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Move over Scrabulous, Scrabble is ready to compete with its own Facebook application. The new app, designed by Electronic Arts, Inc., will be the officially licensed, authorized Scrabble game. It will be launched this month.

In the absence of an official version, two designers created a reasonable facsimile know to Facebook users as Scrabulous. The popularity of the copycat had Scrabble scrambling to shut Scrabulous down. But a new plan will be to launch the authorized version and hope that users will switch.

The new Facebook application Scrabble will only be available to U.S and Canadian users due to licensing issues outside of North America.

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