Here's one way to attract readers: Spell out your title in Scrabble tiles. It worked for Stefan Fatsis's Word Freak in 2001, though that's not all that worked for that wonderful book, which ...

Our columnist went on a journey to try and get very good at the classic crossword game. By Isaac Aronow It started, as so many of my obsessions do, with a YouTube video. The New Yorker posted a ...

After hundreds of episodes—and with no end in sight—The Simpsons ... lights, Bart offers that the display looks "craptacular" in season nine's "Miracle on Evergreen Terrace." The word was ...

It's hard to deny the impact The Simpsons ... up words, like "cromulent," that fans have been trying to get added to the dictionary for years now. So, the next time you're playing Scrabble and ...

So why did the word game almost fail to take ... it’s also found its way into pop culture. Scrabble pops up in episodes of Seinfeld and The Simpsons, and in lyrics sung by Kylie (who grumbles ...