Scrabble schmabble: Just bad app design!

I love scrabble. I hate Scrabble. I started playing Scrabulous on Facebook, what?, three years ago? Then Hasbro/Mattel stepped in and objected to Scrabulous because it was too close to their board game, Scrabble, to which they owned (jointly, through different licensing arrangements) indisputable rights to market and distribute (between them worldwide). Scrabulous was changed to be Lexulous and the board was changed to different colors, different size and different letter distribution and points. But I kept playing it with my friends and still do. One of those friends, however, decided to move on to the licensed and approved Scrabble app on the iPad. I followed her about a month ago. That’s what leads…

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