The point of Scrabulous was to offer a reliable online Scrabble alternative. Scrabulous used the same board layout, rules and, at least temporarily, number of tiles as Scrabble. RJ Softwares copied much of Scrabble’s design. Hasbro owns the rights to Scrabble in North America, and Mattel owns the rights in the rest of the world. Unfortunately for the Agarwalla brothers, Scrabulous’ popularity attracted the attention of Hasbro and Mattel. The game’s success even led to Facebook adding the game to the platform in 2007. ![]() Thousands of Scrabble fans flocked to it as the premier option for playing their favorite word game. Scrabulous became a near-instant success, not unlike Words With Friends. Not content with the meager to nonexistent offerings of the time, Rajat and Jayant created their own company, RJ Softwares, to launch their game. The avid Scrabble tournament players wanted a reliable way to play Scrabble online. ![]() Scrabulous, both the game and its website, were created by two brothers, Rajat and Jayant Agarwalla, from Kolkata, India. The original version launched in 2005 as Scrabulous. Lexulous is the game that people know, love and play today.
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