In 1952 they licensed Scrabble from James Brunot, then purchased that trademark in 1972.

[1] Other notable S&R games include Anagrams (1934), which is a Victorian word game, originally published by Selchow and Righter, Jotto (1955), which was licensed by Selchow and Righter in the 1970s, and Trivial Pursuit, which was licensed from Horn Abbot in 1982.

Other games which were produced by Selchow and Righter: Selchow and Righter was purchased by Coleco Industries in 1986 for $75 million USD in cash and notes.

[10] Coleco Industries purchased the games from Selchow & Righter, but not the trademark of the company's name.

In 1989, Coleco declared bankruptcy and its primary assets were purchased by Hasbro for US$85,000,000 (equivalent to $208,928,859 in 2023) in cash, plus options to buy one million shares of Hasbro stock at a price of $28.85 (at the time the deal closed, Hasbro stock was worth only $20 a share).