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 ...

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 ...

Can you spell O-U-T-R-A-G-E? That’s the sensation that gripped wordsmiths and language lovers everywhere when news began trickling out about the beloved game Scrabble getting a facelift for the very ...

London: In a move likely to enrage purists, popular word-making game Scrabble will change its rules—for the first time in nearly 62 years—to allow names of celebrities and companies. The decision by ...

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 ...

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 — 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 ...

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 ...