ThreadText: # 1953 version of Scrabble includes 4 wooden dice - why?
  Posted 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?
  **Tags:** scrabble
  > **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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  ### 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** (2012-12-14): Kismet was my first thought, too. What a fun game :-)  
  > **username_0** (2012-12-24): 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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