Scribbage

"Scribbage" is a classic dice word game published in 1959 by the E. S. Lowe Company. 13 dice are rolled which have various letters on each side. Each letter is given a point value depending on its frequency in the English language. A timer is flipped and the player has to put the dice into words either left-to-right or up-and-down. The words must adjoin each other as in crossword puzzles or "Scrabble". The player must stop at the end of the time and points are counted. The player adds up the points of the letters used and subtracts the amount from the unused letters. "Scribbage" can be played with two or more players.

A nearly identical game called "Crossword Cubes" from game maker Selchow and Righter (makers of "Scrabble") uses 14 cubes instead of 13.