<p>Sounds like 4 stowaways from a game of <a href="http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2581/kismet">Kismet</a>, which was Yahtzee with green, red and black spots on dice.</p>

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2012-12-14T15:44:35.110Z
Kismet was my first thought, too. What a fun game :-)
corsiKa
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2012-12-24T03:23:50.820Z
I certainly appreciate your suggestions.  I am not familiar with Kismet  but did look at  Kismet images of dice used in this game. Kismet dice have  different colors used on different numbers on the die itself ( one dice has different colors used for the dots).  Each of the 4 dice that I have found in the 1953 Scrabble game uses only 1 color i.e. one dice has all green spots for its numbers, etc.  The wooden dice match the wooden scrabble tiles - the wood type used and the finish applied is the same.  These dice look like they belong to Scrabble, although maybe they don't.
Nancy
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Aaron Morris
<p>I have acquired a 1953 version of Scrabble.  Included with the usual 100 wooden tiles are 4 wooden dice.  Each face of the dice  has the dots imprinted using one of these 3 colors; red, green or black.  I am not familiar with Scrabble using dice.  How do the dice get incorporated into the game both in use &amp; scoring?</p>

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2012-12-13T21:22:16.583Z
Hmm, neither http://www.donaldsauter.com/scrabble-dating.htm (history of Scrabble hardware) or http://www.donaldsauter.com/scrabble-rules.htm (history of Scrabble rules) mentions anything about dice. Is it possible that the dice came from a different game?
dfan
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2012-12-14T05:27:50.223Z
Perhaps a better question would be, "Did Scrabble's 1953 edition include 4 wooden dice?", or somesuch. :)
Andrew Vandever
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1953 version of Scrabble includes 4 wooden dice - why?
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# 1953 version of Scrabble includes 4 wooden dice - why?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-12-13)

I have acquired a 1953 version of Scrabble. Included with the usual 100 wooden tiles are 4 wooden dice. Each face of the dice has the dots imprinted using one of these 3 colors; red, green or black. I am not familiar with Scrabble using dice. How do the dice get incorporated into the game both in use & scoring?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Hmm, neither http://www.donaldsauter.com/scrabble-dating.htm (history of Scrabble hardware) or http://www.donaldsauter.com/scrabble-rules.htm (history of Scrabble rules) mentions anything about dice. Is it possible that the dice came from a different game?  
> **username_2**: Perhaps a better question would be, "Did Scrabble's 1953 edition include 4 wooden dice?", or somesuch. :)  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2012-12-14. Score: 13

Sounds like 4 stowaways from a game of [Kismet](http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2581/kismet), which was Yahtzee with green, red and black spots on dice.

> **Comments:**
> **username_4**: Kismet was my first thought, too. What a fun game :-)  
> **username_0**: I certainly appreciate your suggestions.  I am not familiar with Kismet  but did look at  Kismet images of dice used in this game. Kismet dice have  different colors used on different numbers on the die itself ( one dice has different colors used for the dots).  Each of the 4 dice that I have found in the 1953 Scrabble game uses only 1 color i.e. one dice has all green spots for its numbers, etc.  The wooden dice match the wooden scrabble tiles - the wood type used and the finish applied is the same.  These dice look like they belong to Scrabble, although maybe they don't.  

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