game in which two to four players score points by placing tiles, each bearing a single letter, onto a game board divided into a 15×15 grid of squares. The tiles must form words that, in crossword fashion, read left to right in rows or downward in columns and are included in a standard dictionary
Details
Details
Registration number
cwa-org-124-2025.291
Item type
Household Items
Leisure Objects
Toys
Material
Cardboard
Plastic
Vinyl
Contextual information
Murfett Pty Ltd was the original Australian publisher of Scrabble. This compact and portable design allows players to play anywhere.
Keywords
Place made
Australia
Primary significance criteria
Social or spiritual significance
Last modified
Friday, 6 February, 2026
Completeness
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