Scrabble is one of the oldest and timeless games that can be enjoyed by people of all ages. Children and the elderly have all been enjoying this game since its invention in 1938 by an American architect named Alfred Mosher Butts. This simple game encourages cooperative play and competitiveness amongst 2 – 4 players.
Benefits of playing scrabble
The following are some benefits of playing scrabble for all age groups.
- Lowers risk of mental illness: Especially in the case of the elderly, scrabble helps in stimulating, engaging, and strengthening the brain. Thus, this reduces the chance of developing dementia or other diseases that affect the brain.
- Reduces blood pressure: This board game played with friends and family makes the elderly happy, the rush of endorphins promote the feeling of happiness and lower the blood pressure levels. The muscles will become relaxed and the increased blood circulation will maintain blood pressure level.
- Improves memory: Playing scrabble regularly can improve memory and can help the elderly find things more easily around the house. This is because the brain gets engaged which results in higher cognitive skills and improved memory.
- Vocabulary building: Scrabble helps you learn more vocabulary which is especially beneficial for children. They will be able to develop words creatively and will also get in the habit of researching the new words that they learn. Furthermore, your spelling can also improve through regular practice.
- Strategy building: Some letters in scrabble are rare and should be played fast. In the game, a couple of the next words must be planned. This helps the players in strategy building and word-forming.
- Develops concentration: Scrabble demands concentration from the players at the words on hand to form the best word possible. It takes attention and concentration to utilize every letter to effectively gain the most points.
- Improves creativity: Scrabble requires the players to use their creative skills to form words with the letters in hand also somehow match it to the existing letters on the board.
- Improves response time: Especially in children, scrabble enhances their response system which can be seen when they do other activities in their daily life.
If you want to play scrabble on the go, then you can download the new Scrabble GO app on your iPhone or iPad from the app store. It’s inevitable that Scrabble Go Solver gets created too to assist the players.This game is an updated version of the traditional board game and offers more versions of it. Some features of the game are as follows:
- Classic Scrabble: You can play the traditional game with the official board, word dictionaries, and tiles.
- Play with friends and family: You can play the game online with your Facebook friends and can even express yourself through the use of chat emojis and pre-formed phrases.
- Collect playable tiles: You can make your own personalized game by using custom tiles. You can also unlock chests to discover different styles of tiles and show them to other players during games.
- New word games: The app has other word game such as :
- Duels: If you are feeling competitive, then you will be matched against players of the same skill and play five timed-turns each.
- Word drop: The word drop game continuously changes your tiles to open up new opportunities.
- Tumbler: This mode challenges players to make as many high-scoring words as possible at a limited time.
- Rush: You play with your own words to make high scores on a smaller board.
Furthermore, you can participate in leagues and tournaments and track your scoring averages easily on the app.
Conclusion
You can download this new app to play your favorite board game on the go.
