A U.S. academic has declared that the board game Scrabble is now too easy after changes in the English language have made the value of the letters meaningless. American academic Dr. Joshua Lewis suggests that the letter values need to be altered to make allowances for changes made to the English dictionary over recent years. But Scrabble makers, Mattel, claim Scrabble is down to luck and the company is resisting pressure to change the classic scoring system. Continue reading →