Scrabble, a board game in which players create words in a crossword fashion with lettered tiles, was born out of one out-of-work architect's desire to lift the spirits of millions during the Great ...

NEW YORK — Scrabble purists can relax. News of a new version of the classic word game that Mattel plans to sell in the U.K. allowing proper nouns set off waves of dismay across the Internet. But the ...

Word from the Scrabble makers at Mattel is that proper nouns will be fair game for Scrabble players as of this summer. The BBC reported the change of rules for the 72-year-old game with the following ...

Scrabble purists can relax. News of a new version of the classic word game that Mattel plans to sell in the U.K. allowing proper nouns set off waves of dismay across the Internet. But the official ...

Word from the Scrabble makers at Mattel is that proper nouns will be fair game for Scrabble players as of this summer. [UPDATE: Not so fast concerning this “rule change.”] The BBC reported the change ...

The Scrabble application for the newly released iPad is shown to a customer in New York CityRay Stubblebine, Electronic Arts/ Reuters / Handout Scrabble players around the world had to double-check ...

Any Scrabble fan will tell you that knowing how to spell Beyonce, Timbuktu, or Quorn would never help you win the game. But now, to the horror of the purists, the game's makers are throwing out the ...

Can you spell O-U-T-R-A-G-E? That’s the sensation that gripped many wordsmiths when news surfaced about the game Scrabble getting its first facelift since 1948. It turns out that a special edition of ...

The rules of word game Scrabble are being changed for the first time in its history to allow the use of proper nouns, games company Mattel has said. What's your reaction? Place names, people's names ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Scrabble purists can relax. News of a new version of the classic word game that Mattel plans to sell in the U.K. allowing proper nouns set off waves of dismay across the Internet. But ...