The rules to the board game Scrabble are not definitive. The rules differ according to region and level, which means many of them are up for interpretation. The key to a fair Scrabble game is to come ...

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 ...

Don't worry, everyone. The Scrabble you know and love isn't changing. When I read this morning that starting this July, the Scrabble rules will change to allow the use of proper nouns, I had to check ...

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 ...

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 ...

Game manufacturer Mattel is developing a new version of Scrabble that, for the first time in the game’s history, allows proper nouns. “When I first heard the story, I thought it was an April Fools’ ...

MARK COLVIN: Names like Mozart, Obama, and Picasso might be part of common parlance but they're also set to find themselves onto a Scrabble board. The makers of the boardgame have announced a new ...

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 ...

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 ...