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Scrabble To Allow Proper Nouns

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the you-gotta-be-kidding-me dept.

Hogwash McFly writes "The rules of the popular word game Scrabble are soon to allow proper nouns. Mattel, the maker of the game, hopes the changes made for a new edition, released this July, will 'add a new dimension' to Scrabble and 'introduce an element of popular culture into the game.' With this rule change, the company hopes to target younger fans and families, although they will continue to sell the traditional version where 'Beyonce' and 'Facebook' are not permitted words." Nobody is listening to my suggestion to penalize by one tile any player who has memorized every two-letter English word.

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  1. lower-case-f-acebook is a word.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    But... a facebook is a directory of faces and names for cramming before a social event.
    http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/facebook

    And Facebook was named after facebook.

  2. Hasbro and Mattel by tepples · · Score: 5, Informative

    For one thing, the article is about the Mattel version. Hasbro sells Scrabble crossword game in the United States and Canada, while arch-rival Mattel controls it everywhere else, so North Americans need not worry. For another, the article states that Mattel is making the proper name rule optional: "It will continue to sell a board with the original rules."

  3. Re:Hmm by JDHannan · · Score: 5, Informative

    it is *NOT* a perfectly cromulent word.  The word is "Kwyjibo"

    Embiggen your minds here, people

  4. Re:House Rules by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Why is "en" in the Scrabble Dictionary as a "spelling" of the pronounciation of the letter "n"

    En and em are both printers' units of measure. That's why they are in the dictionary.

  5. Re:Hmm by EL_mal0 · · Score: 3, Informative

    And, interestingly enough, Kwyjibo is a cromulent proper noun. The Kwyjibo iron oxide-Cu-Au deposit can be found in eastern Canada; here's a map showing its location.