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Since we talked facebook yesterday, today I want to tell you about Lexulous, one of my favourite things about facebook. Lexulous used to be Scrabulous on facebook but the Scrabble people didn’t like that they used their game and sued for copyright and trademark infringement. This went on for a while until Scrabulous was eventually yanked with cries of “noooooo” from plenty of us who loved the game. Then Scrabble came out with its own game on facebook. And I think I can speak for many people in saying we did not like it. It was slower and just not the same as Scrabulous. Then a while ago, out came Lexulous which was Scrabulous’s real replacement. The guys at Lexulous had even saved the games we were playing when Scrabulous was yanked from us. Now, Lexulous is not Scrabble. Lexulous has eight tiles not Scrabble’s seven and the tiles have some different values (Z is 12 in Lexulous and 10 points in Scrabble). See the difference? All I know is that Lexulous is fun. You can have as many games going as you want and you can get to it whenever you find the time. There is a dictionary lookup for cheating, a two-word list, you can message inside the game, and if you try a word that’s not real, Lexulous will stop you. If you are on facebook and you like a game of “not-Scrabble” Lexulous is your game. I love it even though I may fall behind on some games and need to get a nudge now and then from my opponents.