Is Scrabulous No More?

scrabulous_0724.jpgThat was fast! A reader tells us that the Facebook Scrabulous application appears to be disabled in both the U.S. and Canada as of this morning(!). Last Thursday Time reported that Hasbro, owner of the boardgame Scrabble was finally making moves to shut the enormously popular “rogue Scrabble website” down. Between this and the shuttering of RedLasso long summer afternoons for office workers are looking dim.

UPDATE: The NYT confirms it.

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