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Scrabble bans 236 bigoted words, slurs from official list
Players of the classic board game will no longer be able to rack up points for spelling out racial and ethnic slurs, according to Scrabble officials.
A total of 236 bigoted words were removed from the official Scrabble word list used at tournaments, in order to make the game friendlier to all types of people,
The toy company Hasbro, which owns the rights to Scrabble, backed up the decision by changing the rules of the game “to make clear that slurs are not permissible.”
The firm said it has worked to eliminate offensive words from the game’s dictionary with every new edition that’s released.
https://nypost.com/2020/07/09/classic-board-game-scrabble-bans-236-bigoted-words-slurs/
Brits fear for Scrabble crackdown on ‘offensive’ words
Toy giant Mattel plans to scrub the U.K. versions of Scrabble of hundreds of “offensive” word, leaving game loving Brits clutching their “boobies” for fear of losing their “arses.”
Other prized words, such as “goolies,” “wrinklies,” “boffing,” “farting” and “fatso,” may also wind up on the wrong side of the official Scrabble lexicon, British aficionados of the little square tiles now worry.
Mattel, which owns the rights to Scrabble outside the U.S., isn’t tipping its rack of letters just yet, but The Sun claims the game maker’s in-progress list of forbidden words will run to 400, and reportedly be a worldwide push.
Mattel seems intent on removing words that might be seen as derogatory or rude, but some alleged offenders may well be salvaged.
The list is still under discussion, but not by members of the associated “Dictionary Committee,” which have resigned in protest from the effort.
https://nypost.com/2021/03/06/arses...ar-for-scrabble-crackdown-on-offensive-words/
Players of the classic board game will no longer be able to rack up points for spelling out racial and ethnic slurs, according to Scrabble officials.
A total of 236 bigoted words were removed from the official Scrabble word list used at tournaments, in order to make the game friendlier to all types of people,
The toy company Hasbro, which owns the rights to Scrabble, backed up the decision by changing the rules of the game “to make clear that slurs are not permissible.”
The firm said it has worked to eliminate offensive words from the game’s dictionary with every new edition that’s released.
https://nypost.com/2020/07/09/classic-board-game-scrabble-bans-236-bigoted-words-slurs/
Brits fear for Scrabble crackdown on ‘offensive’ words
Toy giant Mattel plans to scrub the U.K. versions of Scrabble of hundreds of “offensive” word, leaving game loving Brits clutching their “boobies” for fear of losing their “arses.”
Other prized words, such as “goolies,” “wrinklies,” “boffing,” “farting” and “fatso,” may also wind up on the wrong side of the official Scrabble lexicon, British aficionados of the little square tiles now worry.
Mattel, which owns the rights to Scrabble outside the U.S., isn’t tipping its rack of letters just yet, but The Sun claims the game maker’s in-progress list of forbidden words will run to 400, and reportedly be a worldwide push.
Mattel seems intent on removing words that might be seen as derogatory or rude, but some alleged offenders may well be salvaged.
The list is still under discussion, but not by members of the associated “Dictionary Committee,” which have resigned in protest from the effort.
https://nypost.com/2021/03/06/arses...ar-for-scrabble-crackdown-on-offensive-words/
