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Scrabble bosses are accused of 'woke virtue signalling' | Daily Mail Online

> Expert Scrabble players have blasted the game's owner as 'virtue signalling' and 'woke' after it banned 400 derogatory terms as playable moves.

> Racial slurs including the 'n-word', insults against the elderly and homophobic terms were removed from Scrabble's official online words list following worldwide anti-racism protests in the wake of the death of American George Floyd.

> Scrabble's owner Mattel said it made the change to make it more relevant culturally following global unrest last year.

> But Scrabble grandmaster David Webb said the move has been interpreted as 'virtue signalling'.

> Offensive terms including the 'n-word' were removed from Scrabble's official online words list following worldwide anti-racism protests in the wake of the death of American George Floyd.

> The exact list of banned words has not been released.

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