"squares, 17 pale red ""double-word"" squares, of which one, the center square (H8), is marked with a star or other symbol; 12 dark blue ""triple-letter"" squares, and 24 pale blue ""double-letter"" squares. In 2008, Hasbro changed the colors of the premium squares to orange for TW, red for DW, blue for DL, and green for TL, but the original premium square color scheme is still preferred for ""Scrabble"" boards used in tournaments. In an English-language set, the game contains 100 tiles, 98 of which are marked with a letter and a point value ranging from 1 to 10. The number"
"and blank tiles cannot be used to represent these. Portuguese-language editions of Scrabble contain 120 tiles. While ""Ç"" is a separate tile, other diacritical marks are ignored. ""K"", ""W"", and ""Y"" are absent, since they are only present in loanwords in Portuguese, and were not even official letters until 2009. Romanian-language editions of Scrabble use these 100 tiles. Some amendment applied in updated version. Previously, the B was worth 8, and the O was worth 1. The original (1982) distribution used the following 100 tiles: Diacritical marks are ignored, so for example ""Ă"" and ""Â"" are played as ""A"". Both"
"Esperanto scrabble) and as a commercially produced custom set. Esperanto-language sets use these 100 tiles: ""Q"", ""W"", ""X"", and ""Y"" are not present, since Esperanto does not use those letters. Estonian-language editions consist of the following 102 tiles: Estonian uses the letters ""C"" and ""Y"" but so infrequently that there are no tiles for them. A blank may represent C because it is the most common out of the five foreign letters in Estonian. Y can also be played as a blank as it is sometimes used as a vowel. There are also no tiles for ""Q"", ""W"", and ""X"""
"at any time. Several online tools exist for counting tiles during friendly play. Diacritical marks (such as ""é"" in words borrowed from French) are ignored. English-language editions of Scrabble contain 100 letter tiles, in the following distribution: The total number of points is 187. When Alfred Butts invented the game, he initially experimented with different distributions of letters. A popular story claims that Butts created an elaborate chart by studying the front page of ""The New York Times"" to create his final choice of letter distributions. In 2004, Super Scrabble was launched. For international distribution outside the United States and"
"are included here as they are sometimes used in borrowed words. Blanks do not exist in this game. German-language editions of Scrabble contain 102 letter tiles, in the following distribution: Before the current 102-tile set, German language sets had 119 tiles. With the larger sized tile pool, players had eight tiles at a time on their racks, as opposed to the standard seven. The letter distribution for this larger set is: German sets marketed as Foreign Language Editions produced by Selchow and Righter had 100 tiles with the following distribution: Before the Foreign Language Editions produced by Selchow and Righter"
"the name Escarbar (a Spanish word for ""Scrabble"") use these 108 tiles: An unofficial practice in some variants of Spanish Scrabble is the permit of words with QU to be played with the Q and with or without the following U. This variant practice eliminates the Q-without-U difficulty that may otherwise occur. Swedish-language Scrabble sets (until 1990 sold in Sweden as ""Alfapet"", but that became a different game) use these 100 tiles: ""Å"", ""Ä"" and ""Ö"" have separate tiles; other diacritics like that on ""É"" are ignored (except ""Ü""). ""Q"" and ""W"", found only in loanwords, are absent but can"
"of Scrabble the company also produced the first Afrikaans language version of the game under the name Krabbel, a Afrikaans translation of ""Scrabble"". This language set of the game had the following 100 tiles: Absent in both the original and standard set of Afrikaans are the letters ""C"", ""Q"", ""X"", and ""Z"". The infrequent ""X"" and ""Z"" may still be represented by the use of a blank, yet the letters ""C"" and ""Q"", not used in Afrikaans but only in a few loanwords, may not be. The Anglo-Saxon editions use these 101 tiles: Anglo-Saxon uses the letter ""K"", but it"
"these 130 tiles. It was An unofficial Japanese Hiragana Scrabble set uses these 100 tiles: The obsolete letters ゐ and ゑ, the letter を now exclusively used as a grammatical particle, and the lengthener ー have no tiles. Words are played in ""dictionary format"": This version was created by a student from Japan, and is not in wide circulation. A more popular set by Scrabble3D uses these 206 tiles: The obsolete letters ""ぇ"", ""ゐ"", ""ゑ"", ""ゎ"", ""ぃ"", ""ぁ"", ""ぅ"", and ""ぉ"", along with the marks ""ー"", ""゛"", and "" ゜"", have no tiles (with the first three letters and the"
"Scrabble letter distributions Editions of the word board game Scrabble in different languages have differing letter distributions of the tiles, because the frequency of each letter of the alphabet is different for every language. As a general rule, the rarer the letter, the more points it is worth. Many languages use sets of 102 tiles, since the original distribution of one hundred tiles was later augmented with two blank tiles. In tournament play, while it is acceptable to pause the game to count the tiles remaining in the game, it is not acceptable to mention how many tiles are remaining"
"making them slightly smaller than the squares on the board. Only the rosewood tiles of the deluxe edition varies the width up to for different letters. Travelling versions of the game often have smaller tiles (e.g. ); sometimes they are magnetic to keep them in place. The capital letter is printed in black at the centre of the tile face and the letter's point value printed in a smaller font at the bottom right corner. S is one of the most valuable tiles in English-language Scrabble because it can be appended to many words to pluralize them (or in the"
"that when a player exchanges tiles on his turn, he could request opponent to pass his turn. Both players have one chance each for one game. The sets consist of these 120 tiles: Diacritic marks are ignored. The letters ""J"", ""K"", ""W"", ""X"", and ""Y"" are absent since these letters do not exist in the standard Italian alphabet, although they are sometimes used in loanwords. Another set uses these 120 tiles: ""Scarabeo"" is an Italian variant of Scrabble that is much more popular in its native country than the original game. It is played with a 17×17 board, and uses"
"Scrabble® brand crossword game. An alternative by Scrabble3D has this distribution (no combinations): Irish-language sets use these 100 tiles: ""J"", ""K"", ""Q"", ""V"", ""W"", ""X"", ""Y"", and ""Z"" are absent since they are rarely used in the Irish language. An alternate set, proposed by Scrabble3D along with the official set, was proposed to have these 100 tiles: Note that ""H"" is not in this set because it is only used at the beginning of the words starting with vowels, which is against the rules there. Note: This set uses the old orthography. In the new orthography, the dotted letters are"
"version had 2 IJ tiles with a value of 4 points. Furthermore, it had only 1 F and only 4 S tiles; and the face value of the G was only 2 points. The Flemish version never had IJ tiles, it was as described above. The Dutch version is now in line with the Flemish one. Instead of the IJ letter a combination of the I and J is now used. Another Dutch version before March 1998 consisted of these 100 tiles: The original Dutch version consisted of these 102 tiles: Esperanto Scrabble exists as an Internet game (Rules for"
"version did not exist officially in standard German orthography prior to 2017. Instead, the character is substituted by SS. However, the umlauts Ä, Ö and Ü must not be replaced by AE, OE or UE when playing (as would usually be done in German crosswords where ß is also replaced by SS). Other diacritics, which may occur in some foreign words, are ignored (é = E, œ = OE etc.). Greek-language editions of Scrabble contain 104 tiles. Gwich'in-language editions of Scrabble contain 200 letter tiles, in the following distribution: Note that ""GHW"", ""ND"", ""NH"", ""NJ"", and ""RH"" are not included,"
"in the digraph ""CH"", and ""U"" in ""OU"" and ""UI"". This version is made for educational purposes and is not an official edition by Mattel. There is no official Hawaiian-language edition of Scrabble, but one suggested fan version made for educational purposes contains these 100 tiles: ""B"", ""C"", ""D"", ""F"", ""G"", ""J"", ""Q"", ""R"", ""S"", ""T"", ""V"", ""X"", ""Y"", and ""Z"" have no tiles as they are not used in Hawaiian. For the sake of the geocache this is connected to, the distribution had to be modified a bit. For example, there should be 30 A's and 11 K's. The"
"it was only used in loanwords. This distribution had a ""CH"" tile for the digraphic letter. Dakelh-language Scrabble sets use these 100 tiles. The letters ""F"" and ""R"" are used in Dakelh, but only in loanwords and are very infrequent. ""P"", ""Q"", ""V"", and ""X"" are also absent because these letters are not used in Dakelh. Danish-language Scrabble sets use these 100 tiles. This distribution lacks ""Q"" and ""W"", which are rare in the Danish language. Dutch-language editions consist of the following 102 tiles: Before March 1998, there was a difference between the Dutch and the Flemish version: the Dutch"
"2016, Tinderbox games under license from Mattel produced Icelandic-language sets using these 104 tiles: Earlier in 2016, to address a realized need for an improved letter ratio for the Icelandic-language, sets under the name Krafla, independent of the Scrabble brand, were produced and made available. For that year, this version was the version sanctioned by Iceland's Scrabble clubs for their tournaments. Krafla has the following 100 tiles: Before 2016, Icelandic-language sets used these 104 tiles: Originally, there was a 105-tile distribution with slightly different point values than the distribution before 2016 (and with 7 E's instead of 6): The letters"
"only occurs in one word (""kyning"") and loanwords, so there is no tile for it. ""J"", ""V"", ""Q"", and ""Z"" are only used in loanwords. Anglo-Saxon uses the letter ""Ƿ"", but it was replaced by ""W"" in this set because it can be easily confused with P. Anglo-Saxon also uses the letter ""Ȝ"", but it is a typographic variant of G, so that is used instead. This version is hand-made and not an official edition by Mattel. Arabic-language editions use the following 100 tiles: Although Arabic letters have up to four forms, Scrabble tiles use the isolated form. In some"
"""H"" tile in place of the ""CH"" tile, two ""L"" tiles for the ""LL"" tile, or two ""R"" tiles for the ""RR"" tile is also not allowed in Spanish Scrabble (see rules in Spanish provided by the FISE). Spanish-language sets sold within North America (known as ""Scrabble – Edición en Español"") use - including ""K"" and ""W"" but without ""CH"" - these 103 tiles: Stress accents are still disregarded. Arguably the ""K"" and ""W"" tiles should not be included in this Scrabble set, but they are anyway, so that loanwords can be played. Spanish-language sets sold within Latin America under"
"it is used in some borrowed words. Zhuyin Chinese-language editions of Scrabble use these 100 tiles. The letter ㄙ (""S)"" has no tile as it is almost exclusively used in the letter ㄕ (SH) in this edition. The letters ㄘ (""C)"", ㄔ (""CH""), ㄈ (""F)"", ㄎ (""K)"", and ㄆ (""P)"" are used in Zhuyin, but so infrequently that they have no tiles. Scrabble letter distributions Editions of the word board game Scrabble in different languages have differing letter distributions of the tiles, because the frequency of each letter of the alphabet is different for every language. As a general rule,"
"distributions lack ""K"", ""Q"", ""W"" and ""Y"", since they are only used in foreign words. You can still use a blank to play these letters. Arguably ""X"" does not exist in Romanian either, but it is included as it is used for borrowed words. Russian-language Scrabble sets, which use Cyrillic letters, contain 104 tiles using this distribution: The former Soviet distribution had 126 tiles and was as follows: Another Russian version, called Эрудит (Erudit), has 131 tiles: This distribution has no Ë tile. In ""Erudit"", only nominative singular and ""pluralia tantum"" nouns are allowed. Scottish Gaelic-language sets originally were planned"
"Scrabble Scrabble is a word game in which two to four players score points by placing tiles bearing a single letter onto a board divided into a 15×15 grid of squares. The tiles must form words that, in crossword fashion, read left to right in rows or downward in columns, and be included in a standard dictionary or lexicon. The name is a trademark of Hasbro, Inc. in the United States and Canada; outside these two countries it is a trademark of Mattel. The game is sold in 121 countries and is available in 29 languages; approximately 150 million sets"
"are virtually absent in Finnish. Arguably ""B"", ""C"", ""F"", and ""G"" (outside the digraph ""NG"") do not exist in Finnish either, but they are included as they are used for borrowed words, and ""F"" in some western dialects. A variant called Alfapet (originally the name of Swedish Scrabble), contains 108 tiles: French-language editions of Scrabble contain these 102 tiles: Diacritical marks are ignored. Galician-language sets use these 100 tiles: Stress accents are disregarded. This is called Letrad@s.GZ (originally Scrabble.GZ), and is not an official edition by Mattel. Arguably ""J"", ""K"", ""W"", and ""Y"" do not exist in Galician, but they"
"used in the Scottish Gaelic language. This version is used by Scrabble3D and is not an official edition by Mattel. Slovak-language sets use these 100 tiles: ""Q"", ""W"", ""Ě"", ""Ö"", ""Ř"", and ""Ü"" are absent because they are only used in loanwords. Arguably ""X"" does not exist in Slovak either, but the designer included it as it is used in loanwords. Since 2013, a new 112-tile set was introduced: Arguably the ""Q"", ""W"", and ""X"" tiles should still not be included, but the manufacturer decided to include them, so that loanwords can be played. However, the Slovak Scrabble dictionary contains"
"no premium squares (originally 64 tiles on an 8×8 board). It has a Qu tile instead of Q and a different tile distribution than Scrabble. Words can be formed as in Scrabble as well as by playing on top of previously formed words. When playing over a word, at least one tile from the original word must be incorporated into the new word. All tiles, with the exception of the Qu tile in certain circumstances, are worth the same, with additional points scored for higher stacks of letters. Stacks can't go higher than five tiles and all words that are"
"is called ԲԱՌ ԽԱՂ (""bar khagh"", meaning ""words game"") and is not an official edition by Mattel. Notice that this distribution lacks ""և"", another Armenian letter, because: However, it can be formed as a ligature of ե/Ե and ւ/Ւ. Bambara-language Scrabble sets use these 106 tiles: The uncommon digraphic letters ""sh"" (sometimes represented with the IPA symbol ʃ; a regional variant of s) and ""kh"" (only used in loanwords) are absent as they are now considered obsolete. Basque-language Scrabble sets use these 100 tiles. Called Euskarbel, this is not an official edition by Mattel. Diacritical marks are ignored. ""C"", ""Q"","
"not allowed. Official rules treat the ""Q"" tile as just one letter, but usually Catalan players use the ""Q"" tile like the ""QU"" digraph and all Catalan Scrabble Clubs use this ""de facto"" rule. ""K"", ""W"", and ""Y"" are absent because they are only used in loanwords or, in the case of ""Y"", the digraph ""NY"". Blanks cannot be used to represent ""K"", ""W"", or ""Y"". There is a Catalan Scrabble clone which uses the same 21x21 board as Super Scrabble. Croatian-language Scrabble sets use the following 103 tiles: ""Q"", ""W"", ""X"" and ""Y"" are not included, as Croatian does"
"borrowed words. Marketed as L33t Tiles by the now defunct Wiremelon, LLC, editions of an English-L33tspeak variant of Scrabble contain 103 letter tiles in the following distribution: Lithuanian-language sets (known as KrisKros Klasik) use these 104 tiles: The letters ""Q"", ""W"" and ""X"" are absent, because they are not used in Lithuanian. Arguably ""F"" and ""H"" do not exist in Lithuanian either, but they are included as they are sometimes used for borrowed words. Lojban-language sets use these 160 tiles: The combination XO is absent as it is only used in 7 words (""binxo"", ""ganxo"", ""jerxo"", ""sirxo"", ""xogji"", ""xotli"", and"
"4 words with W (not including their declensions) and no words with Q - Q is always transcribed as KV in loanwords. Slovenian-language sets use these 100 tiles: ""Q"", ""W"", ""X"" and ""Y"" are absent, because Slovenian does not use those letters. Spanish-language sets sold outside North America use these 100 tiles: Stress accents are disregarded. The letters ""K"" and ""W"" are absent since these two letters are only used in words of foreign origin. According to FISE (""Federación Internacional de Scrabble en Español"") rules, a blank cannot be used to represent ""K"" or ""W"". Using one ""C"" and one"
"used in loanwords or, in the case of ""C"", the digraphs ""CH"" and ""C'H"". However, these letters can be played with a blank. Diacritical marks are ignored. Bulgarian-language Scrabble sets, which use Cyrillic letters, use the following 102 tiles: Catalan-language editions use these 100 tiles. Accents and diaereses are ignored; for example, ""À"" is played as ""A"". Nevertheless, there are special tiles for the ""C"" with cedilla ""Ç"" (""ce trencada""), the ligature ""L·L"" representing the geminated ell (""ela geminada""), as well as the digraph ""NY"". Playing an ""N"" tile followed by a blank tile to form the digraph ""NY"" is"
"have been sold worldwide and roughly one-third of American and half of British homes have a Scrabble set. There are around 4,000 Scrabble clubs around the world. The game is played by two to four players on a square board with a 15×15 grid of cells (individually known as ""squares""), each of which accommodates a single letter tile. In official club and tournament games, play is between two players or, occasionally, between two teams each of which collaborates on a single rack. The board is marked with ""premium"" squares, which multiply the number of points awarded: eight dark red ""triple-word"""
"or the 119-tile distribution produced by J.W. Spear & Sons, James Brunot's Production and Marketing Company produced and outsourced, in the mid-1950s, its production of German sets with a different 100-tile distribution: In 2008, a German edition of the Mattel-licensed product, Super Scrabble, was released by the game publisher Piatnik. The set is composed of the following 200 tiles: The underlines indicate the distribution contains one tile fewer for the letter than would be if the 102 tiles of the current language set were simply doubled. Note that the quasi-letter ß ""(Eszett)"" is not used. This is because its capital"
"""X"" are not used in Turkish and therefore do not appear in the set. Blanks may not represent these letters, meaning loanwords that may use them may not appear in the game at all. Tuvan-language Scrabble sets, which use Cyrillic letters, use these 125 tiles: The distribution lacks four letters used only in loanwords: Ф, Ц, Щ, and Ь. This version is made for educational purposes and is not an official edition by Mattel. An optimum Ukrainian-language Scrabble sets, which use Cyrillic letters, contain 104 tiles using this distribution: The apostrophe sign is also included, even though it is not"