My goodness... think of all the new two letter words that he'll have to memorize: Ur, Oz, Ao, Io, Au, Bu, Ci, .... 

posted by NanoCindy at 03:00PM CST on April 06

So is Coca Cola Classic one playable word in New Scrabble, or do the proper nouns have to be spaceless? 

posted by jonthegeek at 10:06PM CST on April 06

http://twitter.com/StephenAtHome/status/11737411932 

posted by habcous at 01:30AM CST on April 07

Apparently this new version will only be available outside North America. 1 min NPR clarification here. The difference being that Mattel owns rights to Scrabble outside NA and Hasbro owns rights in NA. Mattel is offering new version, Hasbro is not. 

posted by doncarlo at 10:43AM CST on April 07

Woohoo!! We get to call non-Americans uncultured cretins!!! 

posted by jonthegeek at 12:13PM CST on April 07

Further details: proper nouns would only be used in a new offshoot game called "Scrabble Trickster" which would add special action cards to the game that might allow you to use proper nouns, spell a word backwards, or steal opponent's points. So in other words, not affecting the main game of Scrabble no matter the continent on which you might be playing. 

posted by natedogg at 11:25PM CST on April 09