The BBC reports that Mattel is altering the official rules of Scrabble to enable players to gain points for proper nouns: names of people, places, brands, and more.
Pardon my language, but what the fuck is this bullshit? "Proper nouns" is a broad enough category that it seems like someone could conceivably play practically any combination of letters and then find some person, place, or institution making use of it.
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