Reader's Digest

13 Obscure Scrabble Rules Serious Players Need to Know

If you’re a fan of board games like Monopoly and enjoy a good brain teaser like Sudoku, then Scrabble is right up your alley! It’s super easy to learn and play, even for newcomers to the gaming scene.
People

Man Memorizes French Dictionary to Win French Scrabble Tournament, Does Not Speak French

Nigel Richards is very good at Scrabble. He’s thought of as possibly the best English-speaking Scrabble player in the world (he’s won the USA National Scrabble Championship five times and the World ...

Did New Zealand man win Spanish Scrabble championship in 2024 despite not speaking language?

A rumor that has circulated online since November 2024 claims that a man from New Zealand, Nigel Richards, won a Spanish-language Scrabble championship without even speaking the language. Richards ...
Reader's Digest

13 Scrabble Facts Even Super-Fans Don’t Know About

While most players know there are 100 tiles and that the person who picks the letter closest to A goes first, there are a few facts that even super-fans will be surprised to learn. Scrabble was ...
New York Post

Scrabble makes historic change to game with ‘less competitive,’ ‘inclusive’ version to appeal to Gen Z

This is a game-changer. For the first time in 75 years, Mattel is making a major change to the iconic board game Scrabble — and touting a “No More Scoring” gameplay option. The new launch is a ...
Lexington Herald Leader

He’s played Scrabble since he was 5. How this Lexington man became a national champ

Mack Meller strolled into the Sedona Taphouse in Palomar with a brown leather briefcase. It had been a while since the 25-year-old joined the weekly gathering of the Lexington Scrabble club. Travel ...
New York Post

Scrabble adds Gen Z slang ‘yeet’, ‘grammable’ and more to game

Millennial wordsmiths could soon be stumped with the updated Scrabble dictionary as modern Gen Z lingo becomes permissible to use in the board game. In the first major update in four years, Collins — ...
BBC

Scrabble: Mattel launches new version of game which is 'less competitive'

The new version of scrabble will include helper cards and see players work towards a series of goals Mattel is to launch a new version of Scrabble which is designed to be more collaborative and ...
Wired

Scrabble Is First Paid Game App for Kindle

This might be the happiest chapter in Scrabble's short digital history: Electronic Arts has released an official version of Scrabble for Kindle. This is the first paid game -- or application of any ...
Business Insider

I played in the biggest Scrabble tournament in the country — and it was nothing like the game you grew up playing

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Charlotte Observer

School Scrabble clubs build teamwork one tile at a time

It’s close to lunchtime on a sunny Wednesday afternoon, and Deanna Chillemi’s office at Rama Road Elementary School is abuzz. The seven members of the Scrabble club – all fourth graders – have come ...