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TIL that to decide on letter distribution, Scrabble inventor Alfred Butts studied the front page of The New York Times and did painstaking calculations of letter frequency. His basic cryptographic analysis of our language and his original tile distribution have remained valid for over 60 years.

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Submitted August 25, 2017 at 11:41PM by Captain-Janeway http://ift.tt/2gdLjer
TIL that to decide on letter distribution, Scrabble inventor Alfred Butts studied the front page of The New York Times and did painstaking calculations of letter frequency. His basic cryptographic analysis of our language and his original tile distribution have remained valid for over 60 years. TIL that to decide on letter distribution, Scrabble inventor Alfred Butts studied the front page of The New York Times and did painstaking calculations of letter frequency. His basic cryptographic analysis of our language and his original tile distribution have remained valid for over 60 years. Reviewed by M. Amaar Tahir on 6:04 AM Rating: 5

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