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Scrabble Letter Values

A list of off the tiles in Scrabble and the corresponding point values

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Tile	# Of Tiles	Point Values
BLANK	2	0
A	9	1
B	2	3
C	2	3
D	4	2
E	12	1
F	2	4
G	3	2
H	2	4
I	9	1
J	1	8
K	1	5
L	4	1
M	2	3
N	6	1
O	8	1
P	2	3
Q	1	10
R	6	1
S	4	1
T	6	1
U	4	1
V	2	4
W	2	4
X	1	8
Y	2	4
Z	1	10

English editions of Scrabble have 100 letter tiles, distributed as follows and as above:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: E ×12, A ×9, I ×9, O ×8, N ×6, R ×6, T ×6, L ×4, S ×4, U ×4
2 points: D ×4, G ×3
3 points: B ×2, C ×2, M ×2, P ×2
4 points: F ×2, H ×2, V ×2, W ×2, Y ×2
5 points: K ×1
8 points: J ×1, X ×1
10 points: Q ×1, Z ×1

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A full English-language set of Scrabble tiles

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.

Most languages use sets of 100 tiles, since the original distribution of ninety-eight 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 at any time.^[1] Several online tools exist for counting tiles during friendly play.^[2]

Official editions[edit]

Scrabble editions listed in this section are officially licensed by Hasbro (for North America) or Mattel (for the rest of the world).

English[edit]

English letter distribution
(Number of tiles across, point values down)

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×6	×8	×9	×12
0		[blank]
1				L S U	N R T	O	A I	E
2			G	D
3		B C M P
4		F H V W Y
5	K
8	J X
10	Q Z

English letter distribution (Super)

	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7	×8	×10	×13	×15	×16	×24
0			[blank]
1						L U		S	I N R	O T	A	E
2				G			D
3			B P		C M
4		V	F W Y	H
5	K
8	J X
10	Q Z

English-language editions of Scrabble contain 100 letter tiles, in the following distribution:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: E ×12, A ×9, I ×9, O ×8, N ×6, R ×6, T ×6, L ×4, S ×4, U ×4
2 points: D ×4, G ×3
3 points: B ×2, C ×2, M ×2, P ×2
4 points: F ×2, H ×2, V ×2, W ×2, Y ×2
5 points: K ×1
8 points: J ×1, X ×1
10 points: Q ×1, Z ×1

The total number of points is 187. Diacritical marks (such as «é» in words borrowed from French) are ignored.

When Alfred Butts invented the game, he initially experimented with different distributions of letters.^[3] 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.^[4]

In 2004, Super Scrabble was launched. For international distribution outside the United States and Canada, and under license from Mattel, the game is manufactured by Leisure Tends’ Tinderbox Games; and, for distribution within the United States and Canada, under license from Hasbro, the game is manufactured by Winning Moves. This set is composed of 200 tiles:

4 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: E ×24, A ×16, O ×15, T ×15, I ×13, N ×13, R ×13, S ×10, L ×7, U ×7
2 points: D ×8, G ×5
3 points: C ×6, M ×6, B ×4, P ×4
4 points: H ×5, F ×4, W ×4, Y ×4, V ×3
5 points: K ×2
8 points: J ×2, X ×2
10 points: Q ×2, Z ×2

Super Scrabble contains more letters that are overlined and fewer letters that are underlined than would be obtained by combining two standard English sets.

Afrikaans[edit]

Afrikaans letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×6	×8	×9	×16
0		[blank]
1					D O R S T	I N	A	E
2			H L	G
3			K W
4		M U Y
5		P V
8	B F
10	J

The Afrikaans editions use these 104 tiles:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: E ×16, A ×9, I ×8, N ×8, D ×6, O ×6, R ×6, S ×6, T ×6
2 points: G ×4, H ×3, L ×3
3 points: K ×3, W ×3
4 points: M ×2, U ×2, Y ×2
5 points: P ×2, V ×2
8 points: B ×1, F ×1
10 points: J ×1

Afrikaans letter distribution (original)

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7	×8	×9	×15
0		[blank]
1		U		L	R	O S T	N	I	A	E
2				G		D
3	M	B P
4		F V W Y	H
5			K
8	J

Circa 1953, the Production and Marketing Company had provided license to the private company Leon Toys of Johannesburg, South Africa in the manufacture and production of Scrabble. Alongside the English language version of Scrabble the company also produced the first Afrikaans language version of the game under the name Krabbel, an Afrikaans translation of «Scrabble». This language set of the game had the following 100 tiles:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: E ×15, A ×9, I ×8, N ×7, O ×6, S ×6, T ×6, R ×5, L ×4, U ×2
2 points: D ×6, G ×4
3 points: B ×2, P ×2, M ×1
4 points: H ×3, F ×2, V ×2, W ×2, Y ×2
5 points: K ×3
8 points: J ×1

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.^{[citation needed]}

Arabic[edit]

Arabic letter distribution

	×2	×3	×4	×8
0	[blank]
1		ﺡ ﺥ ﻡ ﻥ ﻩ ﻭ ي	‎ ﻝ ﺝ	‎ ﺍ
2		ﺭ ﺩ ﺱ ﺕ	‎ ﺏ ﺙ
3		ﻑ ﻕ ﺫ ﺵ ﺯ
4	ﻁ	‎ ﺹ ﺽ ﻉ ﻙ
5	ﻅ
6	ﺉ
8	ﻍ ﺀ
10	ﺃ ﺅ

Arabic-language editions use the following 100 tiles:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: ﺍ‎ ×8, ﻝ‎ ×4, ﺝ‎ ×4, ﺡ‎ ×3, ﺥ‎ ×3, ﻡ‎ ×3, ﻥ‎ ×3, ﻩ‎ ×3, ﻭ‎ ×3, ي‎ ×3
2 points: ﺏ‎ ×4, ﺕ‎ ×4, ﺭ‎ ×3, ﺩ‎ ×3, ﺱ‎ ×3, ﺙ‎ ×3,
3 points: ﻑ‎ ×3, ﻕ‎ ×3, ﺫ‎ ×3, ﺵ‎ ×3, ﺯ‎ ×3
4 points: ﺹ‎ ×3, ﺽ‎ ×3, ﻉ‎ ×3, ﻙ‎ ×3, ﻁ‎ ×2,
5 points: ﻅ‎ ×2
6 points: ﺉ‎ ×2
8 points: ﻍ‎ ×2, ﺀ‎ ×2
10 points: ﺃ‎ ×2, ﺅ‎ ×2,

Although Arabic letters have up to four forms, Scrabble tiles use the isolated form. In some sets, as found in some Arabic-based alphabets that are not the standard modern Arabic, a dotless yeh (alif maqsura) may be used ى‎, and for the letter he the final form ‎ھ (heh doachashmee) may appear, as it is in some Arabic-based alphabets, as in Urdu, the isolated form of the letter. The pattern of using the isolated forms in composing words is also found in Arabic crosswords and in the Scrabble3D Persian Scrabble set and is one of the rare situations when Arabic letters are not connected to each other.

Bulgarian[edit]

Bulgarian letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×8	×9
0		[blank]
1				Н П Р С	Т	Е И	А О
2			Б К Л	В Д М
3		Ъ	Г
4		Ж З
5	Й Х	Ч Я	У
8	Ц Ш Ю
10	Ф Щ Ь

Bulgarian-language Scrabble sets, which use Cyrillic letters, use the following 102 tiles:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: А ×9, О ×9, Е ×8, И ×8, Т ×5, Н ×4, П ×4, Р ×4, С ×4
2 points: В ×4, Д ×4, М ×4, Б ×3, К ×3, Л ×3
3 points: Г ×3, Ъ ×2
4 points: Ж ×2, З ×2
5 points: У ×3, Ч ×2, Я ×2, Й ×1, Х ×1
8 points: Ц ×1, Ш ×1, Ю ×1
10 points: Ф ×1, Щ ×1, Ь ×1

Catalan[edit]

Catalan letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×8	×12	×13
0		[blank]
1				L U	O T	N	I R S	A	E
2			C D M
3		B G P
4	F V
8	H J Q Z
10	Ç L·L NY X

Catalan letter distribution (Super clone)

	×1	×2	×3	×5	×6	×7	×8	×10	×12	×16	×17	×19	×25	×27
0				[blank]
1					U		L	O T	N	R	I	S	A	E
2				C D		M
3			B G P
4		F V
8		H J QU Z
10		NY X
12		Ç
15	L·L

A full Catalan-language set.

Catalan-language editions use these 100 tiles:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: E ×13, A ×12, I ×8, R ×8, S ×8, N ×6, O ×5, T ×5, L ×4, U ×4
2 points: C ×3, D ×3, M ×3
3 points: B ×2, G ×2, P ×2
4 points: F ×1, V ×1
8 points: H ×1, J ×1, Q ×1, Z ×1
10 points: Ç ×1, L·L ×1, NY ×1, X ×1

Nevertheless, there are special tiles for the C with cedilla Ç (ce trencada), the ligature L·L representing the geminated L (ela geminada), as well as the digraph NY. K, W, and Y are absent because they are only used in loanwords or, for Y, the digraph NY. Blanks cannot be used to represent K, W, or Y, which means that playing an N tile followed by a blank tile to form the digraph NY is 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.^[5] While Ç is a separate tile, other diacritic marks are ignored.

There is a Catalan Scrabble clone which uses the same 21×21 board as Super Scrabble.^[6]
^[7] It includes the following 200 tiles, with the Q tile replaced with the QU digraph, because Q in Catalan is never without a U after it, and with two of the special tiles, Ç and L·L, increased in value:

5 wild (asterisk) tiles scoring 0 points
1 point: E ×27, A ×25, S ×19, I ×17, R ×16, N ×12, O ×10, T ×10, L ×8, U ×6
2 points: M ×7, C ×5, D ×5
3 points: B ×3, G ×3, P ×3
4 points: F ×2, V ×2
8 points: H ×2, J ×2, QU ×2, Z ×2
10 points: NY ×2, X ×2
12 points: Ç ×2
15 points: L·L ×1

Croatian[edit]

Croatian letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×9	×10	×11
0		[blank]
1				J U	R S T	N	E O	I	A
2			K M P V
3	B Č	G L Z	D
4	C H LJ NJ Š Ž
5	Ć
8	F
10	DŽ Đ

Croatian-language Scrabble sets use the following 103 tiles:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×11, I ×10, E ×9, O ×9, N ×6, R ×5, S ×5, T ×5, J ×4, U ×4
2 points: K ×3, M ×3, P ×3, V ×3
3 points: D ×3, G ×2, L ×2, Z ×2, B ×1, Č ×1
4 points: C ×1, H ×1, LJ ×1, NJ ×1, Š ×1, Ž ×1
5 points: Ć ×1
8 points: F ×1
10 points: DŽ ×1, Đ ×1

Q, W, X and Y are not included, as Croatian does not use those letters.

Czech[edit]

Czech letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6
0		[blank]
1			D K L P R	I S T V	A E N	O
2		Á J Y Z	C H Í M U
3		B É Ě
4	Č Ů Ž	Ř Š Ý
5	F G Ú
6	Ň
7	Ó Ť
8	Ď
10	X

Czech-language sets use the following 100 tiles:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: O ×6, A ×5, E ×5, N ×5, I ×4, S ×4, T ×4, V ×4, D ×3, K ×3, L ×3, P ×3, R ×3
2 points: C ×3, H ×3, Í ×3, M ×3, U ×3, Á ×2, J ×2, Y ×2, Z ×2
3 points: B ×2, É ×2, Ě ×2
4 points: Ř ×2, Š ×2, Ý ×2, Č ×1, Ů ×1, Ž ×1
5 points: F ×1, G ×1, Ú ×1
6 points: Ň ×1
7 points: Ó ×1, Ť ×1
8 points: Ď ×1
10 points: X ×1

Q and W are absent because they are only used in loanwords, though Q and W can be played with a blank.^[8] X is also used only in loanwords, but it is more frequent than Q and W, so it is included. The digraphic letter CH does not appear in this edition and is not representable by the blank (joker);^[9] CH is instead played as two distinct letters C and H.

Písmenkovka letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6
0		[blank]
1			N P T V Y	I K L R	E S	A O
2		Á B D Í J	M U
3		C H Š Z
4		Č CH Ř Ž
5	É Ů Ý	Ě
6	Ň Ť Ú
8	Ď F G
10	Ó X

Písmenkovka letter distribution (original)

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7
0		[blank]
1			N P T V Y	I K L R	E S	A	O
2		Á B D Í J	M U
3		C H Š Z
4		Č CH Ř Ž
5	É Ů Ý	Ě
6	Ň Ť Ú
8	Ď F G
10	Ó

Prior to 1993, there was no official Czech Scrabble.^[10] Instead, there was a Scrabble clone called Pismenkovka which was created in the 1970s, which had a CH tile.^[11] Pismenkovka sets contain these tiles:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×6, O ×6, E ×5, S ×5, I ×4, K ×4, L ×4, R ×4, N ×3, P ×3, T ×3, V ×3, Y ×3
2 points: M ×3, U ×3, Á ×2, B ×2, D ×2, Í ×2, J ×2
3 points: C ×2, H ×2, Š ×2, Z ×2
4 points: Č ×2, CH ×2, Ř ×2, Ž ×2
5 points: Ě ×2, É ×1, Ů ×1, Ý ×1
6 points: Ň ×1, Ť ×1, Ú ×1
8 points: Ď ×1, F ×1, G ×1
10 points: Ó ×1, X ×1

Originally this set did not include an X tile (because it is only used in loanwords) and instead had a seventh O tile.^[12]

KrisKros Klasik has a similar distribution, but it includes 4 T tiles and 2 X tiles.^[13]

Danish[edit]

Danish letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7	×9
0		[blank]
1						N R	A	E
2					D L O S T
3			F G M U V	B I K
4		H J P Y Æ Ø Å
8	X Z	C

Danish-language Scrabble sets use these 100 tiles:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: E ×9, A ×7, N ×6, R ×6
2 points: D ×5, L ×5, O ×5, S ×5, T ×5
3 points: B ×4, I ×4, K ×4, F ×3, G ×3, M ×3, U ×3, V ×3
4 points: H ×2, J ×2, P ×2, Y ×2, Æ ×2, Ø ×2, Å ×2
8 points: C ×2, X ×1, Z ×1

The distribution lacks Q and W, which are very rare and only occur in foreign words. C, X, and Z also only occur in foreign words, but they are not so rare, so they were included.

Dutch[edit]

Dutch letter distribution #1

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×10	×18
0		[blank]
1				I		A O	N	E
2					D R S T
3		B P	G K L M
4		F H J V Z	U
5		C W
8	X Y
10	Q

Dutch letter distribution #1 (old) ^[14]

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×10	×18
0		[blank]
1				I		A O	N	E
2				S	D R T
3		B P	G K L M
4	F	H IJ J V Z	U
5		C W
8	X Y
10	Q

Dutch letter distribution #2

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×8	×16
0		[blank]
1				I		A O	N	E
2					D R S T
3		B G	K L M P
4		F H IJ J V Z		U
5		C W
8	X
10	Q

Dutch letter distribution #3 (original)

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×10	×18
0		[blank]
1			S		D	A I O R T	N	E
2			H L	G
3		B C M P
4		J K U V W
5	F
6		Z
8	X Y
10	Q

Dutch-language editions consist of the following 102 tiles:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: E ×18, N ×10, A ×6, O ×6, I ×4
2 points: D ×5, R ×5, S ×5, T ×5
3 points: G ×3, K ×3, L ×3, M ×3, B ×2, P ×2
4 points: U ×3, F ×2, H ×2, J ×2, V ×2, Z ×2
5 points: C ×2, W ×2
8 points: X ×1, Y ×1
10 points: Q ×1

Before March 1998, there was a difference between the Dutch and the Flemish version: the Dutch version had 2 IJ tiles with a value of 4 points. Furthermore, it had only 1 F and only 4 S tiles. 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:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: E ×16, N ×8, A ×6, O ×6, I ×4
2 points: D ×5, R ×5, S ×5, T ×5
3 points: K ×3, L ×3, M ×3, P ×3, B ×2, G ×2
4 points: U ×4, F ×2, H ×2, J ×2, V ×2, IJ ×2, Z ×2
5 points: C ×2, W ×2
8 points: X ×1
10 points: Q ×1

The original Dutch version consisted of these 102 tiles:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: E ×18, N ×10, A ×6, I ×6, O ×6, R ×6, T ×6, D ×5, S ×3
2 points: G ×4, H ×3, L ×3
3 points: B ×2, C ×2, M ×2, P ×2
4 points: J ×2, K ×2, U ×2, V ×2, W ×2
5 points: F ×1
6 points: Z ×2
8 points: X ×1, Y ×1
10 points: Q ×1

Estonian[edit]

Estonian letter distribution

	×1	×2	×4	×5	×7	×8	×9	×10
0		[blank]
1				K L O U	T	S	E I	A
2		R	D M N
3		G V
4	B	H J P Õ
5		Ä Ü
6		Ö
8	F
10	Š Z Ž

Estonian-language editions consist of the following 102 tiles:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×10, E ×9, I ×9, S ×8, T ×7, K ×5, L ×5, O ×5, U ×5
2 point: D ×4, M ×4, N ×4, R ×2
3 point: G ×2, V ×2
4 point: H ×2, J ×2, P ×2, Õ ×2, B ×1
5 point: Ä ×2, Ü ×2
6 point: Ö ×2
8 point: F ×1
10 point: Š ×1, Z ×1, Ž ×1

C, Q, W, X and Y are absent because these letters are only used in foreign words and are not an official part of the alphabet. Arguably F, Š, Z and Ž do not exist either, but they were included so that loanwords can be played.

Faroese[edit]

Faroese letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×7	×10
0		[blank]
1					S U	E N R T	A I
2				Ð G K L V
3			M
4		D F H O
5	Á
6	B Í J Ó Ú
7	Ø Y
8	P Ý Æ

Faroese letter distribution (unofficial)

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7	×8	×10	×11
0			[blank]
1					S U	E	T	N R	I	A
2				G K L M V
3		F H	Ð O
4		B D
5	Í J P Y
6	Á Ó Ø
8	Æ Ú
10	Ý

Faroese-language editions, created in 2010 as «Krossorðaspæl»,^[15] consist of the following 102 tiles:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×10, I ×10, E ×7, N ×7, R ×7, T ×7, S ×5, U ×5
2 points: Ð ×4, G ×4, K ×4, L ×4, V ×4
3 points: M ×3
4 points: D ×2, F ×2, H ×2, O ×2
5 points: Á ×1
6 points: B ×1, Í ×1, J ×1, Ó ×1, Ú ×1
7 points: Y ×1, Ø ×1
8 points: P ×1, Ý ×1, Æ ×1

An earlier, unofficial, Faroese-language edition consisted of the following 105 tiles:^[16]

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×11, I ×10, N ×8, R ×8, T ×7, E ×6, S ×5, U ×5
2 points: G ×4, K ×4, L ×4, M ×4, V ×4
3 points: Ð ×3, O ×3, F ×2, H ×2
4 points: B ×2, D ×2
5 points: Í ×1, J ×1, P ×1, Y ×1
6 points: Á ×1, Ó ×1, Ø ×1
8 points: Æ ×1, Ú ×1
10 points: Ý ×1

C, Q, W, X, and Z are absent since these letters are not used in modern standard Faroese.

Finnish[edit]

Finnish letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×7	×8	×9	×10
0		[blank]
1						S	E	N T	A I
2					K L O Ä
3			M	U
4		H J P R V Y
7	D Ö
8	B F G W
10	C

Finnish-language sets use these 101 tiles:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×10, I ×10, N ×9, T ×9, E ×8, S ×7
2 points: K ×5, L ×5, O ×5, Ä ×5
3 points: U ×4, M ×3
4 points: H ×2, J ×2, P ×2, R ×2, V ×2, Y ×2
7 points: D ×1, Ö ×1
8 points: B ×1, F ×1, G ×1, W ×1
10 points: C ×1

This distribution lacks Q, Š, X, Z, Ž, and Å, since they are virtually absent in Finnish. W was not originally present in the distribution, but it was added by 2019.^[17] Arguably B, C, F, G (outside the digraph NG), and W do not exist in Finnish either, but they are included as they are used for borrowed words, and F in some western dialects.

Finnish letter distribution (before 2019)

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×7	×8	×9	×10
0		[blank]
1						S	E	N T	A I
2					K L O Ä
3			M	U
4		H J P R V Y
7	D Ö
8	B F G
10	C

Before 2019, a distribution without the W and with 100 tiles was used:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×10, I ×10, N ×9, T ×9, E ×8, S ×7
2 points: K ×5, L ×5, O ×5, Ä ×5
3 points: U ×4, M ×3
4 points: H ×2, J ×2, P ×2, R ×2, V ×2, Y ×2
7 points: D ×1, Ö ×1
8 points: B ×1, F ×1, G ×1
10 points: C ×1

A variant called Alfapet (originally the name of Swedish Scrabble), contains 108 tiles:

Finnish letter distribution (Alfapet)

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7	×8	×9
0		[blank]
1						K L O	E S	N	A I T
2				P R V	M U Ä
3			H J Y
4	G	D Ö
6	B F
8	C

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points), 2 black tiles (scoring 0 points), 2 left-pointing arrows, 2 right-pointing arrows
1 point: A ×9, I ×9, T ×9, N ×8, E ×7, S ×7, K ×6, L ×6, O ×6
2 points: M ×5, U ×5, Ä ×5, P ×4, R ×4, V ×4
3 points: H ×3, J ×3, Y ×3
4 points: D ×2, Ö ×2, G ×1
6 points: B ×1, F ×1
8 points: C ×1

The old Alfapet distribution was as follows:

Finnish letter distribution (old Alfapet)

	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7	×8	×10
0	[blank]
1					Ä	E S	I N	A T
2			M	D K L O R U
3		B G
4	F H J P V Ö
8	C Y

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points), 2 black tiles (scoring 0 points), 2 left-pointing arrows, 2 right-pointing arrows
1 point: A ×10, T ×10, I ×8, N ×8, E ×7, S ×7, Ä ×6
2 points: D ×5, K ×5, L ×5, O ×5, R ×5, U ×5, M ×4
3 points: B ×3, G ×3
4 points: F ×2, H ×2, J ×2, P ×2, V ×2, Ö ×2
8 points: C ×2, Y ×2

French[edit]

French letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×5	×6	×8	×9	×15
0		[blank]
1				L	N O R S T U	I	A	E
2		G	D M
3		B C P
4		F H V
8	J Q
10	K W X Y Z

A complete French Scrabble set

French-language editions of Scrabble contain these 102 tiles:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: E ×15, A ×9, I ×8, N ×6, O ×6, R ×6, S ×6, T ×6, U ×6, L ×5
2 points: D ×3, M ×3, G ×2
3 points: B ×2, C ×2, P ×2
4 points: F ×2, H ×2, V ×2
8 points: J ×1, Q ×1
10 points: K ×1, W ×1, X ×1, Y ×1, Z ×1

Diacritical marks are ignored.

German[edit]

German letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7	×9	×15
0		[blank]
1				D	A	I R T U	S	N	E
2			G L O	H
3	W Z	B		M
4	P	C F K
6	Ä J Ü V
8	Ö X
10	Q Y

German letter distribution (Alternate)

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7	×9	×15
0		[blank]
1			D		U	A I R T	S	N	E
2			G L O	H
3	W Z	B		M
4		C F K P
6	Ä J Ü V
8	Ö X
10	Q Y

German letter distribution (Eszett)

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7	×8	×16
0		[blank]
1					I	A S	R T	N	E
2		B G	D O	H L	U
3		F K P	M
4	Ä Ö W Z
6	J X Y	C
8	Ü V ẞ
10	Q

German letter distribution (former)

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7	×8	×9	×10	×16
0		[blank]
1						A D U	R	S	I	N	E
2		W	G	C L O	H T
3		B K Z	F	M
4	P V
5	Ü
6	Ä J
8	Ö X
10	Q Y

German letter distribution (Selchow & Righter)

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7	×8	×12
0		[blank]
1			O U		R T	A S	N	I	E
2	Ä Ö Ü		G L	C D H
3		B F K P	M
4		V W	Z
8	J
10	Q X Y

German letter distribution (original)

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×6	×8	×14
0		[blank]
1			O U		A R S T	I N	E
2	Ä Ö Ü		G L	D
3		B C F K P	H M
4		V W
8	J Y Z
10	Q X

German letter distribution (Super)

	×2	×4	×6	×8	×10	×11	x12	×14	×17	×29
0		[blank]
1				D	A	I R	T U	S	N	E
2			G L O	H
3	W Z	B		M
4	P	C F K
6	Ä J Ü V
8	Ö X
10	Q Y

German letter distribution (Super Alternate)

	×2	×3	×4	×6	×7	×8	×10	×11	x12	×14	×17	×29
0		[blank]
1					D		U	I R	A T	S	N	E
2				G L O		H
3	W Z		B			M
4		P	C F K
6	Ä J Ü V
8	Ö X
10	Q Y

German-language editions of Scrabble contain 102 letter tiles, in the following distribution:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: E ×15, N ×9, S ×7, I ×6, R ×6, T ×6, U ×6, A ×5, D ×4
2 points: H ×4, G ×3, L ×3, O ×3
3 points: M ×4, B ×2, W ×1, Z ×1
4 points: C ×2, F ×2, K ×2, P ×1
6 points: Ä ×1, J ×1, Ü ×1, V ×1
8 points: Ö ×1, X ×1
10 points: Q ×1, Y ×1

One user on Scrabble3D proposed adding one A, one L, and one P, and removing one D, one M, and one U for balance in the main 102-tile distribution. The fifth U is kept to make the Q playable.^[18] The «Alternative distribution» adds one A and one P and removed one D and one U to the 102-tile distribution.^[19]

Another user on Scrabble3D proposed adding the letter ẞ, worth 8 points, removing an S tile, and decreasing the value of the Y. Percentages of each letter were shown in the dictionary, and a new distribution was established, still with 102 tiles.^[20] The resulting distribution has been implemented as the «Eszett» distribution:^[19]

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: E ×16, N ×8, R ×7, T ×7, A ×6, S ×6, I ×5
2 points: U ×5, H ×4, L ×4, D ×3, O ×3, B ×2, G ×2
3 points: M ×3, F ×2, K ×2, P ×2
4 points: Ä ×1, Ö ×1, W ×1, Z ×1
6 points: C ×2, J ×1, X ×1, Y ×1
8 points: Ü ×1, V ×1, ẞ ×1
10 points: Q ×1

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:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: E ×16, N ×10, I ×9, S ×8, R ×7, A ×6, D ×6, U ×6
2 points: H ×5, T ×5, C ×4, L ×4, O ×4, G ×3, W ×2
3 points: M ×4, F ×3, B ×2, K ×2, Z ×2
4 points: P ×1, V ×1
5 points: Ü ×1
6 points: Ä ×1, J ×1
8 points: Ö ×1, X ×1
10 points: Q ×1, Y ×1

German sets marketed as Foreign Language Editions produced by Selchow & Righter had 100 tiles with the following distribution:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: E ×12, I ×8, N ×7, A ×6, S ×6, R ×5, T ×5, O ×3, U ×3
2 points: C ×4, D ×4, H ×4, G ×3, L ×3, Ä ×1, Ö ×1, Ü ×1
3 points: M ×3, B ×2, F ×2, K ×2, P ×2
4 points: Z ×3, V ×2, W ×2
8 points: J ×1
10 points: Q ×1, X ×1, Y ×1

In the mid-1950s, licensed by James Brunot’s Production and Marketing Company, the wooden-toy company J. Schowanek KG. of Piding (Bavaria), Germany produced the earliest German-language edition with a different 100-tile distribution:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: E ×14, I ×8, N ×8, A ×6, R ×6, S ×6, T ×6, O ×3, U ×3
2 points: D ×4, G ×3, L ×3, Ä ×1, Ö ×1, Ü ×1
3 points: H ×3, M ×3, B ×2, C ×2, F ×2, K ×2, P ×2
4 points: V ×2, W ×2
8 points: J ×1, Y ×1, Z ×1
10 points: Q ×1, X ×1

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:

4 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: E ×29, N ×17, S ×14, I ×11, R ×11, T ×12, U ×12, A ×10, D ×8
2 points: H ×8, G ×6, L ×6, O ×6
3 points: M ×8, B ×4, W ×2, Z ×2
4 points: C ×4, F ×4, K ×4, P ×2
6 points: Ä ×2, J ×2, Ü ×2, V ×2
8 points: Ö ×2, X ×2
10 points: Q ×2, Y ×2

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. Scrabble3D allows a special «Alternative distribution», which adds two A’s one P and removes one D and two U’s.^[19]

Complete Set of old German Scrabble Tiles

Note that the quasi-letter ß (Eszett) is not used in any distribution except for the new Scrabble3D one. This is because its capital version did not exist officially in standard German orthography prior to 2017 and the letter itself is unused in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. 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.).^[21]

Greek[edit]

Greek letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7	×8	×9	×12
0		[blank]
1						Ν	Η Σ	Ε Ι Τ	Ο	Α
2				Κ Π Υ	Ρ
3			Λ Μ Ω
4		Γ Δ
8	Β Φ Χ
10	Ζ Θ Ξ Ψ

Greek-language editions of Scrabble contain 104 tiles:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: Α ×12, Ο ×9, Ε ×8, Ι ×8, Τ ×8, Η ×7, Σ ×7, Ν ×6
2 points: Ρ ×5, Κ ×4, Π ×4, Υ ×4
3 points: Λ ×3, Μ ×3, Ω ×3
4 points: Γ ×2, Δ ×2
8 points: Β ×1, Φ ×1, Χ ×1
10 points: Ζ ×1, Θ ×1, Ξ ×1, Ψ ×1

Hebrew[edit]

Hebrew letter distribution #4

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×6	×8	×10	×12
0		[blank]
1						‎ה ת ר	י‎	‎ו
2					א ל מ ש
3				ב ד
4			נ פ
5		כ ק‎	‎ח
8	ג ז ט ס צ	‎ע

Four different Hebrew language distributions were published by the owners or licensees of the Scrabble brand. In these sets the final form letters ך, ם, ן, ף and ץ are not available and the normal form is used.

The most recent edition for Hebrew was published in 2008 by J. W. Spear & Sons, a subsidiary of Mattel UK with 100 tiles in the following distribution:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: ו‎ ×12, י‎ ×10, ה‎ ×8, ת‎ ×8, ר‎ ×8
2 points: א‎ ×6, ל‎ ×6, מ‎ ×6, ש‎ ×6
3 points: ב‎ ×4, ד‎ ×4
4 points: נ‎ ×3, פ‎ ×3
5 points: ח‎ ×3, כ‎ ×2, ק‎ ×2
8 points: ע‎ ×2, ג‎ ×1, ז‎ ×1, ט‎ ×1, ס‎ ×1, צ‎ ×1

Hebrew letter distribution #3

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×6	×8	×9	×10	×12
0		[blank]
1						ה ר‎	‎ת	‎י	‎ו
2					א ל מ ש
3				ב ד נ
4			ח פ ק
5		ע כ ג
8	ז ט ס‎	‎צ

A version produced in the late 1980s by J. W. Spear & Sons under the Spears Games label has these 104 tiles:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: ו‎ ×12, י‎ ×10, ת‎ ×9, ה‎ ×8, ר‎ ×8
2 points: א‎ ×6, ל‎ ×6, מ‎ ×6, ש‎ ×6
3 points: ב‎ ×4, ד‎ ×4, נ‎ ×4
4 points: ח‎ ×3, פ‎ ×3, ק‎ ×3
5 points: ע‎ ×2, כ‎ ×2, ג‎ ×2
8 points: צ‎ ×2, ז‎ ×1, ט‎ ×1, ס‎ ×1

Hebrew letter distribution #2

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×6	×8	×9	×10	×12
0		[blank]
1						‎ת ר	ה‎	י‎	ו
2					ל מ ש
3			א‎	‎ב ד
4			נ פ
5		ח כ ע ק
8	ג ז ט ס צ

In 1977 J. W. Spear & Sons published their original 97-tile Hebrew language version under the tradename נא‎-שבץ‎™ (Hebrew: «Scrabble»):

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: ו‎ ×12, י‎ ×10, ה‎ ×9, ת‎ ×8, ר‎ ×8
2 points: ל‎ ×6, מ‎ ×6, ש‎ ×6
3 points: ב‎ ×4, ד‎ ×4, א‎ ×3
4 points: נ‎ ×3, פ‎ ×3
5 points: ח‎ ×2, כ‎ ×2, ע‎ ×2, ק‎ ×2
8 points: ג‎ ×1, ז‎ ×1, ט‎ ×1, ס‎ ×1, צ‎ ×1

Hebrew letter distribution #1

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×6	×8	×9	×10	×12
0		[blank]
1						ה ר‎	ת‎	י‎	ו
2					ל מ ש
3				א ב ד
4			נ פ
5		ח כ ע ק
8	ג ז ט ס צ

Just two years earlier, in 1975, Selchow & Righter released their Foreign Language Edition of Hebrew with the following 98-tile distribution:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: ו‎ ×12, י‎ ×10, ת‎ ×9, ה‎ ×8, ר‎ ×8
2 points:, ל‎ ×6, מ‎ ×6, ש‎ ×6
3 points: א‎ ×4, ב‎ ×4, ד‎ ×4
4 points: נ‎ ×3, פ‎ ×3
5 points: ח‎ ×2, כ‎ ×2, ע‎ ×2, ק‎ ×2
8 points: ג‎ ×1, ז‎ ×1, ט‎ ×1, ס‎ ×1, צ‎ ×1

Hungarian[edit]

Hungarian letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6
0		[blank]
1			I M O S	Á L N R	T	A E K
2			B D G Ó
3		H SZ V	É
4		F GY J Ö P U Ü Z
5	C Í NY
7	CS Ő Ú Ű
8	LY ZS
10	TY

Hungarian-language sets use these 100 tiles:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×6, E ×6, K ×6, T ×5, Á ×4, L ×4, N ×4, R ×4, I ×3, M ×3, O ×3, S ×3
2 points: B ×3, D ×3, G ×3, Ó ×3
3 points: É ×3, H ×2, SZ ×2, V ×2
4 points: F ×2, GY ×2, J ×2, Ö ×2, P ×2, U ×2, Ü ×2, Z ×2
5 points: C ×1, Í ×1, NY ×1
7 points: CS ×1, Ő ×1, Ú ×1, Ű ×1
8 points: LY ×1, ZS ×1
10 points: TY ×1

DZ and DZS, which are fairly rare in Hungarian, have no tiles, nor do Q, W, X and Y (outside the digraphs «GY», «LY», «NY» and «TY»), which are only used in loanwords, as part of the extended Hungarian alphabet. You can still use a blank as a Q, W, X or Y, but not as DZ or DZS. Using a D tile and a Z tile to make DZ is not allowed, and neither is putting together D, Z and S or D and ZS to make DZS.

Icelandic[edit]

Icelandic letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7	×8	×10
0		[blank]
1					T	E S U	I	N R	A
2				Ð G L
3			F K	M
4		Á D H Í O V
5	Þ
6	B J Ó Y Æ
8	É P Ú Ö
9	Ý
10	X

In 2016, Tinderbox games under license from Mattel produced Icelandic-language sets using these 104 tiles:^[22]^[23]

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×10, N ×8, R ×8, I ×7, E ×6, S ×6, U ×6, T ×5
2 points: Ð ×4, G ×4, L ×4
3 points: M ×4, F ×3, K ×3,
4 points: Á ×2, D ×2, H ×2, Í ×2, O ×2, V ×2
5 points: Þ ×1
6 points: B ×1, J ×1, Ó ×1, Y ×1, Æ ×1
8 points: É ×1, P ×1, Ú ×1, Ö ×1
9 points: Ý ×1
10 points: X ×1

Icelandic letter distribution (Krafla)

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7	×8	×11
0		[blank]
1							I N S	R	A
2			M	Ð K	L	T U
3		Á Ó	E F G
4	H Í Ú	Æ
5	B D O P V Ý
6	J Y Ö
7	É Þ
10	X

Earlier in 2016, to address a realized need for an improved letter distribution for the Icelandic-language, sets under the name Krafla, independent of the Scrabble brand, were produced and made available. From that year, this version has been sanctioned by Iceland’s Scrabble clubs for their tournaments and for the national championship. Netskrafl (meaning «Net Scrabble»),^[24] a popular online crossword game website, supports the Krafla distribution. Krafla has the following 100 tiles:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×11, R ×8, I ×7, N ×7, S ×7
2 points: T ×6, U ×6, L ×5, Ð ×4, K ×4, M ×3
3 points: E ×3, F ×3, G ×3, Á ×2, Ó ×2
4 points: Æ ×2, H ×1, Í ×1, Ú ×1
5 points: B ×1, D ×1, O ×1, P ×1, V ×1, Ý ×1
6 points: J ×1, Y ×1, Ö ×1
7 points: É ×1, Þ ×1
10 points: X ×1

Icelandic letter distribution (before 2016)

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7	×8	×10
0		[blank]
1					T	E S U	R	I N	A
2			K L M	G	Ð
3		H V	F O
4	Þ	Á D Í
5	J Æ
6	B É Ó
7	Y Ö
8	P Ú
9	Ý
10	X

Before 2016, Icelandic-language sets used these 104 tiles:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×10, I ×8, N ×8, R ×7, E ×6, S ×6, U ×6, T ×5
2 points: Ð ×5, G ×4, K ×3, L ×3, M ×3
3 points: F ×3, O ×3, H ×2, V ×2
4 points: Á ×2, D ×2, Í ×2, Þ ×1
5 points: J ×1, Æ ×1
6 points: B ×1, É ×1, Ó ×1
7 points: Y ×1, Ö ×1
8 points: P ×1, Ú ×1
9 points: Ý ×1
10 points: X ×1

Icelandic letter distribution (original)

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7	×8	×10
0		[blank]
1					T	S U	E R	I N	A
2			K L M	G	Ð
3		H V	F O
4	Þ	Á D Í
5	J Æ
6	B É Ó
7	Y Ö
8	P Ú
9	Ý
10	X

Originally, there were 105 tiles in this set, as there were 7 E’s instead of 6.

C, Q, W, and Z are absent in all distributions since Icelandic does not use those letters.

Indonesian[edit]

Indonesian letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×8	×9	×19
0		[blank]
1			O S	R	T U	E I	N	A
2			K M
3			G	D
4		H P	L
5	F V	Y		B
8	W		C
10	J Z

Indonesian-language sets use these 100 tiles:^[25]

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×19, N ×9, E ×8, I ×8, T ×5, U ×5, R ×4, O ×3, S ×3
2 points: K ×3, M ×3
3 points: D ×4, G ×3
4 points: L ×3, H ×2, P ×2
5 points: B ×4, Y ×2, F ×1, V ×1
8 points: C ×3, W ×1
10 points: J ×1, Z ×1

Q, and X, are absent because they are only present in loanwords and are very rare. F, V, and Z are also present only in loanwords, but they are not very rare, so they are included.

Irish[edit]

Irish letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×6	×7	×10	×13
0		[blank]
1					E S	N R	H I	A
2			G U	C D L O T
4		Á F Í M
8	É Ó Ú
10	B P

Irish-language sets use these 100 tiles:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×13, H ×10, I ×10, N ×7, R ×7, E ×6, S ×6
2 points: C ×4, D ×4, L ×4, O ×4, T ×4, G ×3, U ×3
4 points: Á ×2, F ×2, Í ×2, M ×2
8 points: É ×1, Ó ×1, Ú ×1
10 points: B ×1, P ×1

J, K, Q, V, W, X, Y, and Z are absent since they do not belong to the standard Irish alphabet, although they are sometimes used in loanwords.

Irish letter distribution (Scrabble3D) (original)

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×10	×13
0		[blank]
1				Í S T	E L O	N R	I	A
2		G	C Ċ D M	Á
3	Ṫ	F Ó
4	Ḃ Ḋ É Ṁ Ú	U
5	B Ġ
8	P Ṡ
10	Ḟ Ṗ

An alternate set, proposed by Scrabble3D along with the official set,^[26] was proposed to have these 100 tiles:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×13, I ×10, N ×6, R ×6, E ×5, L ×5, O ×5, Í ×4, S ×4, T ×4
2 points: Á ×4, C ×3, Ċ ×3, D ×3, M ×3, G ×2
3 points: F ×2, Ó ×2, Ṫ ×1
4 points: U ×2, Ḃ ×1, Ḋ ×1, É ×1, Ġ ×1, Ú ×1
5 points: B ×1, Ṁ ×1
8 points: P ×1, Ṡ ×1
10 points: Ḟ ×1, Ṗ ×1

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 replaced by the digraph of the letter without the dot followed by H.

Irish letter distribution (Scrabble3D)

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×8	×11
0		[blank]
1				E O S	Á Í L N R	I	A
2			C Ċ D G M Ó T Ú
3		B Ḃ É Ṫ U
4	Ḋ F Ġ
5	Ṁ
8	P Ṡ
10	Ḟ Ṗ

Shortly after, the Scrabble3D distribution underwent a major revision^[26] (still has 100 tiles):

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×11, I ×8, Á ×5, Í ×5, L ×5, N ×5, R ×5, E ×4, O ×4, S ×4
2 points: C ×3, Ċ ×3, D ×3, G ×3, M ×3, Ó ×3, T ×3, Ú ×3
3 points: B ×2, Ḃ ×2, É ×2, Ṫ ×2, U ×2
4 points: Ḋ ×1, F ×1, Ġ ×1
5 points: Ṁ ×1
8 points: P ×1, Ṡ ×1
10 points: Ḟ ×1, Ṗ ×1

Italian[edit]

Italian letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×5	×6	×11	×12	×14	×15
0		[blank]
1						E	I	A	O
2					C R S T
3				L M N U
5			B D F P V
8		G H Z
10	Q

Scalaparola letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×13
0		[blank]
1							A E I O
2						N R S T
3					L M U
4				C V
5			B D G P
8		F H Z
10	Q

Scarabeo letter distribution

	×2	×4	×6	×7	×12
0	[blank]
1				C R S T	A E I O
2			L M N
3		P
4		B D F G U V
8	H Z
10	Q

Selchow & Righter letter distribution

	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7	×10
0	[blank]
1							A E I O R S T
2					L	C N
3			D P	M
4			B F G U V
8	H	Z
10	Q

Italian-language Scrabble applied a special rule 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:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: O ×15, A ×14, I ×12, E ×11
2 points: C ×6, R ×6, S ×6, T ×6
3 points: L ×5, M ×5, N ×5, U ×5
5 points: B ×3, D ×3, F ×3, P ×3, V ×3
8 points: G ×2, H ×2, Z ×2
10 points: Q ×1

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. However, you can still use a blank to represent these five absent letters.

Prior to the 1980s, Italian scrabble was called «Scalaparola»,^[27] and the sets included these 120 tiles:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×13, E ×13, I ×13, O ×13
2 points: N ×6, R ×6, S ×6, T ×6
3 points: L ×5, M ×5, U ×5
4 points: C ×4, V ×4
5 points: B ×3, D ×3, G ×3, P ×3
8 points: F ×2, H ×2, Z ×2
10 points: Q ×1

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 these 130 tiles:^[28]

2 scarab tiles (wildcards) scoring 0 points
1 point: A ×12, E ×12, I ×12, O ×12, C ×7, R ×7, S ×7, T ×7
2 points: L ×6, M ×6, N ×6
3 points: P ×4
4 points: B ×4, D ×4, F ×4, G ×4, U ×4, V ×4
8 points: H ×2, Z ×2
10 points: Q ×2

In 1948, Selchow & Righter released their Foreign Language Edition of Italian with the following 120-tile distribution:^[29]

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×10, E ×10, I ×10, O ×10, R ×7, S ×7, T ×7
2 points: C ×6, N ×6, L ×5
3 points: M ×5, D ×4, P ×4
4 points: B ×4, F ×4, G ×4, U ×4, V ×4
8 points: Z ×3, H ×2
10 points: Q ×2

By 1976, the distribution was changed to match Scalaparola.^[30]

Latin[edit]

Latin letter distribution (Cambridge)

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7	×8	×9	×11
0		[blank]
1						N	T U	S	A R	E I
2				C	M O
3			D
4		L P
5		B V
6	F G X
10	H Q

Latin letter distribution (Toronto)

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×7	×8	×9	×12
0			[blank]
1					O	R	S T	A I V	E
2			D L	C M N
3			Q
4		B G P X
8	F H

Latin letter distribution extension (Toronto)

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×7	×8	×9	×12
0				[blank]
1					O	R	S T	A I V	E
2	Ē Ī œ ; ıı ııı	Ę	D L	C M N
3	Ↄ ſt V̄	&	Q
4		B G P X
5	ct Ꝑ Ꝝ
6	Ꝓ P̄
8	F H
10	Y

Latin letter distribution (Curculio)

	×0	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7	×8	×9	×10	×12
0			[blank]
1				L		M O	N R	S	T	A	V	E I
2				D P
3			B		C
4		F G H	Q
8		X
10	Y (when used for blank)
15	Z (when used for blank)
20	K (when used for blank)

Latin letter distribution (Mahoney & Rydberg-Cox)

	×1	×2	×4	×6	×9	×10
0		[blank]
1					A I S T U	E
2				M N O R
3			C D L P
8		B F G H Q
10	X Y

There are four kinds of Latin-language Scrabble sets developed by four authorities in the language.

The official distribution was made «in conjunction with scholars from the University of Cambridge and elsewhere, together with the Cambridge Schools Classics Project.» This distribution distinguishes U from V, with the semi-vocalic V scoring five times the points.^[31]

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: E ×11, I ×11, A ×9, R ×9, S ×8, T ×7, U ×7, N ×6
2 points: M ×5, O ×5, C ×4
3 points: D ×3
4 points: L ×2, P ×2
5 points: B ×2, V ×2
6 points: F ×1, G ×1, X ×1
10 points: H ×1, Q ×1

The second distribution, developed by the Centre for Medieval Studies of the University of Toronto, uses these 100 tiles:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: E ×12, A ×9, I ×9, V ×9, S ×8, T ×8, R ×7, O ×5
2 points: C ×4, M ×4, N ×4, D ×3, L ×3
3 points: Q ×3
4 points: B ×2, G ×2, P ×2, X ×2
8 points: F ×1, H ×1

An extension of the second distribution for Latin Paleography, developed by the Centre for Medieval Studies of the University of Toronto, uses these 120 tiles:

3 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: E ×12, A ×9, I ×9, V ×9, S ×8, T ×8, R ×7, O ×5
2 points: C ×4, M ×4, N ×4, D ×3, L ×3, Ę ×2, Ē ×1, Ī ×1, œ ×1, ; ×1, ıı ×1, ııı ×1
3 points: Q ×3, & ×2, Ↄ ×1, ſt ×1, V̄ ×1
4 points: B ×2, G ×2, P ×2, X ×2
5 points: ct ×1, Ꝑ ×1, Ꝝ ×1
6 points: Ꝓ ×1, P̄ ×1
8 points: F ×1, H ×1
10 points: Y ×1

The point value of Ↄ is unknown, but it is believed to be 3. Ↄ, which represents con, can only be played as the first tile of a word. Ꝝ, which represents rum, and ;, which represents is or us, can only be played as the last tile of a word. Ę (e caudata), also written as æ, represents ae. Ē represents em or en. & represents et. Ī represents im or in. œ represents oe. Ꝑ represents per, P̄ represents prae. Ꝓ represents pro. V̄ represents vm or vn (as there was no U at the time). Note that W, unlike Ę/æ and œ, which were created at the same time, has no tile because there is no vv digraph in Latin. ıı represents 2 minims: ii, v, or n. ııı represents 3 minims: iii, iv, in, vi, ni, or m.

The third distribution is as follows:^[32]

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: E ×12, I ×12, V ×10, A ×9, T ×8, S ×7, N ×6, R ×6, M ×5, O ×5, L ×3
2 points: D ×3, P ×3
3 points: C ×4, B ×2
4 points: Q ×2, F ×1, G ×1, H ×1
8 points: X ×1

However, with this set, according to the rules, if a blank is used as a Y it is worth 10 points, if a blank is used as a Z it is worth 15 points, and if a blank is used as a K it is worth 20 points. Each of those letters are so high in points, because they are used only in borrowed words. The score of 20 for a K is the highest known point value for any letter in any Scrabble score distribution worldwide.

The fourth distribution, which uses U instead of V, and includes Y, is as follows:^[33]

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: E ×10, A ×9, I ×9, S ×9, T ×9, U ×9
2 points: M ×6, N ×6, O ×6, R ×6
3 points: C ×4, D ×4, L ×4, P ×4
8 points: B ×2, F ×2, G ×2, H ×2, Q ×2
10 points: X ×1, Y ×1

Y is absent in all sets except the paleographic extension of the first set and the fourth set because it is rare in Latin. K and Z are absent in all sets because they are rare in Latin, while J is not considered separate from I in all sets except the third one, in which it is not included because it is rare in Latin. W is also absent in all sets because it did not exist in ancient times, and is used only in modern borrowed words.

Latvian[edit]

Latvian letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×8	×9	×11
0		[blank]
1					R U	E T	S	I	A
2			L P	Ā K M N
3		Z	D O V
4		Ē Ī J
5	B C G
6	Ņ Š Ū
8	Ļ Ž
10	Č F Ģ H Ķ

Latvian-language sets use these 104 tiles:^[34]

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×11, I ×9, S ×8, E ×6, T ×6, R ×5, U ×5
2 points: Ā ×4, K ×4, M ×4, N ×4, L ×3, P ×3
3 points: D ×3, O ×3, V ×3, Z ×2
4 points: Ē ×2, Ī ×2, J ×2
5 points: B ×1, C ×1, G ×1
6 points: Ņ ×1, Š ×1, Ū ×1
8 points: Ļ ×1, Ž ×1
10 points: Č ×1, F ×1, Ģ ×1, H ×1, Ķ ×1

Q, W, and X are absent because they are not used in modern Latvian. Y is absent because it is only used in certain dialects of Latvian. F and H are present only in loanwords, but are considered part of standard Latvian, so they are included.

Lithuanian[edit]

Lithuanian letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×8	×12	×13
0		[blank]
1				K U	E N R	O T	S	A	I
2	B		D L M
3			P
4		Ė G J V
5	Š Y
6	Ų Ž
8	Ą Č Į Ū
10	C Ę F H Z

Lithuanian-language sets use these 104 tiles:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: I ×13, A ×12, S ×8, O ×6, T ×6, E ×5, N ×5, R ×5, K ×4, U ×4
2 points: D ×3, L ×3, M ×3, B ×1
3 points: P ×3
4 points: Ė ×2, G ×2, J ×2, V ×2
5 points: Š ×1, Y ×1
6 points: Ų ×1, Ž ×1
8 points: Ą ×1, Č ×1, Į ×1, Ū ×1
10 points: C ×1, Ę ×1, F ×1, H ×1, Z ×1

The letters Q, W and X are absent, because they are not used in Lithuanian. F and H are present only in loanwords, but are considered part of standard Lithuanian, so they are included.

Scrabble gameplay in Lithuanian

KrisKros Klasik letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×9	×11
0		[blank]
1	Ą			N	O T U	E L S	A R	I
2	Ę	B G	D M P	K
3	Ų	Ė Š
4	Į V Ž	J
5	Ū Z
6	Y
7	C Č
10	F H

The distribution for the older, unofficial, KrisKros Klasik is as follows:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: I ×11, A ×9, R ×9, E ×6, L ×6, S ×6, O ×5, T ×5, U ×5, N ×4, Ą ×1
2 points: K ×4, D ×3, M ×3, P ×3, B ×2, G ×2, Ę ×1
3 points: Ė ×2, Š ×2, Ų ×1
4 points: J ×2, Į ×1, V ×1, Ž ×1
5 points: Ū ×1, Z ×1
6 points: Y ×1
7 points: C ×1, Č ×1
10 points: F ×1, H ×1

Malagasy[edit]

Malagasy letter distribution

	×1	×2	×4	×5	×6	×11	×13	×14	×20
0		[blank]
1			E S Y	K	T	I	N	O	A
2		F M V
3		D L
4		B P
6	H J R Z
10	G

Malagasy-language sets use these 102 tiles:^[35]

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×20, O ×14, N ×13, I ×11, T ×6, K ×5, E ×4, S ×4, Y ×4
2 points: F ×2, M ×2, V ×2
3 points: D ×2, L ×2
4 points: B ×2, P ×2
6 points: H ×1, J ×1, R ×1, Z ×1
10 points: G ×1

C, Q, U, W, and X are absent because these letters are not used in Malagasy. Diacritical marks are ignored.

Malay[edit]

Malay letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7	×8	×19
0		[blank]
1					M R T	K U	E I	N	A
2				L S
3			B D	G
4		H O P
5	J Y
8	C W
10	F Z

Malay-language sets use these 100 tiles:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×19, N ×8, E ×7, I ×7, K ×6, U ×6, M ×5, R ×5, T ×5
2 points: L ×4, S ×4
3 points: G ×4, B ×3, D ×3
4 points: H ×2, O ×2, P ×2
5 points: J ×1, Y ×1
8 points: C ×1, W ×1
10 points: F ×1, Z ×1

Q, V and X are absent because they are only present in loanwords. So are F and Z, but these two are not so rare.

Norwegian[edit]

Norwegian letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7	×9
0		[blank]
1					D I L	N R S T	A	E
2			M	F G K O
3			H
4		J P Å	B U V
5		Ø
6	Y Æ
8	W
10	C

Norwegian-language editions of Scrabble use these 100 tiles:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: E ×9, A ×7, N ×6, R ×6, S ×6, T ×6, D ×5, I ×5, L ×5
2 points: F ×4, G ×4, K ×4, O ×4, M ×3
3 points: H ×3
4 points: B ×3, U ×3, V ×3, J ×2, P ×2, Å ×2
5 points: Ø ×2
6 points: Y ×1, Æ ×1
8 points: W ×1
10 points: C ×1

The letters Q, X and Z are absent since these letters are very rare and only occur in foreign words. These letters and the foreign letters «Ä», «Ö» and «Ü», which are used in a few Norwegian words, can be played with a blank. C and W also occur only in foreign words, but they are not so rare,^[36] so they were included.

Polish[edit]

Polish letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7	×8	×9
0		[blank]
1				R S W	N Z	O	E	I	A
2			C D K L M P T	Y
3		B G H J Ł U
5	Ą Ę F Ó Ś Ż
6	Ć
7	Ń
9	Ź

Polish letter distribution (old)

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7	×8
0		[blank]
1				R S W	N Z	O	E	A I
2			C D K L M P T	Y
3		B G H J Ł U
4		F
5	Ą Ę Ó Ś Ż
6	Ć
7	Ń Ź

Polish letter distribution (Literaki)

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7	×8	×9
0		[blank]
1				R S W	N Z	O	E	I	A
2			C D K L M P T	Y
3		B G H J Ł U
5	Ą Ć Ę F Ń Ó Ś Ź Ż

Polish letter distribution (Scriba)

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7
0		[black dot]	[blank] [arrow]
1					O	E I	A
2			D L M W	B N P R S Y	T Z
3		U	C F H K
4		J Ł	G
6	Ą Ś	Ó
7	Ć
8	Ę Ń Ż Ź

A complete Polish Scrabble set

Polish-language editions of Scrabble use these 100 tiles:^[37]

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×9, I ×8, E ×7, O ×6, N ×5, Z ×5, R ×4, S ×4, W ×4
2 points: Y ×4, C ×3, D ×3, K ×3, L ×3, M ×3, P ×3, T ×3
3 points: B ×2, G ×2, H ×2, J ×2, Ł ×2, U ×2
5 points: Ą ×1, Ę ×1, F ×1, Ó ×1, Ś ×1, Ż ×1
6 points: Ć ×1
7 points: Ń ×1
9 points: Ź ×1

This set has been used since 2000. Before that year, a slightly different configuration was used: Ź was worth 7 points, F was worth 4 points, and there were 2 F‍’s, and 8 A‍’s.

Literaki, a Polish online Scrabble-based game, uses the same distribution, but the maximum number of points for a tile is 5.^[38]

Alexander^{[year needed]} has released Scriba, which was based on the Swedish game Alfapet. The distribution has 108 tiles:^[39]

3 blank tiles (scoring 0 points), 2 black dot tiles (scoring 0 points), 3 arrow tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×7, E ×6, I ×6, O ×5
2 points: T ×5, Z ×5, B ×4, N ×4, P ×4, R ×4, S ×4, Y ×4, D ×3, L ×3, M ×3, W ×3
3 points: C ×3, F ×3, H ×3, K ×3, U ×2
4 points: G ×3, J ×2, Ł ×2
6 points: Ó ×2, Ą ×1, Ś ×1
7 points: Ć ×1
8 points: Ę ×1, Ń ×1, Ż ×1, Ź ×1

The letters Q, V and X have always been absent (since they are used in foreign words). Blank tiles cannot be used to represent these^[40] except on the Internet Scrabble Club.^[41]^[42]

Portuguese[edit]

Portuguese letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7	×8	×10	×11	×14
0			[blank]
1					T	M R	U	S	I O	E	A
2				C P	D L
3		Ç	B	N
4		F G H V
5		J
6	Q
8	X Z

Portuguese-language editions of Scrabble contain 120 tiles:

3 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×14, E ×11, I ×10, O ×10, S ×8, U ×7, M ×6, R ×6, T ×5
2 points: D ×5, L ×5, C ×4, P ×4
3 points: N ×4, B ×3, Ç ×2
4 points: F ×2, G ×2, H ×2, V ×2
5 points: J ×2
6 points: Q ×1
8 points: X ×1, Z ×1

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[edit]

Romanian letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7	×9	×10	×11
0		[blank]
1					C L U	N R S	T	E	A	I
2				P	O
3				D
4		F V	M
5		B
6		G
8	H Z
10	J X

Romanian letter distribution (original)

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7	×9	×10	×11
0		[blank]
1				L	C O S	N U	R T	E	A	I
2				D P
4			M
8		F V
9		B G
10	H J X Z

Romanian-language editions of Scrabble use these 100 tiles:^[43]

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: I ×11, A ×10, E ×9, T ×7, N ×6, R ×6, S ×6, C ×5, L ×5, U ×5
2 points: O ×5, P ×4
3 points: D ×4
4 points: M ×3, F ×2, V ×2
5 points: B ×2
6 points: G ×2
8 points: H ×1, Z ×1
10 points: J ×1, X ×1

Some amendment applied in updated version. Previously, the B was worth 8, and the O was worth 1.^[44]

The original (1982) distribution used the following 100 tiles:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×11, I ×10, E ×9, R ×7, T ×7, N ×6, U ×6, C ×5, O ×5, S ×5, L ×4
2 points: D ×4, P ×4
4 points: M ×3
8 points: F ×2, V ×2
9 points: B ×2, G ×2
10 points: H ×1, J ×1, X ×1, Z ×1

Diacritical marks are ignored, so for example Ă and Â are played as A, Î is played as I.
Both distributions lack K, Q, W and Y, since they are only used in foreign words. However, you can still use a blank to represent these letters. The letter X is also used only in loanwords,^{[citation needed]} but it is not so rare, so it is included.

Russian[edit]

Russian letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×8	×10
0		[blank]
1				В	И Н Р С Т	А Е	О
2			М	Д К Л П У
3	Ë	Б Г Ь Я
4	Й	Ы
5	Ж Х Ц Ч	З
8	Ш Э Ю
10	Ф Щ Ъ

Russian letter distribution (original)

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×9	×10	×11
0		[blank]
1					В С	Н Р Т	А	Е И	О
2				Д К Л М П У
3		Ь	Б Г Ë	Я
4		Й Ы
5	Х Ц Ч	Ж З
8	Ш Э Ю
10	Ф Щ Ъ

Russian letter distribution (Selchow & Righter)

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×9	×10	×12
0		[blank]
1					В С	Н Р Т	А	Е И	О
2				Д К Л М П У
3		Ь	Б Г	Я
4		Й Ы
5	Х Ц Ч	Ж З
8	Ш Э Ю
10	Ф Щ Ъ

Russian letter distribution (Erudit)

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×8	×9	×10
0			[blank]
1							И Н	Е	А О
2				Й Л	В Д М Т	К П Р С
3			Б Г У Я
5		Ж З Х Ч Ы Ь
10	Ф Ц Ш Щ Ъ Э Ю

Russian-language Scrabble sets, which use Cyrillic letters, contain 104 tiles using this distribution:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: О ×10, А ×8, Е ×8, И ×5, Н ×5, Р ×5, С ×5, Т ×5, В ×4
2 points: Д ×4, К ×4, Л ×4, П ×4, У ×4, М ×3
3 points: Б ×2, Г ×2, Ь ×2, Я ×2, Ë ×1
4 points: Ы ×2, Й ×1
5 points: З ×2, Ж ×1, Х ×1, Ц ×1, Ч ×1
8 points: Ш ×1, Э ×1, Ю ×1
10 points: Ф ×1, Щ ×1, Ъ ×1

The former Soviet distribution had 126 tiles and was as follows:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: О ×11, Е ×10, И ×10, А ×9, Н ×6, Р ×6, Т ×6, В ×5, С ×5
2 points: Д ×4, К ×4, Л ×4, М ×4, П ×4, У ×4
3 points: Я ×4, Б ×3, Г ×3, Ë ×3, Ь ×2
4 points: Ы ×2, Й ×2
5 points: Ж ×2, З ×2, Х ×1, Ц ×1, Ч ×1
8 points: Ш ×1, Э ×1, Ю ×1
10 points: Ф ×1, Щ ×1, Ъ ×1

In 1954, Selchow & Righter released their Foreign Language Edition of Russian with the following 124-tile distribution:^[45]

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: О ×12, Е ×10, И ×10, А ×9, Н ×6, Р ×6, Т ×6, В ×5, С ×5
2 points: Д ×4, К ×4, Л ×4, М ×4, П ×4, У ×4
3 points: Я ×4, Б ×3, Г ×3, Ь ×2
4 points: Ы ×2, Й ×2
5 points: Ж ×2, З ×2, Х ×1, Ц ×1, Ч ×1
8 points: Ш ×1, Э ×1, Ю ×1
10 points: Ф ×1, Щ ×1, Ъ ×1

This distribution has no Ë tile.

Another Russian version, called Эрудит (Erudit), has 131 tiles, and also has no Ë tile:

3 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: А ×10, И ×8, О ×10, Е ×9, Н ×8
2 points: К ×6, П ×6, Р ×6, С ×6, В ×5, Д ×5, М ×5, Т ×5, Й ×4, Л ×4
3 points: Б ×3, Г ×3, У ×3, Я ×3
5 points: Ж ×2, З ×2, Х ×2, Ч ×2, Ы ×2, Ь ×2
10 points: Ф ×1, Ц ×1, Ш ×1, Щ ×1, Ъ ×1, Э ×1, Ю ×1

In Erudit, only nominative singular and pluralia tantum nouns are allowed.

Slovak[edit]

Slovak letter distribution (official)

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×8	×9
0		[blank]
1				R S T V	I N	E	A O
2			D K L P	M
3		J U
4	Á C H Y Z	B
5	Č Í Š Ý Ž
7	É Ľ Ť Ú
8	Ď F G Ň Ô
10	Ä Ĺ Ó Ŕ X

Slovak letter distribution (extended 2013)

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×8	×9	×10
0		[blank]
1				T	N S V	I	E	A	O
2		Á B J Y Z	D M P U	K L	R
3	C Č É H Í Š Ú Ý Ž
4	Ť
5	Ľ
6	F G
7	Ň Ô
8	Ä Ď Ó
9	Ĺ Ŕ X
10	Q W

Slovak-language sets use these 100 tiles:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×9, O ×9, E ×8, I ×5, N ×5, R ×4, S ×4, T ×4, V ×4
2 points: M ×4, D ×3, K ×3, L ×3, P ×3
3 points: J ×2, U ×2
4 points: B ×2, Á ×1, C ×1, H ×1, Y ×1, Z ×1
5 points: Č ×1, Í ×1, Š ×1, Ý ×1, Ž ×1
7 points: É ×1, Ľ ×1, Ť ×1, Ú ×1
8 points: Ď ×1, F ×1, G ×1, Ň ×1, Ô ×1
10 points: Ä ×1, Ĺ ×1, Ó ×1, Ŕ ×1, X ×1

Q, W, Ě, Ö, Ř, and Ü are absent because they are only used in loanwords, but may be represented with a blank. The letter X is also only used in loanwords, but it is not so rare, so it is included. The digraphs CH, DZ, and DŽ, although considered single letters in the Slovak alphabet, are played as pairs of letters.

Since 2013, a new 112-tile set was introduced, including the letters Q and W:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: O ×10, A ×9, E ×8, I ×6, N ×5, S ×5, V ×5, T ×4
2 points: R ×5, K ×4, L ×4, D ×3, M ×3, P×3, U ×3, Á ×2, B ×2, J ×2, Y ×2, Z ×2
3 points: C ×1, Č ×1, É ×1, H ×1, Í ×1, Š ×1, Ú ×1, Ý ×1, Ž ×1
4 points: Ť ×1
5 points: Ľ ×1
6 points: F ×1, G ×1
7 points: Ň ×1, Ô ×1
8 points: Ä ×1, Ď ×1, Ó ×1
9 points: Ĺ ×1, Ŕ ×1, X ×1
10 points: Q ×1, W ×1

Slovenský spolok Scrabble does not recommend using this new version, because the letters and their point values do not correspond to their frequency in Slovak.

Arguably the Q and W tiles should still not be included, but the manufacturer decided to, so that loanwords can be played. In the tournament rules for accepted words, however, there are only a few words with W (not including their inflections) and almost none with Q.^[46] Some players play these two just as two more blanks, or they just remove them from the set altogether.

Slovenian[edit]

Slovenian letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×6	×7	×8	×9	×10	×11
0		[blank]
1				J L T	R S	N	O	I	A	E
2				D V
3		M P U	K
4		B G Z
5	Č H
6	Š
8	C
10	F Ž

Slovenian-language sets use these 100 tiles:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: E ×11, A ×10, I ×9, O ×8, N ×7, R ×6, S ×6, J ×4, L ×4, T ×4
2 points: D ×4, V ×4
3 points: K ×3, M ×2, P ×2, U ×2
4 points: B ×2, G ×2, Z ×2
5 points: Č ×1, H ×1
6 points: Š ×1
8 points: C ×1
10 points: F ×1, Ž ×1

Q, W, X and Y are absent, because Slovenian does not use those letters.

Spanish[edit]

Spanish letter distribution (international)

	×1	×2	×4	×5	×6	×9	×12
0		[blank]
1			L T	N R U	I S	O	A E
2		G		D
3		B M P	C
4	F V Y	H
5	CH Q
8	J LL Ñ RR X
10	Z

Spanish letter distribution (North America)

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7	×8	×11
0		[blank]
1				L R T	N	I U	S	O	A E
2		G		C D
3		P	B M
4	Y	F H V
6		J
8	K LL Ñ Q RR W X
10	Z

Spanish letter distribution (Latin America)

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×6	×8	×9	×12
0		[blank]
1			Ñ	L S U	N R T	O	A I	E
2		B	G	D
3		C M P
4		F H V Y	LL	CH
5	K
8	J X
10	Q Z

Complete tileset in Spanish Scrabble outside North America.

A Spanish Scrabble game completed.

Spanish-language sets sold outside North America use these 100 tiles:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×12, E ×12, O ×9, I ×6, S ×6, N ×5, R ×5, U ×5, L ×4, T ×4
2 points: D ×5, G ×2
3 points: C ×4, B ×2, M ×2, P ×2
4 points: H ×2, F ×1, V ×1, Y ×1
5 points: CH ×1, Q ×1
8 points: J ×1, LL ×1, Ñ ×1, RR ×1, X ×1
10 points: Z ×1

Stress accents and diaereses 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 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.^[47]

Spanish-language sets sold within North America (known as Scrabble – Edición en Español) use — including «K» and «W» but without «CH» — these 103 tiles:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×11, E ×11, O ×8, S ×7, I ×6, U ×6, N ×5, L ×4, R ×4, T ×4
2 points: C ×4, D ×4, G ×2
3 points: B ×3, M ×3, P ×2
4 points: F ×2, H ×2, V ×2, Y ×1
6 points: J ×2
8 points: K ×1, LL ×1, Ñ ×1, Q ×1, RR ×1, W ×1, X ×1
10 points: Z ×1

Stress accents are still disregarded.

Spanish-language sets sold within Latin America under the name Escarbar (a Spanish word for Scrabble) — including «K» and «CH» but without «RR» and «W» — use these 108 tiles:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: E ×12, A ×9, I ×9, O ×8, N ×6, R ×6, T ×6, L ×4, S ×4, U ×4, Ñ ×3
2 points: D ×4, G ×3, B ×2
3 points: C ×2, M ×2, P ×2
4 points: CH ×4, LL ×3, F ×2, H ×2, V ×2, Y ×2
5 points: K ×1
8 points: J ×1, X ×1
10 points: Q ×1, Z ×1

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[edit]

Swedish letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×5	×6	×7	×8
0		[blank]
1				D I L	N	E	A R S T
2		H	G K M	O
3		F V Ä
4		B P Ö Å	U
7	J Y
8	C X
10	Z

A full Swedish Scrabble set.

Swedish-language Scrabble sets (until 1990 sold in Sweden as Alfapet, but that became a different game) use these 100 tiles:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×8, R ×8, S ×8, T ×8, E ×7, N ×6, D ×5, I ×5, L ×5
2 points: O ×5, G ×3, K ×3, M ×3, H ×2
3 points: F ×2, V ×2, Ä ×2
4 points: U ×3, B ×2, P ×2, Ö ×2, Å ×2
7 points: J ×1, Y ×1
8 points: C ×1, X ×1
10 points: Z ×1

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 be played with a blank. Ü and Æ require a blank, and as of 2010 only occur in one and three playable words respectively: müsli and three forms of Laestadianism (læstadianism in Swedish).

Originally (starting in 1954), Swedish Scrabble sets (called Alfa-pet, made by the Swedish company Alga, since 1983 a member of the BRIO Group) used a slightly different distribution:

Swedish letter distribution #1

	×1	×2	×3	×5	×6	×7	×8	×9
0		[blank]
1				D I L	N	E	A R S	T
2		H	G K M	O
3		F V Ä
4		B P Ö Å	U
7	J Y
8	X
10	C

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: T ×9, A ×8, R ×8, S ×8, E ×7, N ×6, D ×5, I ×5, L ×5
2 points: O ×5, G ×3, K ×3, M ×3, H ×2
3 points: F ×2, V ×2, Ä ×2
4 points: U ×3, B ×2, P ×2, Ö ×2, Å ×2
7 points: J ×1, Y ×1
8 points: X ×1
10 points: C ×1

Note that Z was absent in this distribution as it is almost exclusively used in loanwords. However, it could be played with a blank.

Between 1956 and 1961, the makers of Alfa-pet revised the distribution, altering the number of tiles for the letters B, E, N, O, P, S, and U. The letter C was reduced in value to 5 and the X was increased to 10:

Swedish letter distribution #2

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×8	×9	10
0		[blank]
1					D I L	S	A R	N T	E
2		H	G K M	O
3		F V Ä
4	B P	U Ö Å
5	C
7	J Y
10	X

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: E ×10, N ×9, T ×9, A ×8, R ×8, S ×6, D ×5, I ×5, L ×5
2 points: O ×4, G ×3, K ×3, M ×3, H ×2
3 points: F ×2, V ×2, Ä ×2
4 points: U ×2, Ö ×2, Å ×2, B ×1, P ×1
5 points: C ×1
7 points: J ×1, Y ×1
10 points: X ×1

Circa 1961, the hyphen was dropped from the game’s name, and the original Swedish distribution of the game had been restored. Sometime in the 1980s, produced under BRIO’s subsidiary, Joker, the number of Ts in the set were reduced by one and an 8-point Z tile was added.

Swedish letter distribution #3

	×1	×2	×3	×5	×6	×7	×8
0		[blank]
1				D I L	N	E	A R S T
2		H	G K M	O
3		F V Ä
4		B P Ö Å	U
7	J Y
8	X Z
10	C

In 2002, under the ownership of Mattel and its brand name Scrabble, the Swedish language set tile values of the C and Z were changed, respectively, to 8 and 10.

Alfapet letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7	×8	×9
0		[blank]
1						I	D L N T	E S	A R
2				G	O
3			H K M P U
4		B F V Ä Ö Å
8	J	C Y
10	Q X Z

Though Alga had lost its license to Mattel Europa in the early 1990s in the production of the game, the company held onto its ownership of the name Alfapet. subsequently it produced a different yet similar crossword board game. Played on a different grid layout, this game is played with a distribution which contains these 120 tiles, with Q but not W:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points), 2 black tiles (scoring 0 points), 2 left-pointing arrows, 2 right-pointing arrows
1 point: A ×9, R ×9, E ×8, S ×8, D ×7, L ×7, N ×7, T ×7, I ×6
2 points: O ×5, G ×4
3 points: H ×3, K ×3, M ×3, P ×3, U ×3
4 points: B ×2, F ×2, V ×2, Ä ×2, Ö ×2, Å ×2
8 points: C ×2, Y ×2, J ×1
10 points: Q ×1, X ×1, Z ×1

The black tile may be put in front of a word to create another word adjacent to the black tile and thus diagonally away from the original word. The arrows lets the player change the direction of a word anywhere between the first and last letter of the word, and are always placed under letters. Anyway, Q is only used in loanwords in modern Swedish, so it is included.

Turkish[edit]

Turkish letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7	×8	×12
0		[blank]
1					N T	R	İ K L	E	A
2			O S U	I M
3		B D Ü Y
4		C Ç Ş Z
5	G H P
7	F Ö V
8	Ğ
10	J

Turkish-language sets use these 100 tiles (including distinct dotted and dotless I tiles):

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×12, E ×8, İ ×7, K ×7, L ×7, R ×6, N ×5, T ×5
2 points: I ×4, M ×4, O ×3, S ×3, U ×3
3 points: B ×2, D ×2, Ü ×2, Y ×2
4 points: C ×2, Ç ×2, Ş ×2, Z ×2
5 points: G ×1, H ×1, P ×1
7 points: F ×1, Ö ×1, V ×1
8 points: Ğ ×1
10 points: J ×1

Since the letters Â, Î, and Û are considered modified versions of their base forms in Turkish, they are played as A, İ, and U, respectively. The letters Q, W, and X are not used in Turkish and therefore do not appear in the set. Blanks may not represent these letters.

(See a completed Turkish Scrabble board:)

Ukrainian[edit]

Ukrainian letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×7	×8	×10
0		[blank]
1				В	Е І Т Р	И Н	А	О
2			Д П Л	К С М
3			У
4		З Я Б Г
5	Х Й Ч Ь
6	Ж Ї Ц Ш
7	Ю
8	Є Ф Щ
10	Ґ ‘

Optimum Ukrainian-language Scrabble sets, which use Cyrillic letters, contain 104 tiles using this distribution:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: О ×10, А ×8, И ×7, Н ×7, Е ×5, І ×5, Т ×5, Р ×5, В ×4
2 points: К ×4, С ×4, М ×4, Д ×3, Л ×3, П ×3
3 points: У ×3
4 points: З ×2, Я ×2, Б ×2, Г ×2,
5 points: Ч ×1, Х ×1, Й ×1, Ь ×1
6 points: Ж ×1, Ї ×1, Ц ×1, Ш ×1
7 points: Ю ×1
8 points: Є ×1, Ф ×1, Щ ×1
10 points: Ґ ×1, ‘ ×1

The apostrophe sign is also included, even though it is not a letter in the Ukrainian alphabet.

Welsh[edit]

Welsh letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7	×8	×10
0		[blank]
1				DD	W	D O	I R Y	E N	A
2			F G L U
3		B M T	S
4		C FF H TH
5	CH LL P
8	J
10	NG RH

The box for Welsh-language Scrabble sets.

Welsh-language Scrabble sets use these 105 tiles:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×10, E ×8, N ×8, I ×7, R ×7, Y ×7, D ×6, O ×6, W ×5, DD ×4
2 points: F ×3, G ×3, L ×3, U ×3
3 points: S ×3, B ×2, M ×2, T ×2
4 points: C ×2, FF ×2, H ×2, TH ×2
5 points: CH ×1, LL ×1, P ×1
8 points: J ×1
10 points: NG ×1, RH ×1

Since there are specific tiles for the digraphs that are considered to be separate letters in Welsh orthography (such as DD), it is not permissible to use the individual letters to spell these out. Diacritics on letters are ignored.

The digraph PH also exists in Welsh, but is omitted because it is used almost exclusively in mutated words, which the rules disallow. K, Q, V, X and Z do not exist in Welsh. J does not exist in traditional Welsh either, but it is included as it is used in some borrowed words.

Unofficial editions[edit]

Scrabble editions listed in this section are not created or licensed by Hasbro or Mattel.

Anglo-Saxon[edit]

Anglo-Saxon letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×8	×9	×14
0		[blank]
1				G H I L	D S	O R	A	N	E
2			F M T W
3			Æ C U
4		Ð Þ Y
5	B
8	P
10	X

The Anglo-Saxon editions use these 101 tiles:^[48]

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: E ×14, N ×9, A ×8, O ×6, R ×6, D ×5, S ×5, G ×4, H ×4, I ×4, L ×4
2 points: F ×3, M ×3, T ×3, W ×3
3 points: Æ ×3, C ×3, U ×3
4 points: Ð ×2, Þ ×2, Y ×2
5 points: B ×1
8 points: P ×1
10 points: X ×1

Anglo-Saxon uses the letter K, but it only occurs in one word (kyning, usually written cyning) and loanwords, so there is no tile for it. Anglo-Saxon uses the letter Z, but it is a very rare spelling of TS, and is used in loanwords for the sound of Z in modern English, so there is no tile for it. J, V, and Q 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.

Armenian[edit]

Armenian letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7	×8	×10	×18
0			[blank]
1						Ս	Կ Ն	Ո	Ե Ի	Ա
2				Է Հ Մ Յ Պ	Տ Ր Ւ
3		Վ	Բ Գ Դ Ք	Լ
4		Խ Շ Ռ
5		Թ Ծ Ղ Ց
6	Զ Ճ Չ Ջ
8	Ժ Ձ Փ Օ
10	Ը Ֆ

Armenian-language editions use the following 146 tiles.^[49] The board is 17×17 instead of 15×15. This version is called ԲԱՌ ԽԱՂ (bar khagh, meaning words game).

3 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: Ա (a) ×18, Ե (ye / e) ×10, Ի (i) ×10, Ո (vo / o) ×8, Կ (k) ×7, Ն (n) ×7, Ս (s) ×6
2 points: Տ (t) ×5, Ր (r) ×5, Ւ (w) ×5, Է (ė) ×4, Հ (h) ×4, Մ (m) ×4, Յ (y) ×4, Պ (p) ×4
3 points: Լ (l) ×4, Բ (b) ×3, Գ (g) ×3, Դ (d) ×3, Ք (k’) ×3, Վ (v) ×2
4 points: Խ (kh) ×2, Շ (sh) ×2, Ռ (ṙ) ×2
5 points: Թ (t’) 2, Ծ (ts) ×2, Ղ (gh) ×2, Ց (ts’) ×2
6 points: Զ (z) ×1, Ճ (ch) ×1, Չ (ch’) ×1, Ջ (j) ×1
8 points: Ժ (zh) ×1, Ձ (dz) ×1, Փ (p’) ×1, Օ (ȯ) ×1
10 points: Ը (ë) ×1, Ֆ (f) ×1

Notice that this distribution lacks և, another Armenian letter, because it lacks a capital letter.
However, it can be formed as a ligature of ե/Ե and ւ/Ւ.

Bambara[edit]

Bambara letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×15
0		[blank]
1					B M	E Ɛ I K L N O	A
2			R	S Y	U
3		D T	Ɔ
4		F G W
8	C Ɲ	J
10	H Ŋ P Z

Bambara-language Scrabble sets use these 106 tiles:^[35]

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×15, E ×6, Ɛ ×6, I ×6, K ×6, L ×6, N ×6, O ×6, B ×5, M ×5
2 points: U ×5, S ×4, Y ×4, R ×3
3 points: Ɔ ×3, D ×2, T ×2
4 points: F ×2, G ×2, W ×2
8 points: J ×2, C ×1, Ɲ ×1
10 points: H ×1, Ŋ ×1, P ×1, Z ×1

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.^[50]
^[51]
^[52] The Latin alphabetic letters Q, V, and X are also absent because these letters are not used in Bambara.

Basque[edit]

Basque letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×8	×9	×12	×14
0		[blank]
1						O T U	N	I	E	A
2					K R
3				D
4			B Z
5		G H L S
8	J M P RR TS TX TZ
10	F X

Basque-language Euskarbel sets use these 100 tiles.^[53]

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×14, E ×12, I ×9, N ×8, O ×6, T ×6, U ×6
2 points: K ×5, R ×5
3 points: D ×4
4 points: B ×3, Z ×3
5 points: G ×2, H ×2, L ×2, S ×2
8 points: J ×1, M ×1, P ×1, RR ×1, TS ×1, TX ×1, TZ ×1
10 points: F ×1, X ×1

Diacritical marks are ignored. Ñ is part of the Basque language but used so infrequently that it has no tile. C, Q, V, W and Y are absent because they are only used in loanwords. Digraphs can be formed with two tiles.

Bicolano[edit]

Bicolano letter distribution

	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×8	×12	×16
0	[blank]
1				M S T U		N O	I	A
2		K R	G
3		L P			NG
4		B D
5	W Y
8	E H

Dama nin Tataramon, an independently produced Bicolano language variant of Scrabble, uses these 102 tiles:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×16, I ×12, N ×8, O ×8, M ×5, S ×5, T ×5, U ×5
2 points: G ×4, K ×3, R ×3
3 points: NG ×6, L ×3, P ×3
4 points: B ×3, D ×3
5 points: W ×2, Y ×2
8 points: E ×2, H ×2

The games uses the Abakada alphabet; hence the foreign letters of the present Filipino alphabet, C, F, J, Q, V, X, Z, and even Ñ, are absent. None of these letters can be played with a blank. Also, N and G being played in place of NG is not allowed.

Breton[edit]

Breton letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7	×9	×12	×14
0		[blank]
1				I L	T U	O	R	N	A	E
2				D
3		H	G S V
4	CH C’H	B K M Z ZH
5	P
10	F J W Y

Breton-language Scrabble sets, created in 2008 as Skrabell, use these 100 tiles:^[54]

2 — (hyphen) tiles scoring 0 points
1 point: E ×14, A ×12, N ×9, R ×7, O ×6, T ×5, U ×5, I ×4, L ×4
2 points: D ×4
3 points: G ×3, S ×3, V ×3, H ×2
4 points: B ×2, K ×2, M ×2, Z ×2, ZH ×2, CH ×1, C’H ×1
5 points: P ×1
10 points: F ×1, J ×1, W ×1, Y ×1

C, Q, and X are absent because they are only 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.

Cornish[edit]

Cornish letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7	×10	×11
0		[blank]
1						N	O R S	A	E
2			C G	D H T	L		Y
3		I	U W
4		B K M P
5		V
6	F
7	Q

Cornish-language Scrabble sets use these 100 tiles.^[55]

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: E ×11, A ×10, O ×7, R ×7, S ×7, N ×6
2 points: Y ×7, L ×5, D ×4, H ×4, T ×4, C ×3, G ×3
3 points: U ×3, W ×3, I ×2
4 points: B ×2, K ×2, M ×2, P ×2
5 points: V ×2
6 points: F ×1
7 points: Q ×1

J has no tile because it is only used in a few native words (jy/je, bleujen) and in loanwords from English or French. X and Z have no tiles because these letters are only used in loanwords. This set uses the Standard Written Form with alternative spellings allowed. Apostrophes and diacritical marks are ignored. Any grammatical form may be used. This set was created by Ian Jackson in September 2018.

Dakelh[edit]

Dakelh letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×7	×8	×10
0		[blank]
1						A I L O T ʼ	N	H U
2					E S
3			Z	D
4		K
5		G Y
7	W
8	B
10	C J M

Dakelh-language Scrabble sets use these 100 tiles:^[56]

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: H ×10, U ×10, N ×8, A ×7, I ×7, L ×7, O ×7, T ×7, ʼ ×7
2 points: E ×5, S ×5
3 points: D ×4, Z ×3
4 points: K ×2
5 points: G ×2, Y ×2
7 points: W ×1
8 points: B ×1
10 points: C ×1, J ×1, M ×1

The letters F, P, R, and V, which are used only in loanwords in Dakelh and are very infrequent, are absent. The letters Q and X are also absent because these letters are not used in Dakelh.

Dakota[edit]

Dakota letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×6	×8	×10	×12
0		[blank]
1				P U	K Ŋ O T	E	I	A
2			C H
3		D N S	W Y
4		Ġ J M Ṡ Z
5		Ḣ
6	G
8	B C̣ Ḳ
10	P̣ Ṭ

Dakota-language Scrabble sets use these 100 tiles:^[57]

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×12, I ×10, E ×8, K ×6, Ŋ ×6, O ×6, T ×6, P ×4, U ×4
2 points: C ×3, H ×3
3 points: W ×3, Y ×3, D ×2, N ×2, S ×2
4 points: Ġ ×2, J ×2, M ×2, Ṡ ×2, Z ×2
5 points: Ḣ ×2
6 points: G ×1
8 points: B ×1, C̣ ×1, Ḳ ×1
10 points: P̣ ×1, Ṭ ×1

F, L, Q, R, V, X are absent since Dakota does not use these letters.

Esperanto[edit]

Esperanto letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×6	×8
0		[blank]
1				L T U	N R S	A E I O
2			D J P	K M
3		F G Ĝ V
4	C Ŝ	B Ĉ
5	Z
8	H Ŭ
10	Ĥ Ĵ

Esperanto letter distribution (original)

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7	×9	×11	×13
0		[blank]
1						T	O	E N	I	A
2				K	M	L R S
3			D J P U
4		F G V
5		Ŝ	B
6	Ŭ	Ĝ
7		Ĉ Z
8		C
9	H
10	Ĥ	Ĵ

Esperanto Scrabble exists as an Internet game^[58] and as a commercially produced custom set.^[59]

Esperanto-language sets use these 100 tiles:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points).
1 point: A ×8, E ×8, I ×8, O ×8, N ×6, R ×6, S ×6, L ×4, T ×4, U ×4
2 points: K ×4, M ×4, D ×3, J ×3, P ×3
3 points: F ×2, G ×2, Ĝ ×2, V ×2
4 points: B ×2, Ĉ ×2, C ×1, Ŝ ×1
5 points: Z ×1
8 points: H ×1, Ŭ ×1
10 points: Ĥ ×1, Ĵ ×1

The original Esperanto set used these 120 tiles:^[60]

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points).
1 point: A ×13, I ×11, E ×9, N ×9, O ×7, T ×6
2 points: L ×6, R ×6, S ×6, M ×5, K ×4
3 points: D ×3, J ×3, P ×3, U ×3
4 points: F ×2, G ×2, V ×2
5 points: B ×3, Ŝ ×2
6 points: Ĝ ×2, Ŭ ×1
7 points: Ĉ ×2, Z ×2
8 points: C ×2
9 points: H ×1
10 points: Ĵ ×2, Ĥ ×1

Q, W, X, and Y are not present in either set, since Esperanto does not use those letters.

Galician[edit]

Galician letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7	×8	×9	×10	×12
1				T	C	I L N	S	R	O	E	A
2			D U
3		B P		M
4	V	G
5	F H X
6	Z
7	Ñ Q
8	K
9	W Y
10	J

Galician-language sets use these 100 tiles:^[61]

1 point: A ×12, E ×10, O ×9, R ×8, S ×7, I ×6, L ×6, N ×6, C ×5, T ×4
2 points: D ×3, U ×3
3 points: M ×4, B ×2, P ×2
4 points: G ×2, V ×1
5 points: F ×1, H ×1, X ×1
6 points: Z ×1
7 points: Ñ ×1, Q ×1
8 points: K ×1
9 points: W ×1, Y ×1
10 points: J ×1

Stress accents and diaereses are disregarded. This is called Letrad@s.GZ^{[check spelling]} (originally Scrabble.GZ). J, K, W, and Y are officially non-existent in Galician, but they are included here as they are sometimes used in borrowed words. Blanks do not exist in this game.

Gwichʼin[edit]

Gwichʼin letter distribution

	×1	×2	×4	×5	×6	×7	×8	×9	×12	×17	×19
0			[blank]
1	Ę Į O Ǫ U Ų	E		Ą		H	T	N	A	I	ʼ
2	ĮĮ OO ǪǪ TH UU ŲŲ		ĄĄ II			CH EE	AA
3	S TTH W		AII AĮĮ D G K R Y
4	DH GH KH SH	L Ł TR			TS
5	Z	J TŁ V
6	DR KW		GW ZH
7	DDH KHW SHR	DL
8	DZ
9	ZHR
10	B F M

Gwichʼin-language editions of Scrabble contain 200 letter tiles, in the following distribution:^[62]

4 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: ʼ ×19, I ×17, A ×12, N ×9, T ×8, H ×7, Ą ×5, E ×2, Ę ×1, Į ×1, O ×1, Ǫ ×1, U ×1, Ų ×1
2 points: AA ×8, CH ×7, EE ×7, ĄĄ ×4, II ×4, ĘĘ ×1, ĮĮ ×1, OO ×1, ǪǪ ×1, TH ×1, UU ×1, ŲŲ ×1
3 points: AII ×4, AĮĮ ×4, D ×4, G ×4, K ×4, R ×4, Y ×4, S ×1, TTH ×1, W ×1
4 points: TS ×6, L ×2, Ł ×2, TR ×2, DH ×1, GH ×1, KH ×1, SH ×1
5 points: J ×2, TŁ ×2, V ×2, Z ×1
6 points: GW ×4, ZH ×4, DR ×1, KW ×1
7 points: DL ×2, DDH ×1, KHW ×1, SHR ×1
8 points: DZ ×1
9 points: ZHR ×1
10 points: B ×1, F ×1, M ×1

Grave accents are ignored. Digraphs and trigraphs can be played with multiple tiles. GHW, ND, NH, NJ, and RH are not included, as these digraphs and trigraphs are very rare in Gwichʼin. C, P, Q, and X are also absent because these letters are not used in Gwichʼin, or, in the case of C, outside the digraph CH. Arguably B, F, and M are not used in Gwichʼin either, but they are included as these letters are used for borrowed words.

Haitian Creole[edit]

Haitian Creole letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×6	×8	×9
0		[blank]
1					I	E	A N
2				È K L M O OU P S T Y
3			D
4		CH F G J Ò R V W	B
7	Z
8	À UI
10	H

Haitian Creole-language editions of Scrabble contain these 100 tiles:^[63]^[64]

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×9, N ×9, E ×8, I ×6
2 points: È ×4, K ×4, L ×4, M ×4, O ×4, OU ×4, P ×4, S ×4, T ×4, Y ×4
3 points: D ×3
4 points: B ×3, CH ×2, F ×2, G ×2, J ×2, Ò ×2, R ×2, V ×2, W ×2
7 points: Z ×1
8 points: À ×1, UI ×1
10 points: H ×1

X has no tile as it is only used in loanwords in Haitian Creole. C, Q and U are absent, since they are not used in Haitian Creole, or, in the case of C, outside the digraph CH, and U outside the digraphs OU and UI.

Hausa[edit]

Hausa letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×8	×9	×14
0		[blank]
1						D K S U Y	N	I	A
2					M
3				B E H R T W
4			G L O
5		C F J
7	Ɗ Ƙ Z
8	Ɓ
9	TS ‘
10	‘Y

Hausa-language Scrabble sets use these 114 tiles:^[65]

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×14, I ×9, N ×8, D ×6, K ×6, S ×6, U ×6, Y ×6
2 points: M ×5
3 points: B ×4, E ×4, H ×4, R ×4, T ×4, W ×4
4 points: G ×3, L ×3, O ×3
5 points: C ×2, F ×2, J ×2
7 points: Ɗ ×1, Ƙ ×1, Z ×1
8 points: Ɓ ×1
9 points: TS ×1, ‍’‍×1
10 points: ‍’Y‍×1

This version is made for Hausa in Nigeria. In Niger, a Ƴ tile would be used instead of a ‍’Y‍ tile. P has no tile, as it is only used in loanwords in Hausa and is very infrequent. SH has no tile because it is not a letter in all Hausa alphabets. R̃, which was created to distinguish the two R phonemes, has no tile as the phonemes are not always distinguished by Hausa speakers. Q, V, and X have no tiles because these letters are not used at all in Hausa.

Hawaiian[edit]

Hawaiian letter distribution

	×1	×3	×4	×5	×6	×8	×11	×20	×21
0				[blank]
1									A
2							O	K
3						I N
4					E
5				U
6				H
7			L
8		M P
9	W

There is no official Hawaiian-language edition of Scrabble, but one suggested version contains these 100 tiles:^[66]

5 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×21
2 points: K ×20, O ×11
3 points: I ×8, N ×8
4 points: E ×6
5 points: U ×5
6 points: H ×5
7 points: L ×4
8 points: M ×3, P ×3
9 points: W ×1

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 28 A’s, 7 E’s, 11 K’s, and 6 U’s. The diacritical marks and the okina ‘ are ignored.

Igbo[edit]

Igbo letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×8
0				[blank]
1							A I E O U
2						D R T
3					B M
4			K S	F N
5			H L	G
6			P	W
7		Y
10	C J Ñ V Z

Igbo-language sets use these 134 tiles, and a 19×19-tile board:^[67]

4 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×8, E ×8, I ×8, Ị ×8, O ×8, Ọ ×8, U ×8, Ụ ×8
2 points: D ×6, R ×6, T ×6
3 points: B ×5, M ×5
4 points: F ×4, N ×4, K ×3, S ×3
5 points: G ×4, H ×3, L ×3
6 points: W ×4, P ×3
7 points: Y ×2
10 points: C ×1, J ×1, Ñ ×1, V ×1, Z ×1

While C is only used in the digraph CH, the C was likely included because the CH is played with a C and an H. It is unknown if a blank can be used to represent CH. Q and X are not included as these letters are not used in Igbo.

IPA English[edit]

IPA English letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7
0		[blank]
1			ɛ z	d i m	k ɹ	ɪ l s t	ə n
2		b oʊ p	ɑ æ
3		aɪ eɪ f ɡ ɔ v
4	h ŋ ʃ u w
5	dʒ j tʃ
8	aʊ ɔɪ θ ʊ
10	ð ʒ

IPA sets use these 106 tiles:^[68]

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: ə ×7, n ×7, ɪ ×6, l ×6, s ×6, t ×6, k ×5, ɹ ×5, d ×4, i ×4, m ×4, ɛ ×3, z ×3
2 points: ɑ ×3, æ ×3, b ×2, oʊ ×2, p ×2
3 points: aɪ ×2,eɪ ×2, f ×2, ɡ ×2, ɔ ×2, v ×2
4 points: h ×1, ŋ ×1, ʃ ×1, u ×1, w ×1
5 points: dʒ ×1, j ×1, tʃ ×1
8 points: aʊ ×1, ɔɪ ×1, θ ×1, ʊ ×1
10 points: ð ×1, ʒ ×1

ɒ and a are not included as they are allophones of ɑ in varieties of English that have the father–bother merger, including most of the United States. e is an allophone of eɪ. ɫ is an allophone of l. ɱ is an allophone of m. o is an allophone of oʊ. ɾ and r are allophones of ɹ. ʌ is an allophone of ə. ʍ is an allophone of w. ʔ is not considered a phoneme in English. The affricates ts and dz do not have their own tiles, and so must be formed with two. But for a few exceptional cases, the sounds ɐ, β, ʙ, ɓ, c, cʼ, ɕ, ç, ɗ, ɖ, ɘ, ɣ, ɤ, ɠ, ɢ, ʛ, ħ, ʜ, ɦ, ɥ, ɧ, ɨ, ɟ, ʄ, ʝ, kʼ, ɭ, ɬ, ɮ, ʟ, ɯ, ɰ, ɲ, ɳ, ɴ, ø, ɵ, œ, ɶ, pʼ, q, qʼ, ɻ, ɽ, ɺ, ʀ, ʁ, ʂ, tʼ, ʈ, ʉ, ʋ, ⱱ, x, χ, y, ʏ, ʎ, ʐ, ʑ, ʡ, ʕ, and ʢ, ǀ, ǁ, ǃ, ʘ, and ǂ are not used in American English. An extended version has 1 ʙ worth 14, 1 ʛ worth 12, 1 ħ worth 9, 1 kʼ worth 11, 1 ɮ worth 11, 1 ɲ worth 13, 1 ʉ worth 11, 1 ⱱ worth 11, 1 ǃ worth 16, and 1 ʘ worth 18.

IPA English letter distribution (Scrabble3D)

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7	×8
0		[blank]
1		æ	ɛ ɝ i m p z	d k ɫ r	n s	t	ə	ɪ
2		b e ʊ
3		a ɑ f ɡ ŋ ɔ o ʃ v
4	u w ʒ
5	h j
8	θ
10	ð

An alternative by Scrabble3D has this distribution (no combinations):^[69]

1 point: ɪ ×8, ə ×7, t ×6, n ×5, s ×5, d ×4, k ×4, ɫ ×4, r ×4, ɛ ×3, ɝ ×3, i ×3, m ×3, p ×3, z ×3, æ ×2
2 points: b ×2, e ×2, ʊ ×2
3 points: a ×2, ɑ ×2, f ×2, ɡ ×2, ŋ ×2, ɔ ×2, o ×2, ʃ ×2, v ×2
4 points: u ×1, w ×1, ʒ ×1
5 points: h ×1, j ×1
8 points: θ ×1
10 points: ð ×1

Japanese Hiragana[edit]

Japanese Hiragana letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4
0		[blank]
1				いうかしたてとのん
2			きくこつなにはよれ
3	ら	あけすせもりるわ
4	さそちま
5	おひふゆ
6	ほめや
8	えへみ
10	ねむろ
12	ぬ

The Japanese Hiragana Scrabble set uses these 100 tiles:^[70]

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: い (I) x4, う (U) x4, か (KA) x4, し (SHI) x4, た (TA) x4, て (TE) x4, と (TO) x4, の (NO) x4, ん (N/N’) x4
2 points: き (KI) x3, く (KU) x3, こ (KO) x3, つ (TSU) x3, な (NA) x3, に (NI) x3, は (HA) x3, よ (YO) x3, れ (RE) ×3
3 points: あ (A) x2, け (KE) x2, す (SU) x2, せ (SE) x2, も (MO) x2, り (RI) x2, る (RU) x2, わ (WA) x2, ら (RA) ×1
4 points: さ (SA) x1, そ (SO) x1, ち (CHI) x1, ま (MA) ×1
5 points: お (O) x1, ひ (HI) x1, ふ (FU) x1, ゆ (YU) ×1
6 points: ほ (HO) x1, め (ME) x1, や (YA) ×1
8 points: え (E) x1, へ (HE) x1, み (MI) ×1
10 points: ね (NE) x1, む (MU) x1, ろ (RO) ×1
12 points: ぬ (NU) ×1

The obsolete letters ゐ (WI) and ゑ (WE), the letter を now exclusively used as a grammatical particle, and the lengthener ー have no tiles.

In this version, words are played as collated in the dictionary:

Modified letters with the diacritics ゛ and ゜ , as well as the small letters (ぁぃぅぇぉっゃゅょゎ) are played using the unmodified letter: e.g. ディスコ (disuko «disco») is played with the tiles ていすこ (te i su ko).
In addition, lengtheners are played by doubling the previous tile’s vowel: e.g. ラーメン (rāmen ramen noodles) is played with the tiles らあめん (ra a me n).
These modifications are applied per word; that is, theoretically, the same tile つ can validly stand for づ horizontally, and っ vertically:

			あ
こ	と	は	つ	か	い
			か

The words played are 言葉遣い (ことばづかい kotobazukai) and 悪化 (あっか akka). The player is allowed to extend vertically into 扱う (あつかう atsukau).

This version was created by a student from Japan, and is not in wide circulation.

Japanese Hiragana letter distribution (Scrabble3D)

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×8	×9	×10
0		[blank]
1							い	ん	う
2					くきかょりる	し
3			けとすさてがっ	じこつゅちせた
4			まなおみあえにらはれのそめひどゃ
5		もだわふげぶよぎばやほごろむびぼね
6		でぐぜゆざず
8	へべぞ
10	をぱ
15	づぬぽぷぴぺぢ

A larger, more popular set by Scrabble3D uses these 214 tiles:^[71]^[72]^[73]

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: う (U) ×10, ん (N) ×9, い (I) ×8
2 points: し (SHI) ×6, く (KU) ×5, き (KI) ×5, か (KA) ×5, ょ (Small YO) ×5, り (RI) ×5, る (RU) ×5
3 points: じ (JI) ×4, こ (KO) ×4, つ (TSU) ×4, ゅ (Small YU) ×4, ち (CHI) ×4, せ (SE) ×4, た (TA) ×4, け (KE) ×3, と (TO) ×3, す (SU) ×3, さ (SA) ×3, て (TE) ×3, が (GA) ×3, っ (Small TSU) ×3
4 points: ま (MA) ×3, な (NA) ×3, お (O) ×3, み (MI) ×3, あ (A) ×3, え (E) ×3, に (NI) ×3, ら (RA) ×3, は (HA) ×3, れ (RE) ×3, の (NO) ×3, そ (SO) ×3, め (ME) ×3, ひ (HI) ×3, ど (DO) ×3, ゃ (Small YA) ×3
5 points: も (MO) ×2, だ (DA) ×2, わ (WA) ×2, ふ (FU) ×2, げ (GE) ×2, ぶ (BU) ×2, よ (YO) ×2, ぎ (GI) ×2, ば (BA) ×2, や (YA) ×2, ほ (HO) ×2, ご (GO) ×2, ろ (RO) ×2, む (MU) ×2, び (BI) ×2, ぼ (BO) ×2, ね (NE) ×2
6 points: で (DE) ×2, ぐ (GU) ×2, ぜ (ZE) ×2, ゆ (YU) ×2, ざ (ZA) ×2, ず (ZU) ×2
8 points: へ (HE) ×1, べ (BE) ×1, ぞ (ZO) ×1
10 points: を (WO) ×1, ぱ (PA) ×1
15 points: づ (DZU) ×1, ぬ (NU) ×1, ぽ (PO) ×1, ぷ (PU) ×1, ぴ (PI) ×1, ぺ (PE) ×1, ぢ (DJI) ×1

In this version, words are played as they are written in all-kana text, and 9 tiles are played at a time. That is, in the 214-tile variant, the word ヨーロッパ (yōroppa «Europe») is played with the tiles よ, blank, ろ, っ, and ぱ (there is no tile for ー), while in the 100-tile variant, it is played as よ, お, ろ, つ, and は.

The obsolete letters ゐ and ゑ, letters only used in loanwords ぇ, ゎ, ぃ, ぁ, ぅ, and ぉ, along with the lengthener ー, have no tiles (with the first three letters and the lengthener being playable with a blank). Blank tiles may be played as standalone diacritics ゛ and ゜.

Japanese Romaji[edit]

Japanese Romaji letter distribution (with -) #3

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7	×10	×11	×12
0		[blank]
1							N	O	I	A U
2				H R T	E	K S
3		—	M
4		G Y
5		B D
6	J Z
8	F P W
10	C
20	V (when used for blank)

Japanese Romaji Scrabble sets use these 102 tiles:^[74]

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×12, U ×12, I ×11, O ×10, N ×7
2 points: K ×6, S ×6, E ×5, H ×4, R ×4, T ×4
3 points: M ×3, — ×2
4 points: G ×2, Y ×2
5 points: B ×2, D ×2
6 points: J ×1, Z ×1
8 points: F ×1, P ×1, W ×1
10 points: C ×1

L, Q and X are absent as they do not exist in Japanese. V, which exists only in loanwords, is absent because of its rare frequency. It can be used for a blank with 20 points reward for each play. — represents long vowel. Romaji scrabble games consist of all 3 scripts used in Japanese language — Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji in romanized form.

Japanese Romaji letter distribution (without -) #3

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7	×10	×12	×13
0		[blank]
1							N	O	A I	U
2				R T	E	K S
3			M	H
4		G Y
5		B D
6	J Z
8	F P W
10	C
20	V (when used for blank)

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: U ×13, A ×12, I ×12, O ×10, N ×7
2 points: K ×6, S ×6, E ×5, R ×4, T ×4
3 points: H ×4, M ×3
4 points: G ×2, Y ×2
5 points: B ×2, D ×2
6 points: J ×1, Z ×1
8 points: F ×1, P ×1, W ×1
10 points: C ×1

This version does not use the long vowel «-«. For instance, 東京(Tokyo) is played as «toukyou», 優秀(excellent) is played as «yuushuu» and ユース(youth) is played as «yuusu».

Japanese Romaji letter distribution #2 (Scrabble3D)

	×1	×2	×3	×5	×10	×11	×12
0		[blank]
1				E	N	A	O U
2				H K S T
3		Y	R
4		B G
5		M P
6	J Z
8	D W (-)
10	C F

Scrabble3D has a different distribution, released earlier:^[75]

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: O ×12, U ×12, A ×11, I ×11, N ×10, E ×5
2 points: H ×5, K ×5, S ×5, T ×5
3 points: R ×3, Y ×2
4 points: B ×2, G ×2
5 points: M ×2, P ×2
6 points: J ×1, Z ×1
8 points: D ×1, W ×1, (— ×1)
10 points: C ×1, F ×1

The — for long vowels is optional (not in the standard set). V has no tile, but can be played with a blank.

Japanese Romaji letter distribution #1 (Romeo)

	×1	×2	×3	×5	×6	×7	×10	×12	×14
0		[blank]
1					E	U	I O	N	A
2				K S T
3			H R
4		B G M Y Z
5	CH D J
8	F W
10	P

One board game (Romeo) has a different distribution, released earlier:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×12, N ×12, I ×10, O ×10, U ×7, E ×6
2 points: K ×5, S ×5, T ×5
3 points: H ×3, R ×3
4 points: B ×2, G ×2, M ×2, Y ×2, Z ×2
5 points: CH ×1, D ×1, J ×1
8 points: F ×1, W ×1
10 points: P ×1

In this version, note that C has no tile as it is used exclusively in the digraph CH.

Klingon[edit]

Klingon letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×8	×10
0		[blank]
1					H	o u	e ɪ	ʼ a
2				D v	j m
3		b ch gh n q S	l
4		p t
5		w y
6	Q r
8	tlh
10	ng

Klingon-language sets use these 100 tiles:^[76]

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: ʼ ×10, a ×10, e ×8, ɪ ×8, o ×6, u ×6, H ×5
2 points: j ×5, m ×5, D ×4, v ×4
3 points: l ×3, b ×2, ch ×2, gh ×2, n ×2, q ×2, S ×2
4 points: p ×2, t ×2
5 points: w ×2, y ×2
6 points: Q ×1, r ×1
8 points: tlh ×1
10 points: ng ×1

The letter tiles may show Klingon symbols (pIqaD), their renderings in the English alphabet, or both.

An older Klingon distribution by a different manufacturer (which is also not official) uses these 102 tiles (the first game was missing the blanks):^[77]

Klingon letter distribution (old)

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×8	×11
0		[blank]
1			m v			ʼ H u	e ɪ o	ʼ a
2		r	D gh j S	l
3		q	t		b
4		ch n p w y
8	Q
10	ng tlh

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: a ×11, e ×8, ɪ ×8, o ×8, ʼ ×6, H ×6, u ×6, m ×3, v ×3
2 points: l ×4, D ×3, gh ×3, j ×3, S ×3, r ×2
3 points: b ×5, t ×3, q ×2
4 points: ch ×2, n ×2, p ×2, w ×2, y ×2
8 points: Q ×1
10 points: ng ×1, tlh ×1

These versions are separate from Hasbro’s own licensed «Star Trek Scrabble» game, in which players can receive bonus points by playing Klingon words using standard English-language tiles.

L33t[edit]

L33t letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6
0		*
1		S	T	A I L O U		E N R
2			G Z 7	D 0	1 4	3
3		B C M P		X
4		F H V W Y
5	K
6	J
10	Q

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:^[78]^[79]^[80]

2 asterisk [*] tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: E ×6, N ×6, R ×6, A ×4, I ×4, L ×4, O ×4, U ×4, T ×3, S ×2
2 points: 3 ×6, 1 ×5, 4 ×5, D ×4, 0 ×4, G ×3, Z ×3, 7 ×3
3 points: X ×4, B ×2, C ×2, M ×2, P ×2
4 points: F ×2, H ×2, V ×2, W ×2, Y ×2
5 points: K ×1
6 points: J ×1
10 points: Q ×1

Lojban[edit]

Lojban letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4
0			[blank]
1		A C E M S T ‘A ‘E ‘I	L N U	I R
2	O Y CI KA LA LI MA NA RA RI SE	B D G J K P ‘O ‘U
3	F V X Z BA CA DA GA JI KU MI NI NU PA RE RU SA SI TA TE TI XA
4	BI CE CU DE DI DU FA GU JA JU KE KI LE LU MU NE NO PE PI RO SU TO TU VA VI
5	BE BO BU CY DY FE FI FU GE GI JE JY KO KY LO ME MO NY PO PU RY SO SY TY VE XE ZA ZU ZY
6	BY CO DO FO FY GY LY MY PY VO VY XI XU
7	JO ZE
8	XY ZI
10	GO VU

Lojban-language sets use these 160 tiles:^[81]

3 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: I ×4, R ×4, L ×3, N ×3, U ×3, A ×2, C ×2, E ×2, M ×2, S ×2, T ×2, ‘A ×2, ‘E ×2, ‘I ×2
2 points: B ×2, D ×2, G ×2, J ×2, K ×2, P ×2, ‘O ×2, ‘U ×2, O ×1, Y ×1, CI ×1, KA ×1, LA ×1, LI ×1, MA ×1, NA ×1, RA ×1, RI ×1, SE ×1
3 points: F ×1, V ×1, X ×1, Z ×1, BA ×1, CA ×1, DA ×1, GA ×1, JI ×1, KU ×1, MI ×1, NI ×1, NU ×1, PA ×1, RE ×1, RU ×1, SA ×1, SI ×1, TA ×1, TE ×1, TI ×1, XA ×1
4 points: BI ×1, CE ×1, CU ×1, DE ×1, DI ×1, DU ×1, FA ×1, GU ×1, JA ×1, JU ×1, KE ×1, KI ×1, LE ×1, LU ×1, MU ×1, NE ×1, NO ×1, PE ×1, PI ×1, RO ×1, SU ×1, TO ×1, TU ×1, VA ×1, VI ×1
5 points: BE ×1, BO ×1, BU ×1, CY ×1, DY ×1, FE ×1, FI ×1, FU ×1, GE ×1, GI ×1, JE ×1, JY ×1, KO ×1, KY ×1, LO ×1, ME ×1, MO ×1, NY ×1, PO ×1, PU ×1, RY ×1, SO ×1, SY ×1, TY ×1, VE ×1, XE ×1, ZA ×1, ZU ×1, ZY ×1
6 points: BY ×1, CO ×1, DO ×1, FO ×1, FY ×1, GY ×1, LY ×1, MY ×1, PY ×1, VO ×1, VY ×1, XI ×1, XU ×1
7 points: JO ×1, ZE ×1
8 points: XY ×1, ZI ×1
10 points: GO ×1, VU ×1

The combination XO is absent as it is only used in 7 words (binxo, ganxo, jerxo, sirxo, xogji, xotli, and xo’u). The combination ZO is absent as it is only used in 7 words (brazo, kinzo, zo’a, zo’e, zo’i, zo’o, and zo’u). The combination ‘Y is absent as it is only used in 1 word (.y’y). The letter . occurs in Lojban, but it is so infrequent that it has no tile. Blanks can be used to represent any of the above letters (including .) and digrams (including XO, ZO, and ‘Y). The letter ‘ occurs in Lojban, but only in digrams and never as one letter. The letters H, Q, and W are absent, because these letters are not used in Lojban.

Lojban Scrabble letter distribution (1990s) (lujvo included)

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7	×8	×10
0		[blank]
1					E	U	N R	Y	A I
2				L O S T ‘
3			C J K M
4		B D F G P
6	V X
9	Z

Lojban-language sets in the 1990s (which include lujvo) use these 100 tiles:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×10, I ×10, Y ×8, N ×7, R ×7, U ×6, E ×5
2 points: L ×4, O ×4, S ×4, T ×4, ‘ ×4
3 points: C ×3, J ×3, K ×3, M ×3
4 points: B ×2, D ×2, F ×2, G ×2, P ×2
6 points: V ×1, X ×1
9 points: Z ×1

Lojban Scrabble letter distribution (1990s) (lujvo not included)

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7	×8	×12
0		[blank]
1				‘	R	E	N	U	A I
2				C L S T	O
3			D J K M
5		B F G P
8	V
9	X
10	Z

Lojban-language sets in the 1990s (which do not include lujvo) use these 100 tiles:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×12, I ×12, U ×8, N ×7, E ×6, R ×5, ‘ ×4
2 points: O ×5, C ×4, L ×4, S ×4, T ×4
3 points: D ×3, J ×3, K ×3, M ×3
5 points: B ×2, F ×2, G ×2, P ×2
8 points: V ×1
9 points: X ×1
10 points: Z ×1

Y is absent because it is very rare outside lujvo.

Māori[edit]

Māori letter distribution (Scramble)

	×3	×6	×10	×12	×15	×20	×25
0	[blank]
1						U	A I O
2				K N W	E R T
3			H M P
4			NG
5		WH

Māori-language sets (known as Scramble) use these 225 tiles:

3 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×25, I ×25, O ×25, U ×20
2 points: E ×15, R ×15, T ×15, K ×12, N ×12, W ×12
3 points: H ×10, M ×10, P ×10
4 points: NG ×10
5 points: WH ×6

Diacritical marks are ignored. B, C, D, F, G, J, L, Q, S, V, X, Y, and Z are absent because these letters are not used in Māori, or, for G, outside the NG digraph.

Māori letter distribution (Kuputupu)

	×2	×3	×4	×5	×7	×9	×10	×13
0	[blank]
1						O	E I U	A
2				K	R T
3				H	N
4				P
5			W	M
10		G

Another version, called Kuputupu, uses these 102 tiles:^[82]

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×13, E ×10, I ×10, U ×10, O ×9
2 points: R ×7, T ×7, K ×5
3 points: N ×7, H ×5
4 points: P ×5
5 points: M ×5, W ×4
10 points: G ×3

Math[edit]

Math sets use these 100 tiles:

Math tile distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×5	×6	×7	×8	×18
0		[blank]
1						2	1	=
2					0 3 4
3			+ −	8	5 6
4			× ÷	7 9
5		√
6	²
7	³
8	!
9	^
10	. ∜

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: = ×18, 1 ×8, 2 ×7
2 points: 0 ×6, 3 ×6, 4 ×6
3 points: 5 ×6, 6 ×6, 8 ×5, + ×3, − ×3
4 points: 7 ×5, 9 ×5, × ×3, ÷ ×3
5 points: √ ×2
6 points: ² ×1
7 points: ³ ×1
8 points: ! ×1
9 points: ^ ×1
10 points: . ×1, ∜ ×1

To play, you have to put in a true equation on the board.^[83]

Math tile distribution (old)

	×1	×3	×4	×6	×7	×8	×10	×18
0		[blank]						=
1							1
2						2
3				0	4 5
4				8 9	3 6
5				7
6			+ − ×
7		÷ √
8		.
9	^
10	! ² ³ ∜ ∞ < >

Math sets previously used these 120 tiles:^[84]

3 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
0 points: = ×18
1 point: 1 ×10
2 points: 2 ×8, 4 ×7, 5 ×7
3 points: 0 ×6
4 points: 3 ×7, 6 ×7, 8 ×6, 9 ×6
5 points: 7 ×6
6 points: + ×4, − ×4, × ×4
7 points: ÷ ×3, √ ×3
8 points: . ×3
9 points: ^ ×1
10 points: ! ×1, ² ×1, ³ ×1, ∜ ×1, ∞ ×1, < ×1, > ×1

Na’vi[edit]

Na’vi letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×8	×12
0		[blank]
1				I R	O U	L N T Y	E	A
2			Ä S	Ì ʼ
3			K M P
4		F G V W
5	H
8			X
10	Z

Na’vi language sets use these 100 tiles:^[85]

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×12, E ×8, L ×6, N ×6, T ×6, Y ×6, O ×5, U ×5, I ×4, R ×4
2 points: Ì ×4, ʼ ×4, Ä ×3, S ×3
3 points: K ×3, M ×3, P ×3
4 points: F ×2, G ×2, V ×2, W ×2
5 points: H ×1
8 points: X ×3
10 points: Z ×1

Note that B, D, J, Q, and C (which is a rare alternative spelling of the digraph TS) have no tiles because these letters are not used in Na’vi. Note that G is only used in the NG digraph (and is also a rare alternative spelling of that digraph), and X is only used in the KX, PX, and TX digraphs. You cannot use a blank to represent the digraphs KX, LL, NG, PX, RR, TS, TX, or the diphthongs AW, AY, EW, or EY (which are sometimes considered as digraphs). This set was created by LearnNa’vi.org. Shortly after, the idea of revising the set to have the digraphs as single tiles (removing the G and X tiles) was proposed, but that has not taken effect so far.

Nuxalk[edit]

Nuxalk letter distribution

	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7	×8	×9	×10	×12	x20	×25
1							TS U	LH M	I K	T	S	A
2				TLʼ X	Q Qʼ Y	L N
3			AA C CW Kʼ KW P Tʼ TSʼ XW
4	UU	QW	KWʼ W
5	II	QWʼ
7	Pʼ
9	H
11	7

The Nuxalk-language edition uses these 212 tiles:^[86]

1 point: A ×25, S ×20, T ×12, I ×10, K ×10, LH ×9, M ×9, TS ×8, U ×8
2 points: L ×7, N ×7, Q ×6, Qʼ ×6, Y ×6, TLʼ ×5, X ×5
3 points: AA ×4, C ×4, CW ×4, Kʼ ×4, KW ×4, P ×4, Tʼ ×4, TSʼ ×4, XW ×4
4 points: KWʼ ×4, W ×4, QW ×3, UU ×2
5 points: QWʼ ×3, II ×2
7 points: Pʼ ×2
9 points: H ×2
11 points: 7 ×2

The letters B, D, E, F, G, J, O, R, V and Z are not used in Nuxalk and therefore have no tiles. The 7 is included in the set because it is an actual letter in Nuxalk. It is used to replace ‘ if you don’t have a tile ending with ‘. Arguably H and 7 do not exist in Nuxalk, but they are included as they are used for borrowed words, or in the case of 7, optionally at the beginning of a word.

Occitan[edit]

Occitan letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×6	×7	×8	×10	×15
0		[blank]
1					O	I N T	R S	E	A
2			C	L M U
4		B D P	G
6	F H	V
10	J Q X Z

The Occitan-language edition, called «E-scrabbl’òc», uses these 102 tiles:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×15, E ×10, R ×8, S ×8, I ×7, N ×7, T ×7, O ×6
2 points: L ×4, M ×4, U ×4, C ×3
4 points: G ×3, B ×2, D ×2, P ×2
6 points: V ×2, F ×1, H ×1
10 points: J ×1, Q ×1, X ×1, Z ×1

K, W, and Y are absent because they are only used in loanwords. It is unknown if blanks can be used to represent K, W, or Y.^[87]

Completed Occitan Scrabble Board

Persian[edit]

Persian letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×6	×7	×8	×9
0		[blank]
1			ﺏ ﺱ ک	‎ ﺩ ﺵ ﻝ ﻭ ﻩ	‎ ﺕ ﻥ	‎ ﺭ ﻡ	‎ ی	‎ ﺍ
2		ﺯ ﻑ
3		ﺝ ﺥ ﻕ
4		پ ﺡ ﻉ گ
6	آ چ ﺹ ﻁ ﻍ
8	ﺫ ژ ﺽ
10	ﺙ ﻅ

Persian-language editions, which use Arabic letters, use the following 102 tiles:^[88]

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: ﺍ‎ ×9, ی‎ ×8, ﺭ‎ ×7, ﻡ‎ ×7, ﺕ‎ ×6, ﻥ‎ ×6, ﺩ‎ ×4, ﺵ‎ ×4, ﻝ‎ ×4, ﻭ‎ ×4, ﻩ‎ ×4, ﺏ‎ ×3, ﺱ‎ ×3, ک‎ ×3
2 points: ﺯ‎ ×2, ﻑ‎ ×2
3 points: ﺝ‎ ×2, ﺥ‎ ×2, ﻕ‎ ×2
4 points: پ‎ ×2, ﺡ‎ ×2, ﻉ‎ ×2, گ‎ ×2
6 points: آ‎ ×1, چ‎ ×1, ﺹ‎ ×1, ﻁ‎ ×1, ﻍ‎ ×1
8 points: ﺫ‎ ×1, ژ‎ ×1, ﺽ‎ ×1
10 points: ﺙ‎ ×1, ﻅ‎ ×1

Although Persian letters have up to four forms, Scrabble tiles use the isolated form. The pattern of using the isolated forms in composing words is also found in the Arabic Scrabble set and in Arabic crosswords and is one of the rare situations when Arabic letters are not connected to each other. This set was created by Scrabble3D.^[88]

Pinyin[edit]

PinyinPal letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×5	×6	×7	×8	×13
1					O	G H	U	A I N
2			Y Z	E
3		C D J L S X
4	B F M P Q T
5	W
8	K R
10	V

In the word game PinyinPal, a Pinyin version, these 100 tiles are used:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×13, I ×13, N ×13, U ×8, G ×7, H ×7, O ×6
2 points: E ×5, Y ×3, Z ×3
3 points: C ×2, D ×2, J ×2, L ×2, S ×2, X ×2
4 points: B ×1, F ×1, M ×1, P ×1, Q ×1, T ×1
5 points: W ×1
8 points: K ×1, R ×1
10 points: V ×1

The V is used to represent Ü. Diacritical marks are ignored. The digraphic letters ZH, CH and SH have no tiles. Instead, they are played putting a Z, C or S tile in front of an H tile.

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Scottish Gaelic letter distribution (original proposal)

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×9	×14
0		[blank]
1				N O R S	E I	A
2		BH	U	CH D DH L
3		B M	C G T TH
4		NN
5	F FH MH	À GH
6	È Ì Ò P Ù
8	LL RR
10	NG

Scottish Gaelic-language sets originally were planned to use these 104 tiles:^[89]

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×14, E ×9, I ×9, N ×4, O ×4, R ×4, S ×4
2 points: CH ×4, D ×4, DH ×4, L ×4, U ×3, BH ×2
3 points: C ×3, G ×3, T ×3, TH ×3, B ×2, M ×2
4 points: NN ×2
5 points: À ×2, GH ×2, F ×1, FH ×1, MH ×1
6 points: È ×1, Ì ×1, Ò ×1, P ×1, Ù ×1
8 points: LL ×1, RR ×1
10 points: NG ×1

The distribution was modified a bit (Dropping NG due to its rarity, adding more A, E, and I tiles, and changing the number of tiles to 100).

Scottish Gaelic letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×10	×11	×15
0		[blank]
1	PH SH			N O R S	E	I	A
2	BH	U	CH D DH L
3		B M	C G T TH
4	NN
5	À F FH GH MH
6	È Ì Ò P Ù
8	LL RR

Scottish Gaelic-language sets use these 100 tiles:^[90]

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×15, I ×11, E ×10, N ×4, O ×4, R ×4, S ×4, PH ×1, SH ×1
2 points: CH ×3, D ×3, DH ×3, L ×3, U ×2, BH ×1
3 points: C ×3, G ×3, T ×3, TH ×3, B ×2, M ×2
4 points: NN ×1
5 points: À ×1, F ×1, FH ×1, GH ×1, MH ×1
6 points: È ×1, Ì ×1, Ò ×1, P ×1, Ù ×1
8 points: LL ×1, RR ×1

H is absent because it is only used in lenited consonants. Á, É, and Ó are absent since they are rarely used in the Scottish Gaelic language. J, K, Q, V, W, X, Y, and Z are absent since they are not used in the Scottish Gaelic language. This version is used by Scrabble3D.

Cyrillic Serbian[edit]

Serbian letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×8	×9	×11
0		[blank]
1			Д	У	С Т	Н Р	Е О	И	А
2			Л П	В К М
3		З Ј
4		Б Г
5	Њ Ц Ч Ш
7	Ћ Х
8	Ж Љ
10	Ђ Ф Џ

Serbian-language sets use these 102 tiles:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: А ×11, И ×9, Е ×8, О ×8, Н ×6, Р ×6, С ×5, Т ×5, У ×4, Д ×3
2 points: В ×4, К ×4, М ×4, Л ×3, П ×3
3 points: З ×2, Ј ×2
4 points: Б ×2, Г ×2
5 points: Њ ×1, Ц ×1, Ч ×1, Ш ×1
7 points: Ћ ×1, Х ×1,
8 points: Ж ×1, Љ ×1
10 points: Ђ ×1, Ф ×1, Џ ×1

Tagalog[edit]

Tagalog letter distribution

	×1	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7	×8	×9	×13	×17	×27
0		[blank]
1						M S	L T	U	N	I	A
2					K O
3				P
4				B		G
5		R	H	NG
8		D E Y
10	W

Salitaan, an independently produced Tagalog language variant of Scrabble, uses these 155 tiles:

3 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×27, I ×17, N ×13, U ×9, L ×8, T ×8, M ×7, S ×7
2 points: K ×6, O ×6
3 points: P ×5
4 points: G ×7, B ×5
5 points: NG ×5, H ×4, R ×3
8 points: D ×3, E ×3, Y ×3
10 points: W ×1

Tamil[edit]

There are two Tamil language sets: an easy version, which plays some combining vowel signs separately, and a difficult version, which plays all letters with vowel signs as individual tiles.
The set for the easy version uses these 1000 tiles:

1 point: ா ×85, க ×57, த ×48, ம் ×41, ப ×36, ை ×35, வ ×31, ச ×29, ர ×28, ல் ×26, ம ×25, ெ ×24, ே ×22, ட ×18, ய ×18, ல ×17, ன் ×17, தி ×17, கு ×15, டு ×15, ன ×12, ரு ×11, து ×10
2 points: த் ×23, க் ×22, ட் ×15, ப் ×15, ர் ×13, அ ×10, டி ×10, வி ×10, பு ×10, ந ×9, சி ×9, ள ×8, ரி ×8, ற ×7, கி ×7, பி ×7, று ×7, ள் ×6
3 points: ண் ×9, ங் ×8, ந் ×8, ற் ×7, மு ×6, இ ×4, உ ×4, யி ×3, ளி ×3
4 points: ண ×7, ச் ×7, ஆ ×3, மி ×3, றி ×3, வு ×3, எ ×2
5 points: சு ×7, ய் ×5, லி ×4, ழ ×3, நி ×3, னி ×3, ஒ ×1, ழ் ×1
6 points: ணி ×3, ழி ×2, லு ×2, ழு ×2, யு ×1, ளு ×1
7 points: கூ ×2, ஏ ×1, னு ×1
8 points: ஞ் ×4, பூ ×3, மூ ×2, ஐ ×1, வ் ×1, நீ ×1, மீ ×1, வீ ×1, நூ ×1
9 points: ஈ ×1, ஊ ×1, ஓ ×1, கீ ×1, சீ ×1, தீ ×1, பீ ×1, ணு ×1, சூ ×1, தூ ×1, யூ ×1
10 points: ஃ ×1, ஞ ×1, டீ ×1, ணீ ×1, யீ ×1, ரீ ×1, லீ ×1, ளீ ×1, றீ ×1, னீ ×1, நு ×1, டூ ×1, ணூ ×1, ரூ ×1, லூ ×1, வூ ×1, ளூ ×1, றூ ×1, னூ ×1

The set for the difficult version uses these 1000 tiles:

1 point: ம் ×49, த ×42, க ×40, ல் ×32, ப ×23, ர ×23, ன் ×20, வ ×20, தி ×20, ச ×19, டு ×18, ம ×17, கு ×17, ர் ×16, ய ×14, கா ×13, ரு ×13, ட ×12, து ×12
2 points: த் ×27, க் ×26, ட் ×18, ப் ×18, டி ×12, வி ×12, பு ×12, அ ×11, ல ×10, சி ×10, ரி ×10, ன ×9, பா ×9, பி ×9, வா ×8, கி ×8, று ×7, ள் ×7
3 points: ங் ×10, ண் ×10, ச் ×9, ந் ×9, ற் ×8, சு ×8, தா ×7, மு ×7, சா ×6, மா ×6, டை ×6, லை ×6, இ ×5, உ ×5, ள ×5, கை ×5, கொ ×5
4 points: ண ×6, ய் ×5, ரா ×5, லி ×5, ந ×4, ற ×4, நா ×4, யா ×4, ளி ×4, ஆ ×3, மி ×3, றி ×3, வு ×3, செ ×3, வெ ×3, எ ×2
5 points: ணி ×4, நி ×3, யி ×3, ழி ×3, னி ×3, ழு ×3, ரை ×3, கோ ×3, போ ×3,டா ×2, லா ×2, வே ×2, வை ×2, ளை ×2, பொ ×2
6 points: ஞ் ×4, பூ ×3, ழ ×2, லு ×2, கூ ×2, பெ ×2, தே ×2, சை ×2, தை ×2, மை ×2, றை ×2, னை ×2, ஒ ×1, ழ் ×1, ளு ×1
7 points: ஏ ×1, னா ×1, சீ ×1, யு ×1, மூ ×1, தெ ×1, நெ ×1, சே ×1, பே ×1, மே ×1, ணை ×1, சொ ×1, தொ ×1, சோ ×1, தோ ×1
8 points: ஊ ×1, ணா ×1, தீ ×1, நீ ×1, மீ ×1, வீ ×1, னு ×1, தூ ×1, கெ ×1, மெ ×1, கே ×1, பை ×1, ழை ×1, மொ ×1, மோ ×1
9 points: ஈ ×1, ஓ ×1, வ் ×1, ஞா ×1, ளா×1, கீ ×1, பீ ×1, ணு ×1, சூ ×1, நூ ×1, நே ×1, நோ ×1, யோ ×1, ரோ ×1
10 points: ஐ ×1, ழா ×1, றா ×1, ரீ ×1, நு ×1, யூ ×1, ரூ ×1, யெ ×1, யே ×1, ரே ×1, லே ×1, யை ×1, நொ ×1, லோ ×1
11 points: ஞ ×1, டீ ×1, லீ ×1, னோ×1, கௌ ×1
12 points: ணீ ×1, யீ ×1, டூ ×1, சௌ×1, பௌ ×1
13 points: ஃ ×1, னீ ×1, ரெ ×1, லெ ×1, மௌ ×1
14 points: ஔ ×1, லூ ×1, டே ×1, ரொ ×1, டோ ×1
15 points: வூ ×1, னே ×1, நை ×1, வோ×1, தௌ ×1
16 points: ளூ ×1, னூ ×1, டெ ×1, ளெ ×1, வொ ×1
17 points: ணூ ×1, ணெ ×1, டொ ×1, ளோ×1, றோ ×1
18 points: ளீ ×1, றூ ×1, னெ ×1, லொ ×1, ணோ ×1
19 points: றீ ×1, ணே ×1, ளே ×1, றே ×1, யொ ×1
20 points: றெ ×1, ளொ ×1, றொ ×1, னொ ×1, வௌ ×1

Tamil scrabble is played on a 45×45 board (or a 15×15×15 board in 3D), and 20 tiles are on a rack at a time (but can be lowered to as low as 15 for experts).^[91]^[92] Note that ங, ஙா, ஙி, ஙீ, ஙு, ஙூ, ஙெ, ஙே, ஙை, ஙொ, ஙோ, ஙௌ, ஞி, ஞீ, ஞு, ஞூ, ஞெ, ஞே, ஞை, ஞொ, ஞோ, ஞௌ, டௌ, ணொ, ணௌ, நௌ, யௌ, ரௌ, லௌ, ழீ, ழூ, ழெ, ழே, ழொ, ழோ, ழௌ, ளௌ, றௌ and னௌ have no tiles because they are very rare in Tamil; these letters can still be played with a blank. Also, ஸ், ஸ, ஸா, ஸி, ஸீ, ஸு, ஸூ, ஸெ, ஸே, ஸை, ஸொ, ஸோ, ஸௌ, ஜ், ஜ, ஜா, ஜி, ஜீ, ஜு, ஜூ, ஜெ, ஜே, ஜை, ஜொ, ஜோ, ஜௌ, ஷ், ஷ, ஷா, ஷி, ஷீ, ஷு, ஷூ, ஷெ, ஷே, ஷை, ஷொ, ஷோ, ஷௌ, ஹ், ஹ, ஹா, ஹி, ஹீ, ஹு, ஹூ, ஹெ, ஹே, ஹை, ஹொ, ஹோ, ஹௌ, க்ஷ், க்ஷ, க்ஷா, க்ஷி, க்ஷீ, க்ஷு, க்ஷூ, க்ஷெ, க்ஷே, க்ஷை, க்ஷொ, க்ஷோ, க்ஷௌ and ஶ்ரீ have no tiles because these are only used in Sanskrit loanwords; these letters can still be played with a blank. ஶ், ஶ, ஶா, ஶி, ஶீ, ஶு, ஶூ, ஶெ, ஶே, ஶை, ஶொ, ஶோ and ஶௌ have no tiles because these are only used in very few Sanskrit loanwords, but can still be played with a blank. Tamil Scrabble can be also played with smaller boards with smaller letter sets (with as low as 15 tiles on the rack, depending on the set) or with larger boards with larger letter sets.

Tswana[edit]

Tswana letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7	×10	×12	×16
0		[blank]
1						G N T	L	O	E	A
2					I S
3				K M
5		D W	B H R
8	F P U Y
10	J Š

The Tswana editions use these 102 tiles:^[93]

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×16, E ×12, O ×10, L ×7, G ×6, N ×6, T ×6
2 points: I ×5, S ×5
3 points: K ×4, M ×4
5 points: B ×3, H ×3, R ×3, D ×2, W ×2
8 points: F ×1, P ×1, U ×1, Y ×1
10 points: J ×1, Š ×1

The letters C, Q, V, X, and Z have no tiles as these letters are rarely used in Tswana. However, they can still be played with a blank. Note that Ê and Ô have no tiles because these are now usually written without the circumflex.

Tswana letter distribution (old)

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×9	×11	×12	×16
0		[blank]
1					S	G N T	L	O	E	A
2					I
3				K M
4			B
5		D W	H R
8	F P U Y
10	J

Prior to December 4, 2016, Tswana versions used a slightly different set using 104 tiles. There was no Š tile, there were 11 O‘s and 9 L‘s, the S was worth only 1 point, and the B was worth only 4 points.^[94]

Tuvan[edit]

Tuvan letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7	×8	×12
0	— [blank]
1				И У	Г К Т	Д Е Л	Н	Р Ы	А
2		Ш	М О П С Ү Ч
3		АА Б З Й Ң Э
4	В Ж Ө Х ЭЭ
5	ОО УУ ЫЫ Я
6	ИИ ӨӨ ҮҮ
8	Ъ
10	Ё Ю

Tuvan-language Scrabble sets, which use Cyrillic letters, use these 125 tiles:^[95]

1 blank tile (scoring 0 points)
1 hyphen tile (scoring 0 points)
1 point: А ×12, Р ×8, Ы ×8, Н ×7, Д ×6, Е ×6, Л ×6, Г ×5, К ×5, Т ×5, И ×4, У ×4
2 points: М ×3, О ×3, П ×3, С ×3, Ү ×3, Ч ×3, Ш ×2
3 points: АА ×2, Б ×2, З ×2, Й ×2, Ң ×2, Э ×2
4 points: В ×1, Ж ×1, Ө ×1, Х ×1, ЭЭ ×1
5 points: ОО ×1, УУ ×1, ЫЫ ×1, Я ×1
6 points: ИИ ×1, ӨӨ ×1, ҮҮ ×1
8 points: Ъ ×1
10 points: Ё ×1, Ю ×1

The distribution lacks four letters used only in loanwords: Ф, Ц, Щ, and Ь.

Vietnamese[edit]

Vietnamese letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×6	×7	×13	×14	×20
0						[blank]
1	Á À Ã Ạ Ả Ă Ắ Ằ Ẳ Ặ Ẵ Â Ấ Ầ Ẩ Ậ Ẫ É È Ẻ Ẹ Ẽ Ê Ề Ế Ể Ệ Ễ Í Ì Ĩ Ỉ Ị Ó Ò Ỏ Ọ Õ Ô Ố Ồ Ổ Ộ Ỗ Ơ Ớ Ờ Ở Ợ Ỡ Ú Ù Ủ Ụ Ũ Ư Ứ Ừ Ử Ự Ữ Ý Ỳ Ỹ Ỷ Ỵ						A E I O U	T	H	N
2							C G M
4					B D Đ L
5			P R	K
8		S X Y
10		Q V

Vietnamese editions, called Vietboard, use these 209 tiles:^[96]

6 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: N ×20, H ×14, T ×13, A ×6, E ×6, I ×6, O ×6, U ×6, Á ×1, À ×1, Ã ×1, Ạ ×1, Ả ×1, Ă ×1, Ắ ×1, Ằ ×1, Ẳ ×1, Ặ ×1, Ẵ ×1, Â ×1, Ấ ×1, Ầ ×1, Ẩ ×1, Ậ ×1, Ẫ ×1, É ×1, È ×1, Ẻ ×1, Ẹ ×1, Ẽ ×1, Ê ×1, Ề ×1, Ế ×1, Ể ×1, Ệ ×1, Ễ ×1, Í ×1, Ì ×1, Ĩ ×1, Ỉ ×1, Ị ×1, Ó ×1, Ò ×1, Ỏ ×1, Ọ ×1, Õ ×1, Ô ×1, Ố ×1, Ồ ×1, Ổ ×1, Ộ ×1, Ỗ ×1, Ơ ×1, Ớ ×1, Ờ ×1, Ở ×1, Ợ ×1, Ỡ ×1, Ú ×1, Ù ×1, Ủ ×1, Ụ ×1, Ũ ×1, Ư ×1, Ứ ×1, Ừ ×1, Ử ×1, Ự ×1, Ữ ×1, Ý ×1, Ỳ ×1, Ỹ ×1, Ỷ ×1, Ỵ ×1
2 points: C ×7, G ×7, M ×7
4 points: B ×5, D ×5, Đ ×5, L ×5
5 points: K ×4, P ×3, R ×3
8 points: S ×2, X ×2, Y ×2
10 points: Q ×2, V ×2

Note that F, J, W, and Z have no tiles because these letters are not used in Vietnamese. 8 tiles are on a rack instead of the standard 7.^[97]

Zhuyin[edit]

Zhuyin letter distribution

	×1	×2	×3	×4	×5	×8	×10	×13
0		[blank]
1							ㄨ	ㄧ
4					ㄜㄢㄥ	ㄉ
5			ㄣ	ㄐㄚㄠ
6		ㄅㄒㄓㄩㄟㄤ	ㄊㄌㄏㄕ
7	ㄞ	ㄍㄛㄡ
8	ㄇㄋㄑㄖㄗㄝ

Zhuyin Chinese-language editions of Scrabble use these 100 tiles:^[98]

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: ㄧ (I) ×13, ㄨ (U) ×10
4 points: ㄉ (D) ×8, ㄜ (E) ×5, ㄢ (AN) ×5, ㄥ (ENG) ×5,
5 points: ㄐ (J) ×4, ㄚ (A) ×4, ㄠ (AO) ×4, ㄣ (EN) ×3
6 points: ㄊ (T) ×3, ㄌ (L) ×3, ㄏ (H) ×3, ㄕ (SH) ×3, ㄅ (B) ×2, ㄒ (X) ×2, ㄓ (ZH) ×2, ㄩ (Ü) ×2, ㄟ (EI) ×2, ㄤ (ANG) ×2
7 points: ㄍ (G) ×2, ㄛ (O) ×2, ㄡ (OU) ×2, ㄞ (AI) ×1
8 points: ㄇ (M) ×1, ㄋ (N) ×1, ㄑ (Q) ×1, ㄖ (R) ×1, ㄗ (Z) ×1, ㄝ (Ê) ×1

The letters ㄘ (C), ㄔ (CH), ㄈ (F), ㄎ (K), ㄆ (P), and ㄙ (S) are used in Zhuyin, but so infrequently that they have no tiles.

Semi-official Editions[edit]

These editions are not created/licensed by Hasbro or Mattel, but by another game company.

Cross Dices (Spanish Edition)[edit]

Cross Dices is a game that involves 14 lettered dice (6 for each face of the dice). You throw the dice and form as many linked words as possible within 1–2 minutes. It was created by Cayro, The Games. The 84 total faces distribute as it follows:

1 Cayro face (scoring 0 points)
1 point: A ×8, E ×8, I ×5, L ×5, O ×5, S ×5, U ×5, R ×4, T ×4, N ×4
2 points: D ×4, G ×2
3 points: C ×3, M ×3, P ×3, F ×3, B ×2, Q ×1
4 points: H ×2, V ×2, Y ×1
5 points: K ×1
8 points: J ×1, X ×1
10 points: Z ×1

W and Ñ are absent because Ñ is only used in the Spanish language and W is only used in loanwords. The letter K is also used only in loanwords (and also in sensational spellings), but it’s not so rare, so it’s included.

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Spreadsheet issued by Spear’s.
More information on Scrabble in these languages can be found at the Wordgame Programmers site.

Источник

When playing Scrabble, anywhere from two to four players will enjoy the game. The object when playing is to score more points than other players. As words are placed on the game board, points are collected and each letter that is used in the game will have a different point value. The main strategy is to play words that have the highest possible score based on the combination of letters.

The Scrabble Board

A standard Scrabble board will consist of cells that are located in a large square grid. The board offers 15 cells high and 15 cells wide. The tiles used on the game will fit in each cell on the board.

Scrabble Tiles

There are 100 tiles that are used in the game and 98 of them will contain letters and point values. There are 2 blank tiles that can be used as wild tiles to take the place of any letter. When a blank is played, it will remain in the game as the letter it substituted for.

Different letters in the game will have various point values and this will depend on how rare the letter is and how difficult it may be to lay that letter. Blank tiles will have no point values.

Tile Values

Below are the point values for each letter that is used in a Scrabble game.

0 Points — Blank tile.

1 Point — A, E, I, L, N, O, R, S, T and U.

2 Points — D and G.

3 Points — B, C, M and P.

4 Points — F, H, V, W and Y.

5 Points — K.

8 Points — J and X.

10 Points — Q and Z.

Extra Point Values

When looking at the board, players will see that some squares offer multipliers. Should a tile be placed on these squares, the value of the tile will be multiplied by 2x or 3x. Some squares will also multiply the total value of the word and not just the single point value of one tile.

Double Letter Scores — The light blue cells in the board are isolated and when these are used, they will double the value of the tile placed on that square.

Triple Letter Score — The dark blue cell in the board will be worth triple the amount, so any tile placed here will earn more points.

Double Word Score — When a cell is light red in colour, it is a double word cell and these run diagonally on the board, towards the four corners. When a word is placed on these squares, the entire value of the word will be doubled.

Triple Word Score — The dark red square is where the high points can be earned as this will triple the word score. Placing any word on these squares will boos points drastically. These are found on all four sides of the board and are equidistant from the corners.

One Single Use — When using the extra point squares on the board, they can only be used one time. If a player places a word here, it cannot be used as a multiplier by placing another word on the same square.

Starting the Game

Without looking at any of the tiles in the bag, players will take one tile. The player that has the letter that is closest to “A” will begin the game. A blank tile will win the start of the game. The tiles are them replaced to the bag and used in the remainder of the game.

Every player will start their turn by drawing seven tiles from the Scrabble bag. There are three options during any turn. The player can place a word, they can exchange tiles for new tiles or they can choose to pass. In most cases, players will try to place a word as the other two options will result in no score.

When a player chooses to exchange tiles, they can choose to exchange one or all of the tiles they currently hold. After tiles are exchanged, the turn is over and players will have to wait until their next turn to place a word on the board.

Players can choose to pass at any time. They will forfeit that turn and hope to be able to play the next time. If any player passes two times in a row, the game will end and the one with the highest score will win.

The First Word Score

When the game begins, the first player will place their word on the star spin in the centre of the board. The star is a double square and will offer a double word score. All players following will build their words off of this word, extending the game to other squares on the board.

Play continues in a clockwise direction around the Scrabble board.

Replacing Scrabble Tiles

Once tiles are played on the board, players will draw new tiles to replace those. Players will always have seven tiles during the game. Drawing tiles is always done without looking into the bag so that the letters are always unknown.

The Fifty Point Bonus

Exciting rewards can come when players use all seven tiles to create a word on the board. When this happens, players will receive a 50 point bonus, in addition to the value of the word. If the game is near the end and players are not holding seven tiles, they do not get the bonus for using all of their tiles. This is only collected for seven letter words placed.

The End of a Scrabble Game

Once all tiles are gone from the bag and a single player has placed all of their tiles, the game will end and the player with the highest score wins.

Tallying Scrabble Scores

When the game ends, each player will count all points that are remaining on their tiles that have not been played. This amount will be deducted from the final score.

An added bonus is awarded to the player that ended the game and has no remaining tiles. The tile values of all remaining players will be added to the score of the player who is out of tiles to produce the final score for the game.

The Scrabble player with the highest score after all final scores are tallied wins.

Accepted Scrabble Words

Any word that is found in a standard English dictionary can be used in the game of Scrabble. There are also Official Scrabble Dictionaries that can be purchased for more word options.

There are some words that are not allowed to be played and these include suffixes, prefixes and abbreviations. Any word that requires the use of a hyphen or apostrophe cannot be played in the game. Any word that required the use of a capital letter is not allowed.

When playing an English version of the game, foreign words are not allowed to be placed on the board. However, if the foreign word does appear in a standard English dictionary, it is allowed. The reason for this is due to the fact that the word is spoken enough and is considered part of the English language.

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Counting Triple Word Score & More

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Scrabble is scored by adding the numbers on each letter tile together within the word that is formed on a player’s turn, which includes letters that were played from the player’s rack and letters already on the board. The blank tile acts as a wildcard, allowing the player to choose any letter in the alphabet, but not adding anything to the score of the word. This may sound simple, but once you add in the special squares that can double or triple the score for a character or word and be combined with each other, scoring Scrabble can get a little tricky.

Basic Rules for Scoring in Scrabble

There are a few basic rules that govern the process of scoring in Scrabble, whether playing online or the traditional way:

Special squares (double letter score, triple letter score, and so forth) only count the first time a letter is played on them.
The light blue double letter square doubles the point value for the tile played on it, and the blue triple letter square triples the value for the tile. If a blank tile is played on either of these special squares, it still contributes nothing toward the total word score because a blank tile has a score of zero.
The pink double word squares double the entire word value and the red triple word scores triple the entire word value. This remains true even if a blank tile covers the double word score or triple word score square. The pink square in the middle of the board used to start the game is a double word score.
Double letter and triple letter squares are counted first to obtain the initial word score, and then any double word score or triple word score squares are counted.
A player using all seven letters in their rack gains a bonus 50 points to their score after all other special squares are counted. The 50 bonus points do not count toward double and triple word scores.

If two or more words are formed on a single turn, each word is scored individually. This means any special scoring squares are counted for both words.
At the end of the game, all tiles in a player’s rack are subtracted from their score and the highest score wins. If two players tie, the person with the fewest points subtracted from their score wins.

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Examples of Scoring Scrabble

Let’s look at a few real-world examples to see how the rules work out when playing the game. The basic rule to follow is that light blue and blue come before light pink and red.

The «T» in «thing» covers a double word score and the «G» covers a double letter score. The point value for the «G» is doubled when adding up the word’s initial score. This initial score is then doubled to get the final score.

The word «thing» is formed and both the «T» and the «G» are on double word score squares. The letter values are added up to get the word’s initial score, this score is doubled for the first double word score and that total is then doubled for the second double word score. The final value is four times the initial word score.

The «T» in «thing» is covering a double word score square, and a player lays down an «S» to create «things.» The double word score square under the «T» does not count for the new word because the «T» was not played in that round. If the added «S» on the end of the word is on a double letter or triple letter score the value of the S is doubled or tripled. If the «S» is on a double word or triple word square, the score for the entire word («things») is doubled or tripled.

The «S» at the end of «things» sits on a special square and is also used to spell out the word «star.» When a player creates two (or more) new words, all words are scored independently and then added together to form the total score for the play. So if that added «S» is on a triple letter score, the «S» is tripled for both «things» and «star.» Even better, if the «S» is on a double word score, both newly formed words are doubled. This can really create some high scores when used properly.

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What About a Word That Covers Two Triple Word Score Squares?

It is very difficult to lay down letters on two different triple word score squares in the same turn. It takes at least eight letters for the same word to be on two of these red squares, so the player would need to form the longer word around a smaller word. But it can be done, and it follows the same rule as forming a word over two double word scores. After the word’s letters are added together to form the initial value, this score is tripled for the first triple word score and that total is tripled again for the second triple word score. The end result is nine times the initial word’s value.

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What Are Some Strategies Around Special Scoring Tiles?

Scrabble isn’t always won by the person with the best vocabulary or the highest scoring tiles in their hand. Scrabble can also be quite strategic.

Don’t always play high scoring letters just because you can. Letters like «Q» and «X» are best used in combination with one of the special squares to get the maximum value out of them. Late in the game, it might be best to just play them. If you are caught with a high scoring letter in your rack at the end of the game, it counts against you.
Don’t give the opponent an easy double word or triple word score. When you play adjacent to these squares, it makes it easier for your opponent to use them. This can’t always be avoided, but if you can make a word in some other part of the board, even if it doesn’t score quite as much, it might be a better move.
Save your «S» tiles. The «S» may be the most versatile tile in Scrabble. It can help you form two words in one play by making an already-played word plural. It can also extend your word by one letter when you need that extra square for a double or triple word score. So even if you can play «things» from your hand, consider holding back that ‘s’ unless it lands on a special square. It may be more useful later in the game.

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Scrabble Word Finder is a helpful tool for Scrabble® players — both on a traditional board and Scrabble Go fans. By entering your letter tiles in the search box, Scrabble Word Finder finds the best cheats and high scoring words instantly. The advanced options are intuitive, and easy to use, for seasoned pros and newcomers alike.

Ultimate Scrabble Word-Finder and Game Guide

“What words can I make with these letters?” This is the constant question when trying to win Scrabble. A word cheat tool is a handy thing that can help you unscramble letters to make words. With letters on your tray that are hard to use, like X, Z, Q, or nothing but vowels, it can be almost impossible to figure something out without a Scrabble word-finder cheat! Of course, “Scrabble cheat” may be the wrong way to think about it; it’s more like Scrabble word-search help. This powerful tool allows you to train your brain, build your vocabulary muscles, become a master Scrabble anagram solver, impress friends, strike fear into the hearts of your enemies, AND, naturally, learn some new words. Use our free Scrabble solver with blank tiles or question marks to unscramble words, cheat with permission, or just become better at the game!

Besides our ultimate word unscrambler tool, we also have some other helpful tips and tricks to help you win Scrabble®. Word-help searches for common problems like “two-letter scrabble words” and “words that start with Q” are listed here, and we’re also going to go into some Scrabble rules, a short history of the board game, some of the top strategies, and the best words for winning. We’ll answer any common questions you might have about the classic word game. Solver tools let you unscramble words, finder searches can help you solve specific problems, and all of our information can help you become the ultimate Scrabble champion!

50 Scrabble Words to Win With (Infographic)

You might already be an expert Scrabble word finder, sitting next to your Scrabble dictionary and looking up the definition whenever you come across a word you don’t know, but an essential piece of the game is something unrelated to your vocabulary: the strategy. You have to know the rules, so you don’t accidentally make a big mistake in Scrabble® — you don’t want to cheat or perform an illegal move. You also need to know some of the special tips for getting the most points possible! See a rundown in the next section.

A Short Timeline of the Scrabble Board Game

How, why, when, and where did Scrabble originate? Americans weren’t always obsessed with the question, “What do these letters spell?” A few people with ingenuity in New York in the 1930s and ’40s developed the game we now know and love. Here’s a brief Scrabble timeline:

1930s: During the Great Depression, when Scrabble was invented, an unemployed architect from Poughkeepsie, New York, named Alfred Mosher Butts begins designing the popular game, which he imagines as a combination of a board game, number game, and crossword puzzle. As urban legend has it, he chose the frequency of the game’s tiles and their values by counting up the letters on the front page of The New York Times. Funny enough, he reportedly did not like to spell.
1948: After selling the game as “Lexiko” and then as “Criss-Cross Words,” Butts hands the reins to a New Yorker named James Brunot to mass-produce the game. Brunot comes up with a new color scheme as well as the now-famous name “Scrabble.” The game is trademarked in this year.

Fun Fact: The word “scrabble” is a real word; it means “to scratch, claw, or grope about clumsily or frantically.” You can play the word scrabble in the game Scrabble if you have the right tiles!

1949:Brunot and his family rent an abandoned schoolhouse in Dodgington, Connecticut, to hand-produce the game. They reportedly make 2,400 sets but lose $450.
1950s: Scrabble explodes in popularity when Jack Straus of Macy’s goes on vacation and discovers the game, deciding he wants to sell it in Macy’s stores.
1952: The game is licensed to and manufactured by the Selchow & Righter Company.
1953: Some of the rules, like parallel words and the effects of premium squares, are clarified.
1973: The first tournaments begin, unofficially at first.
1976: The rules are updated again to make clear who goes first, whether a player can pass their turn, and the final scoring.
1978: The first national tournament is held, the North American Invitational.
1984: Scrabble becomes a game show on NBC, running until 1990.
1986: Selchow & Righter is sold to COLECO Industries.
1989: COLECO Industries and its games are sold to today’s owner, Hasbro Inc.
1991: The World Scrabble Championship (WSC) officially begins.
1999: There is another major rule change, making clear some of the rules around challenges.
2003: The first National School Scrabble Championship takes place in Boston.
2004: The game is inducted in the National Toy Hall of Fame.
2009: The competing online game Words With Friends is released and is an overnight success.

The Basics of the Official Scrabble® Rules: How to Play

One might be surprised that the official Scrabble® rules are fairly sparse. But don’t be fooled: It’s deceptively complex, with special championship or tournament rules and many different examples of creative house rules. What are the Scrabble rules newbies need to know in order to play? Here are some of the absolute basics of how to play Scrabble:

Which words are officially allowed? There is a sanctioned dictionary produced by Merriam-Webster: the official Scrabble dictionary, online or in print. You can also check the word against the official Hasbro Scrabble page. It’s recommended to officially decide on a game dictionary before the game begins.
Which words are not allowed? Some types of words are not allowed, like foreign words that do not appear in official English-language dictionaries, abbreviations, suffixes, prefixes, hyphenated words, any word requiring an apostrophe, and proper nouns (or any word ordinarily requiring a capital letter).
Which Scrabble letter is worth the most? Q and Z are both worth 10 points and are the highest-point letters in Scrabble. Here’s how the rest of the letters rank in terms of Scrabble points:
— 10 Points: Q, Z
— 8 Points: J, X
— 5 Points: K
— 4 Points: F, H, V, W, Y
— 3 Points: B, C, M, P
— 2 Points: D, G
— 1 Points: A, E, I, L, N, O, S, T, R, U
In Scrabble, can you make two words? Yes and no. When putting down new tiles, you must stick to placing tiles in one direction and stick to the row or column you started with. You can add letters both before and after an existing word in a single turn, but it must be going in the same direction to make a single word. But in Scrabble, can you add to a word and end up making more than one word? Yes, you can; the process is colloquially called “hooking” or “parallel words.” With parallel words, you might be able to complete and score points for several words, not just two. Basically, there are three main ways to form new words in Scrabble:
— You can add more letters to a word that’s already been placed on the board.
— You can place a word at a right angle, using one of the letters already on the board or adding a letter to an existing word.
— You can place a complete word parallel to a word already on the board, as long as the adjacent letters all form complete words.
In traditional Scrabble®, how many players can play? The traditional board game is for two to four players.
In traditional Scrabble®, who goes first? After setting up the board and racks and deciding on a dictionary and any house rules, each player draws one tile from the pouch, and the player with the letter closest to “A” goes first; the second player is the one to that person’s left. Next, put the letters back into the pouch and mix them up. Then, each player draws seven letters to place on their rack. The first player needs to place a word on the board that crosses the square in the middle. That’s how Scrabble starts! Then, they should add up their score and draw tiles to replace the ones they played before the turn passes to the next player.
How does the game end? There is sometimes confusion about how Scrabble ends. The game ends when all of the letters have been drawn and one of the players uses their last letter (or when all plays possible have been made). When Scrabble ends, players may double-check their scoring, paying attention to the bonuses on the grid itself, and then, they must subtract the values of their unplayed letters from their score. If a player ends the game with an empty rack, they should add the values of everyone else’s unplayed letters to their score. Then, the highest point total decides the winner of the game.
When you’re playing Scrabble®, when you can’t go, what’s allowed? The official rules allow you to pass your turn and use it to exchange “all, some, or none” of the letters you have. This can slow down gameplay, so some people’s house rules allow the use of an online Scrabble word-maker tool like ours along with some sort of point penalty. (Players will definitely want to agree to this beforehand!) This may be a good idea to speed things along if you’re playing with young or new players who want to learn the game and have fun. For instance, if you’re a parent trying to expand your child’s vocabulary, using a free Scrabble word-builder and then going over what the word is and its definition might be a good idea!
Could I be playing the game wrong? Firstly, obviously, it’s important to have fun, so if you’re all flustered, consider taking a short break. But one common mistake a lot of players make is not picking a Scrabble word dictionary to use at the beginning of the game. That makes challenges hard later! You might even want to allow it to be used as a reference throughout the same for someone who is new to Scrabble®. Cheat tools like a Scrabble word-checker should definitely not be used without the other players knowing about it, though. Often, casual players are fine with someone new using a Scrabble helper, but absolutely ask permission before looking for a hint: You want to be known as the one who wins, not the one who cheats! And lastly, make sure you understand the rules about parallels. If you make a horizontal word that makes sense but one of the vertical words isn’t a word, you can’t place it.

It’s important to point out that there are several special rules in Scrabble®; for instance, you can get a 50-point bonus if you use all seven of your tiles in one turn (called a “bingo”). You can also get extra points by using bonus squares on the board, including the coveted “triple-triple,” when you play a word covering two triple word score squares. The special squares are double letter (DL), triple letter (TL), double word (DW), and triple word (TW). Bluffing is also allowed; it’s OK to play a fake word if you can get away with it! But your opponents can challenge a word if they think it’s fake, and if you’re caught, you’ll face a penalty. (Maybe don’t risk it if they already have a Scrabble dictionary handy!)

The Highest-Scoring Scrabble Word (and Other Amazing Scrabble Moves)

What Is the Highest-Scoring Scrabble Word in History?

It’s “caziques,” which is a variant of “cacique,” meaning “a native Indian chief in areas dominated primarily by Spanish culture.” It’s also a type of bird. On their own, the letters add up to 28 points, which isn’t too shabby, but in 1982, Karl Khoshnaw landed his Q on the double letter score box, his word landed on a triple-triple, and he got a 50-point bingo bonus, resulting in a total of 392 points.

The game has been full of tricky moves like that; just check the official NASPA records. Here are some of the other best Scrabble words and moves played in the game’s history as well as the latest Scrabble champions!

Scrabble & Scrabble Go Tips and Tricks: Sneaky Strategies

As you can see from the highest-scoring Scrabble words, a huge vocabulary isn’t necessarily the secret to winning games. Being a master of placement is how to win at Scrabble. Can’t make a word? Chances are decent that you can pluralize one, add a suffix, or do something sneaky instead. Here are some other tips for winning Scrabble every time you play:

Tip #1: Aim to Get a Bingo

It’s 50 points; that’s nothing to sneeze at! You get a Scrabble bingo when you use all seven of the letters on your rack at once. Use our Scrabble word generator to practice figuring out seven-letter words and eight-letter words that will let you get rid of everything at once. This is a great reason to hang onto blank tiles as well.

Tip #2: Become a Master at “Hooking”

In Scrabble®, hooking is the practice of adding a letter to a word already on the board (usually an S) and then using that one letter to build a new word in the opposite direction. For example, you could add an “S” to the end of “hat” to create “hats” and then use the “S” to write out a whole new word, like “shield.” What’s important to remember is that once you pick a direction to drop letters in, you must keep to that same column or row.

Tip #3: Memorize High-Scoring Two-Letter Words for Parallel Words

Those semi-annoying words like aa, qi, xi, xu, ja, and ax are absolutely vital to your late-game performance, when there’s often less space available, especially if you’re planning on doing a parallel play. Parallels in Scrabble are sort of like the practice of hooking gone extreme: You can add a whole word parallel to another word, as long as the combination of letters line up to form words themselves. For example, if the word “zit” is on the board horizontally, you could add the word “at” horizontally underneath it, forming both “za” and “it” vertically. This practice can rake in a bunch of points later in the game!

Tip #4: Have Backup Words in Mind for Tough Situations

If you have a Q, the urge might be to hang onto it forever until you get a U, but it’s important to remember that all unplayed letters are counted against you in the end. A Q tile is worth 10 points, so that would take 10 points off of your score! Sometimes, you need to figure out what to do with a Q quick, and the same goes for Z, which is also worth 10 points. Use our word scramble finder tool to figure out words ahead of time so you’re prepared for tricky situations, like when you have a Q without a U.

Tip #5: Pay Close Attention to the Board Itself

Remember if you’re a Words With Friends fan that the board for Scrabble is very different! Things are arranged differently so you’ll need to develop a strategy. For instance, it’s really important to keep in mind that you can get a “triple-triple.” According to the rules, “If a word is formed that covers two premium word squares, the score is doubled and then re-doubled (4 times the letter count) or tripled and then re-tripled (9 times the letter count).” Combining that with a powerful letter like Z, Q, or J can result in a ton of points, especially if you happen to get a bingo at the same time!

Scrabble FAQs

Here are some more interesting facts about one of America’s favorite board games.

Who Manufactures Scrabble?

Hasbro Inc. manufactures it within the U.S. and Canada, and Mattel manufactures it abroad.

Who Decides Scrabble Words?

Two main word lists exist: the Official Tournament and Club Word List (aka OWL or TWL) for players within North America and Collins Scrabble Words (aka CSW or SOWPODS) for players outside of the U.S. and Canada. There are some small differences. It may be odd, but this is a surprisingly political question, with some offensive words being removed from the OWL and a great deal of stress being caused by new versions.

The OWL is typically based on the Merriam-Webster dictionary, and the CSW is based on the Collins dictionary.

At the end of the day, though, who decides Scrabble words is you, the player: In the rules, it states that players should collectively decide at the start of the game which dictionary they’ll be checking during challenges. If you as a group, prefer the Oxford dictionary, for instance, you simply need to agree beforehand.

How Many Tiles in Scrabble Are There?

There are 100 total tiles in a game of Scrabble. If you feel like you’re missing some, feel free to count them up — there should be 98 letters and two blank tiles.

Here’s how many tiles there are for each letter in Scrabble:

12 tiles: E
9 tiles: A, I
8 tiles: O
6 tiles: N, R, T
4 tiles: D, L, S, U
3 tiles: G
2 tiles: B, C, F, H, M, P, V, W, Y, Blanks
1 tile: J, K, Q, X, Z

If a few have come up missing, you can often find replacement tiles online on sites like Etsy or Amazon. Also, you can use this list to make your own DIY Scrabble board, like this hardwood version or this magnetic board.

Can You Play Online? What is Scrabble Go?

One of the most popular apps for playing a Scrabble-like game is Words With Friends produced by Zynga, though there are differences between Words With Friends and traditional Scrabble. (For example, there’s no 50-point bonus in Words With Friends, and the board layout is different.) Some prefer the official Scrabble app produced by Scopely. There is also an official Facebook version of the game.

Why Is Scrabble Good for Your Brain?

Incredibly, the effects of playing Scrabble have been studied a great deal. Researchers have found that expert Scrabble players use different parts of their brains than non-experts, relying more on visual perception, and scientists hope that these discoveries mean that a fun word game like this one can be helpful to people with neurological degenerative conditions like Alzheimer’s disease. Scrabble® is also praised as a fun word game for kids looking to work on their vocabulary and spelling, increase game skills, and practice thinking critically. But engaging people and bringing them together in a friendly and competitive way is why Scrabble® is important to us.

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