TV Scrabble ruling lost for words 06 Aug 04 Americas. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. PM condemns sympathy for Moat. Ghost town. The guerilla plant. Walking away. Printable version. Proper nouns come into play in Scrabble rule change.
E-mail this to a friend. At present, only a few proper nouns are allowed, determined by a word list based on the Collins Dictionary. The vice-president of New Zealand's Scrabble Players' Association says the rule change is not valid and is a ruse by Mattel for the new version of Scrabble it is promoting. Paul Lister told Radio New Zealand 's Checkpoint programme that the formal rules of Scrabble remain the same, and any changes in New Zealand must be approved by the country's Scrabble Association executive.
More than million Scrabble sets have been sold to date. Although special editions have been created including a 3-D version with stackable letters, a children's version with colored tiles, and a "scramble" version with letter dice , the basic Scrabble game has been unchanged for 62 years. London's Telegraph quotes a Mattel spokesperson as saying the new changes represent "the biggest news for Scrabble lovers in the history of the game and will provide a great new twist on the old formula.
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