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The wildly popular word game Scrabble was originally deemed a massive failure by toy companies for what specific reason?

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The wildly popular word game Scrabble was originally deemed a massive failure by toy companies for what specific reason?

The wildly popular word game Scrabble was originally deemed a massive failure by toy companies for what specific reason?
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