RECREATION Gnus Nix ZaxTut In the dusk of many summer evenings, for the quiet time when television cloys and the children scuttle in chase of the Good Humor man, an ever-growing slice of the U.S. public has found a new diversion. Its name: Scrabble. Its components: a board with 225 squares, 100 small wooden counters bearing letters of the alphabet, two to four players, ability to spell (or a handy dictionary) and a few ounces of competitive spirit.
The emergence of Scrabble has been volcanic and unexplained. The game began to grow into a national institution last year, when shipments shot...
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