As reported by Robert Quigley over at Geekosystem, a pretty substantial change was reported as coming to a classic language-driven board game: the legalization of proper nouns in Scrabble. Robert was ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. 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 ...

There are three constants in life: Death, taxes, and no allowing proper nouns in Scrabble. But that is about to change. Mattel has announced it will sell a new version of the classic board game that ...

I woke yesterday morning to an e-mail from an editor at a London newspaper asking whether, as the author of a book about the world of competitive Scrabble, I had any thoughts on the news that "the ...

A guest post from Slate contributor Stefan Fatsis: No, world, the rules of Scrabble are not changing. Despite what you may have heard this morning on NPR or read on Kotaku or CBS or learned from the ...

Capitalize proper nouns and proper names: John, Mary, Nelson, Facebook. Capitalize common nouns such as party, river and street when part of a proper name: Democratic Party, Ohio River, Poynter Street ...