The lessons of woke Scrabble

When heritage meets innovation.

The idea that Scrabble needs to be made less competitive in order to be attractive to Gen Z was always going to make some people rather vexed. PHOTO: PEXELS
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“Thick”, scoffed the headline on the Daily Mail website on April 9, in response to the news that Scrabble has had an overhaul.

In some parts of the world, the word-play game has been relaunched with a double-sided board – one side now shows a new, simpler design that is meant to be less intimidating and more inclusive than the original.

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