An awesome friend of mine got me hooked on Scrabble - hence her awesomeness. Anyone who brings something new into my world is awesome as far as I'm concerned. After playing the game for a while, I came up with a few variations.

Fiction Scrabble: Anything counts as a word so long as it sounds like a word, and so long as you have a fake definition for it.

Ikea Scrabble: If it sounds like it could be the name of a product from Ikea, you can play it. You must describe the product it sounds like it would be. Ekeskog, for example. 25 point bonus if it actually exists (which, by the way, Ekeskog does. Here it is in Skoka Beige).

Craigslist Scrabble: This one is my favorite.  Only misspelled, misused or otherwise mangled words can be played.  Use of a dictionary is allowed to insure misspelling.