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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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’ ...

Scrabble may no longer be the same, if its owners have their way. The rules of the mind-game that has gripped players across the globe are likely to be changed. Scrabble may no longer be the same, if ...

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 ...

Fancy some Frosties with your Scrabble? Now you can spill them all over the board, thanks to Mattel’s perverse ruling that proper nouns are no longer disallowed. That’s right: Sugababes, Toyota and ...

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 ...