“It’s less of a word-finding game, and more of a word-picking game,” said Will Anderson, a North American Scrabble Championship winner who appears in The New Yorker video.

Board detail of game between Chloe Fatsis and Jane Marsh during the Annual Nor'easter Scrabble Tournament at the Marriott Hotel on Friday Dec. 27, 2013 in Colonie, N.Y. (Getty Images) ...

Now, an updated game named Scrabble Together adds “a second side to the board that is collaborative and faster-paced to make gameplay more accessible for anyone who finds word games intimidating ...

Why a new Scrabble version? Mattel says new research has "delved into UK adult's love for board games" and found that 51% of board game players use it as a way of unplugging from social media ...

Scrabble Together is a faster game that also may be more engaging. “Some of the feedback that we got on Scrabble in particular was that you’ve got to focus a lot,” Mr. Adler said.