Now, the game has reappeared with the name Wordscraper. The change could help it avoid any confusion with Scrabble. And the game itself has also changed. Instead of Scrabble-like square tiles, for instance, Wordscraper has circles.
Scrabble Knockoff Returns to Facebook with Changes
NEW YORK (AP) - July 31, 2008
On Tuesday, the creators of Scrabulous voluntarily removed their
version of the word game from Facebook, the social networking site.
The brothers behind Scrabulous made the decision after the owners
of Scrabble's North American rights filed a federal lawsuit.