Scrabble (game)

The vicissitudes of the National Spelling Bee

2013-04-09 15:29:00

My husband loves words like "leister." It's a seven-letter word, conferring a 50-point bonus on a Scrabble player, that's made up of common letters in the game's universe of tiles. So are its anagrams "sterile" and "retiles," of course, but you can add an...

10 board games for TableTop Day: Felicia Day’s team wants you to play

2013-03-25 13:33:24

International TableTop Day: Wil Wheaton wants you to play board games

2013-03-07 06:42:57

Allan B. Calhamer dies at 81; inventor of Diplomacy game

2013-03-07 19:16:00

The origins of the board game Diplomacy can be traced to an old geography book that Allan B. Calhamer discovered while rummaging around with a friend in the attic of his boyhood home in suburban Chicago. Calhamer was fascinated by the exotic countries...

QUIZ: Pair up with movie couples

2013-01-17 07:00:00

Does your romantic relationship contain the elements of classic fiction, � la “Anna Karenina”? Or can its emotional landscape be spelled out using the tiles from a game of Internet Scrabble of the kind that Paul Rudd plays in “This Is...

No kids, but yet also no sure answers

2012-05-26 00:00:00

We're at Cirque du Soleil on the beach, amazed and giggling and holding hands. It's a children's wonderland. We're not children — my husband and I are in our 40s. But we're having the time of our lives, until we recognize a couple we know across the...

The week in Latin America: Meet Cuba's Scrabble man

2011-09-10 16:35:06

Nobody kicks Alec Baldwin off a plane! (Except American Airlines)

2011-12-06 16:35:33

Alec Baldwin's alleged air rage boosts Words With Friends

2011-12-07 16:35:59

Alec Baldwin: No friendly words for airline after incident

2011-12-06 21:38:41

'X Factor,' 'Idol,' 'Biggest Loser' lead in product placement

2011-12-22 16:36:03

From fake Apple stores to WireDoo: 2011's craziest tech stories

2011-12-31 16:36:40

It's way too crowded. And yes, that's an almost exact quote from the Peruvian explorer Yogi Berra. This is what can happen when the Lonely Planet guide falls in love with a restaurant, even if it's in Cuzco on a street whose name looks like your worst Scrabble nightmare.

2013-03-19 14:23:51

I fancy myself a pretty decent Scrabble player. Bring the pain. My handle is mattroan.

2013-01-11 10:22:00

The PG insert is the only coupon booklet in this week's paper, and it has a coupon for $5 off the games Taboo or Scrabble Catch Phrase.

2012-12-29 18:05:00