The makers of Scrabble are in a scrap over a free online version that is one of the most popular applications on Facebook. El Segundo-based Mattel and Hasbro announced Wednesday that they’ve sent cease-and-desist notices to the parties behind “Scrabulous,” and they hope an agreement can be reached. Otherwise, Hasbro says it will shut down what it calls “an illegally copied version of the world’s most popular word game.”
So what’s a Scrabulous fan to do?
Check out the free Scrabble-inspired games Scrabble Blast and Scrabble Rack Attack. (How many words can you make from a rack of seven letters?)
Join the “Save Scrabulous” group on Facebook (you must be a registered Facebook member to do this).
Give old-school Scrabble and socializing a try by joining a club or entering a tournament. Find some at the National Scrabble Association’s Web site.
Bide your time and wait for a resolution while building your skills with the official Scrabble dictionary — also a useful tool for settling word challenges — and the word builder — which will help you make sense of those difficult tiles.
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