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Scrabble

Scrabble shows low returns (0.8%), but brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

52
Worth a look
Market size 71Growth 14Conversion 60Competition 17Returns 96Price range 88Avg price 95Brand share 0Review moat 79Quality gap 82
This niche Category average

Is Scrabble profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Scrabble is a £758K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (501K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan–Nov–Dec. Verdict: Worth a look — 52/100.

Scrabble: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved -22.7% over the last 90 days and 5.2% of searches end in a purchase.

£758K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr30K
Search volume / yr-22.7%501K
Conversion rate5.2%
Avg price£28.85

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand, so 0% of the market is open.

0%

open market share

Brands · sellers4 · 105
Top-5 product click share79%
Open market0%
Avg brand age57 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.2★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 10 products

Sponsored placement20%
New entrants (1y)1· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.2★
Avg reviews414

Top Scrabble products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products capture 79% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£114K£227K£341K£455K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

4 rising

Sellers

105

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

79%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Juegos Mattel65%
  • Ideal26%
  • WOZLO6%
  • Scrabble4%

Scrabble demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume501KCVR5.2%Products10Brands4Top 5 Brands100%OOS Rate1.3%Rating4.2★Reviews414Avg BSR#352
40K30KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 5.1×

Top Scrabble search terms shoppers use

The exact queries shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth and conversion.

  • scrabble275K/yr
  • scrabble board game uk168K/yr
  • scrabble board game26K/yr
  • classic scrabble board game8K/yr
  • scrabble board5K/yr
  • original scrabble board game6K/yr
  • scrabble game5K/yr
  • scrabble original5K/yr
  • scrabble original board game3K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Scrabble

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

87% of reviews
Fun/Entertainment Experience29%

Good family game

Value For Money16%

Great value

Quality-Overall11%

Good quality

Trivia Games7%

Great economical Scrabble Game

Gifting Purpose7%

happy with his present

What buyers complain about

78% of reviews
Size-Overall41%

The tiles are not consistent sizes

Material Quality11%

The tile bag is cheap plastic

Portability8%

No way could you use this whilst travelling

Adjustability/Rotatability/Reclining5%

Also the rotating board can be irritating because of the slight wobble

Quality-Overall5%

Scrabble board was very cheap and substandard

Scrabble return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.8%

Return rate

62%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Size-Overall
51%
2Defective Material/Parts
9%
3Gifting Purpose
6%
4Quality-Overall
6%
5Functionality-Overall
4%

Common Scrabble questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Scrabble 52/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £758K/yr across 10 tracked products. 1 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -22.7% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Scrabble on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Jan–Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 5.1× the quietest.