Monopoly may also end in tears, but its tensions are cruder, lacking the infinitely subtle shadings of irritation and acrimony provided by Scrabble.

- Craig Brown

The iPad! What is better designed than that? I read magazines on it, I play Scrabble. I use it for everything.

- Diane von Furstenberg

Playing 'bop' is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.

- Duke Ellington

I read every country's perspective on an issue. I also play many games like Bridge, Scrabble and Sudoku online.

- Indra Nooyi

I love an iPad game of Scrabble.

- L'Wren Scott

I play a lot of 'Scrabble' with my brother online.

- Lea Thompson

I joined Facebook purely so I could play online Scrabble. You have eight tiles instead of seven, so you tend to have higher scores. I'm somewhere between 400 and 500.

- Moby

I'll always take Scrabble and chess if I'm going filming. But I do have the Scrabble dictionary, which can be infuriating for other players.

- Saffron Burrows