Mattel launched its official version of online scrabble, scrabble by mattel, on facebook in late march 2008. Whilst the game had an appearance overhaul, it still maintained the essential elements of the scrabulous version including all of. What this means is that eas official version of scrabulous, which it has. A third scrabblelike game, lexulous, is also available. The day after the delhi high court ruling, the game was once more made available online under the new name lexulous word game for pc windows 1087 or mac. We recently filed a lawsuit against the developers of the infringing scrabulous application, and we are pleased that the unlawful application has been removed from facebook. To manually back up, restore, or sync your iphone, ipad, or ipod touch. Whilst the game had an appearance overhaul, it still maintained the essential elements of the scrabulous version including all of its past records, user ids, and saved information. Mattel takes on scrabulous in war of the words the independent. They play against friends, coworkers, family members and strangers. The originators of scrabulous, the predecessor of lexulous, are rajat and jayent agauvella of india, two scrabble enthusiasts who wanted to be able to play challenging games online. The scrabulous game was an interesting take on an established and wellknown game. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. Realnetworks, one of the official rights holders of scrabble, has rolled out an authorised version on facebook to rival the popular scrabulous application.
Welcome to lexulous its the fun word game you can play. Big changes at scrabulouslexulous archive straight. In fact, under the name scrabulous, lexulous became the most popular game on facebook in 2008, and was actually referred to as the internet version of scrabble. New features include a profile section where users can upload their pictures and write about themselves. Jan 06, 2009 part of the problem may be that the game is now fragmented, with a hasbro version serving some countries, a mattel version serving others and the scrabulous makers modified wordscraper on the. Where to play scrabble or words with friends online. Real networks launched an offical version of scrabble for facebook. How hasbro and mattel killed interest in online scrabble. Apr 07, 2008 scrabulous, which can be played from the popular social networking web site facebook, and from. If you update your mac to macos catalina, your itunes media library can be accessed in the apple music app, apple tv app, apple books app, and apple podcasts app. The indian brothers behind scrabulous made the decision after the owners of scrabbles north american rights filed a federal lawsuit. Scrabble makers sue facebook over copycat scrabulous.
Less than 48 hours after voluntarily shutting down scrabulous at the behest of hasbro, the games creators have relaunched the popular application under the name wordscraper. To maker of scrabble, online version is piracy the new. Jul 07, 2008 official facebook version of scrabble spells doubt for scrabulous. Of course lexulous isnt really scrabble, but it comes pretty darn close when you consider the grid is the same size, the rules of play are exactly the same, and the original name for lexulous was scrabulous in fact, under the name scrabulous, lexulous became the most popular game on facebook in 2008, and was actually referred to as the internet version of scrabble. If you were an active scrabulous player, were curious to know if your old games were carried over to the new version. On facebook, scrabulous regularly racks up more than 500,000 users a day and many of these have leapt to the defence of the game. The day after the delhi high court ruling, the game was once more made available online under the new name lexulous. Lexulous word game for pc windows 1087 or mac apps. What this means is that ea s official version of scrabulous, which it has committed resources to develop, may have little chance of success unless ea can get rid of scrabulous first. In addition, scrabble is now back up, but so is a new version of scrabulous, called wordscraper. Your favorite word game is back with cool new updates. Mar 02, 2008 new delhi the latest bane of office productivity is scrabulous, a virtual knockoff of the scrabble board game, with over 700,000 players a day and nearly three million registered users. The suit against scrabulous creators comes less than two weeks after the release of an authorized version of scrabble for facebook. Official facebook version of scrabble spells doubt for.
Lexulous was known as scrabulous until lawsuits were filed against the creators by both hasbro and mattel. Jason madhosingh, a 30yearold new yorker who works in marketing, is the leader of one of the biggest save scrabulous facebook groups. What is clear is that if hasbro and ea allow scrabulous to live, the official version of scrabble will have a hard time. Log into facebook to start sharing and connecting with your friends, family, and people you know. Official facebook version of scrabble spells doubt for scrabulous.
Besides regular scrabulous, you can also play scrabulous over emails, get an adrenaline rush with scrabulous blitz, or just. Jul 31, 2008 the two brothers behind scrabulous, the unofficial online version of scrabble that has become a hit among among facebook users, launched a new online word game last night wordscraper. Online scrabble craze leaves game sellers at loss for words. We have an excellent rating system, abuse policies to keep quitters and abusers at bay, and timed games. If you have itunes installed on your computer, choose your device to update to the latest version of itunes. Part of the problem may be that the game is now fragmented, with a hasbro version serving some countries, a mattel version serving others and the scrabulous makers modified wordscraper on the. Scopely has unveiled that it has teamed up with hasbro and mattel to make a new scrabble mobile game dubbed scrabble go. Not to be outdone, no fewer than 50 other facebook users. The new lexulous mobile app is now available for download. Like scrabulous, the new game wordscraper allows players to choose seven. Jul 25, 2008 with over half a million users, scrabulous is likely the most popular online version of scrabble hasbros own facebook version of scrabble, which was released last week, has a little over 9,000. Quick change artists resurrect facebooks scrabulous as.
The unofficial version, scrabulous, became one of the most popular applications on facebook after it was developed by indian brothers rajat and jayant agarwalla in 2006. Lexulous, a word game that you would definitely like to keep in your device. For many reasons, the new game was popular because of the old game, which had the same rules, very similar name and other indications, making people think that new game was sanctioned. I went straight into playing the new version and its completely disorienting all the strategy stuff that has become second nature is completely worthless, because. Electronic arts launches scrabble, starts buying installs. Jul 31, 2008 scrabulous is back on facebook, but now it has a new name, new rules and circular tiles that could help its makers skirt legal claims from the owners of scrabble. Jan 17, 2008 scrabulous is one of the top ten plugins on the site, developed by brothers rajat and jayant agarwalla in calcutta, india. Scrabulous debate may rewrite the rules of the game. Scrabulous is the perfect place to play scrabble online for free. But scrabulous creators two brothers in india came back with a new version of the game late last year that dodges the former versions legal issues by using a slightly different.
Scrabulous lawsuit dropped now youll never get any. We evaluate every situation on a casebycase basis and have no comment regarding the scrabulous developers new application at this time. It has a live version and practice mode, and an option for play by email. Scrabulous is the coolest word game enjoyed by millions of users.
Mar 09, 2008 new delhithe latest bane of office productivity is scrabulous, a virtual knockoff of the scrabble board game, with more than 700,000 players a day and nearly 3 million registered users fans of. While two men, chafing under the restrictions of security certificates, were in court today mps further debated a new version of those certificates. Jul 31, 2008 scrabulous revived on facebook with new name, new features it looks like scrabulous has risen from the ashes on facebook with a new name and a few modifications. Scrabulous is dead, hasbros version braindead slashdot. Neither facebook nor the indian brothers who created the online word game have so far commented on the row. Although a slightly different version of scrabulous, namely wordscraper, coming from the same authors, is still available on facebook and despite. On tuesday, the creators of scrabulous voluntarily removed their version of the word game from facebook, the online hangout.
Dec 18, 2008 when hasbro first filed suit this summer, scrabulous was removed from facebook and replaced with a hasbrosanctioned version of online scrabble. Electronic arts holds the license to the electronic rights to scrabble. Aug 01, 2008 the new version, wordscraper, has a different system for scoring points and employs circular letterpieces instead of hasbros iconic square tiles. When hasbro first filed suit this summer, scrabulous was removed from facebook and replaced with a hasbrosanctioned version of online scrabble. Lexulous avenges scrabulous, faces down official scrabble. Scrabulous debate may rewrite the rules of the game cnet. It was much prettier than the ugly 80s version that beta scrabbles got going on. Ea heats up scrabulous scrap with sanctioned scrabble. Wildly popular facebook application is in hot water for similarity to classic board game. The indian brothers behind scrabulous made the decision after the. Now, the creators of scrabulous have quietly relaunched a new version of the game but scrabble guru stefan fatsis says it wont cut it for the. New delhi the latest bane of office productivity is scrabulous, an online knockoff of the scrabble board game, with more than 700,000 players a day and nearly three million registered users.
Altman and others want to crowdfund 1 billion masks in the next 180 days. Scrabulous an unofficial, online version of scrabble is perhaps lesser known, but since its launch in july 2007, it has become one of the most popular applications on social networking. When an american user suggested the brothers launch a facebook version of the game, they spent 10 days cooking up the application and then launched it in july 2007. Bbc news technology fans fight for scrabulous future. The two brothers behind scrabulous, the unofficial online version of scrabble that has become a hit among among facebook users, launched a new online word game last night wordscraper. There has been speculation that the challenge to scrabulous had been launched as hasbro and mattel prepare their own online version of scrabble. Update to the latest version of itunes apple support. What consumers may not realise, however, is that scrabulous is an illegally copied online version of the worlds most popular word game, the s and trademarks for which are owned by. Jan 17, 2008 the companies asked facebook to remove scrabulous. Weve bought new scrabble boards and dictionaries all properly licensed totally as a result of playing each other on scrabulous. Jul 05, 2006 thus on 27 september 2008, a new website was launched using the new moniker lexulous.
Now, the creators of scrabulous have quietly relaunched a new version of the game but scrabble guru stefan fatsis says it wont cut it for the purists. Jan 14, 2009 scrabulous returns as lexulous last year, the popular, albeit unauthorized online version of scrabble disappeared in a puff of lawsuits leaving hundreds of thousands of word enthusiasts in the. The new version of scrabble is flash based and a lot slicker than the original scrabulous, but rajat and jayant the developers of scrabulous have done a great job building a solid user base that. Welcome to scrabble go, the new and updated version of the worlds favorite word game. Two official versions of scrabble are available on facebook, one for residents of the u. Thus on 27 september 2008, a new website was launched using the new moniker lexulous. Online scrabble craze leaves game sellers at loss for. When blecher would launch his new online version of scrabble the following summer, he wondered how scrabulous s advertising would affect his. Learn, practice, set your target and become the ultimate champion of words. Jul 30, 2008 on tuesday, the creators of scrabulous voluntarily removed their version of the word game from facebook, the online hangout. Unique, hand crafted gifts for anyone on your list. It was extremely popular on facebook until it was removed due to a legal battle with hasbro, who own the rights to scrabble.
Scopely teams up with hasbro to make scrabble go mobile game. Mattel takes on scrabulous in war of the words the. Now, the game has reappeared with the name wordscraper. On 20 december 2008, hasbro withdrew their lawsuit against rj softwares. Jul 30, 2008 if you were an active scrabulous player, were curious to know if your old games were carried over to the new version. Madhosingh was happy with the support scrabulous is. The makers of scrabulous launched wordscraper, which they call a new wordgame, on facebook. The old version scrabulous wasnt particularly pretty, but it was easy to use and functional. The scrabulous fracas began in january, when hasbro tried to get the online copycat yanked. The new, sanctioned online version of scrabble closely mirrors. Less than 48 hours after voluntarily shutting down scrabulous at the behest.
But scrabulous creators two brothers in india came back with a new version of the game late last year that dodges the former version s legal issues by using a slightly different. Apr 08, 2008 realnetworks, one of the official rights holders of scrabble, has rolled out an authorised version on facebook to rival the popular scrabulous application. Apr 19, 2020 a version can currently be played through the gaming site. Scrabulous revived on facebook with new name, new features.
Jul 29, 2008 in addition, scrabble is now back up, but so is a new version of scrabulous, called wordscraper. The new game was first spotted by a commenter over on pulse2. Play with fellow word lovers across the world and set a challenge for all age groups. The new version, wordscraper, has a different system for scoring points and employs circular letterpieces instead of hasbros iconic square tiles. Hasbro said in its lawsuit that scrabulous violates its. Scrabulous revived on facebook with new name, new features like scrabulous, the new game wordscraper allows players to choose seven tiles at a time to create words on a board that offers double word and triple letter points. Scrabulous lawsuit dropped now youll never get any work. Jul 29, 2008 the old versionscrabulouswasnt particularly pretty, but it was easy to use and functional. New player joins online scrabble battle media the guardian. To maker of scrabble, online version is piracy the new york. When blecher would launch his new online version of scrabble the following summer, he wondered how scrabulouss advertising would affect his business.
The wharton school, university of pennsylvania, 23 january, 2008. The popular facebook game scrabulous made a comeback of sorts on thursday, sporting a new name, new look and new set of rules in the hope. New delhi the latest bane of office productivity is scrabulous, a virtual knockoff of the scrabble board game, with over 700,000 players a day and nearly three million registered users. Aug 01, 2008 the popular facebook game scrabulous made a comeback of sorts on thursday, sporting a new name, new look and new set of rules in the hope of avoiding infringement complaints from the owners of. Lexulous formerly scrabulous is an online word game based on the commercial board game. Welcome to scrabble go, the free new and updated version of the classic word game. Mar 02, 2008 new delhi the latest bane of office productivity is scrabulous, an online knockoff of the scrabble board game, with more than 700,000 players a day and nearly three million registered users. Scrabulous makers put new word game in play the boston globe. An online version of the original scrabble board game recently. On 1 january 2009, lexulous was activated on facebook. Lexulous or scrabulous as it used to be called is an online version of scrabble with some slight changes.
After their word game was shut down this morning, many of the scrabulous faithful on facebook turned to the official scrabble game for some action. Scrabulous returns as lexulous last year, the popular, albeit unauthorized online version of scrabble disappeared in a puff of lawsuits leaving hundreds of thousands of word enthusiasts in the. After their word game was shut down this morning, many of the scrabulous faithful on facebook turned. Putting out their own version instead of buying the one that already exists and its player base and the good will thats out there isnt going to win them any friends.