Scrabble to allow proper nouns -- sorta

What do Elvis, Atlanta and Cheetos have in common?

They'll all be playable words in a new version of Scrabble set to debut this summer.

For the first time since the game was patented in 1948, proper nouns will be allowed in a version of the game, Mattel says. Those triple-word scores are about to get even bigger.

Invented by an out-of-work architect during the Great Depression, Scrabble is a type fight. Wooden tiles contain letters that have point values, and players try to create words on a game board that eventually resembles a crossword puzzle. Various squares on the board are colored to double or triple a word or letter's score.

Rare letters carry higher point values.

Let's face it -- words that contain with Q, Z and X are just not that easy to come by. (I bet a lot more people will learn where the country Qatar is).

But that should change in the new version of the game called Scrabble Trickster, which is planned as an attempt to attract younger players, a Mattel spokesperson told the BBC.