On a humble corner in Queens, an international phenomenon was born. In 1938, the classic word game Scrabble was created by Jackson Heights resident and architect Alfred Mosher Butts. Scrabble ...

Board game fans are in for a shock as the classic game is due to receive a complete makeover, with the changes now allowing people to collaborate and play in teams Fans are now in for a shock as the ...

As Barbie fever fades to a muted pink, Mattel ruffled feathers anew yesterday with news that it would be updating Scrabble to make the board game less “intimidating”. A new double sided board will ...

It is played around the world, and even beyond, but the invention of Scrabble did not spell immediate success. The board game has sold 165 million copies worldwide and is the favourite pastime of ...

The Pan African Scrabble Association (PANASA) has announced its New Year Honours list, celebrating seven outstanding players ...

The King's Cup Scrabble tournament, which is held over four days each July in Bangkok, is basically the board game's Wimbledon, with a ten-thousand-dollar prize and trophy awarded by the Thai royal ...

Mattel is to launch a new version of Scrabble which is designed to be more collaborative and accessible for those who find word games intimidating. The new double-sided Scrabble board will still ...

Last week a winter storm blew into town, and as effortlessly as a drunken gunslinger sweeps a bartop full of shot glasses onto the saloon floor, the wind upended all the potted plants on the porch. I ...

IOWA CITY — Yes, “Scrabble” is in the Scrabble dictionary of allowable words. So were a lot of obscure words being used in a typical Sunday afternoon meeting of the Iowa City Scrabble Club on March 27 ...

As Scrabble’s modern update sparks backlash, Anna Moloney looks into the history of the board game – and its divisive nature As Barbie fever fades to a muted pink, Mattel ruffled feathers anew ...