Scrabble letter distributions

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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.

Contents

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

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

English

English letter distribution
(Number of tiles across, point values down)
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1L S UN R TOA IE
2GD
3B C M P
4F H V W Y
5K
8J X
10Q Z
English letter distribution (Super)
×2×3×4×5×6×7×8×10×13×15×16×24
0[blank]
1L USI N RO TAE
2GD
3B PC M
4VF W YH
5K
8J X
10Q Z

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

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:

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

Afrikaans letter distribution
×1×2×3×4×6×8×9×16
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1D O R S TI NAE
2H LG
3K W
4M U Y
5P V
8B F
10J

The Afrikaans editions use these 104 tiles:

Afrikaans letter distribution (original)
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1ULRO S TNIAE
2GD
3MB P
4F V W YH
5K
8J

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:

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

Arabic letter distribution
×2×3×4×8
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1ﺡ ﺥ ﻡ ﻥ ﻩ ﻭ ي ﻝ ﺝ
2ﺭ ﺩ ﺱ ث ت ﺏ
3ﻑ ﻕ ﺫ ﺵ ﺯ
4 ﺹ ﺽ ﻉ ﻙ
5
6
8ﻍ ﺀ
10ﺃ ﺅ

Arabic-language editions use the following 100 tiles:

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

Bulgarian letter distribution
×1×2×3×4×5×8×9
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1Н П Р СТЕ ИА О
2Б К ЛВ Д М
3ЪГ
4Ж З
5Й ХЧ ЯУ
8Ц Ш Ю
10Ф Щ Ь

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

Catalan

Catalan letter distribution
×1×2×3×4×5×6×8×12×13
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1L UO TNI R SAE
2C D M
3B G P
4F V
8H J Q Z
10Ç 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]
1ULO TNRISAE
2C DM
3B G P
4F V
8H J QU Z
10NY X
12Ç
15L·L
A full Catalan-language set. Catalan Scrabble tiles.jpg
A full Catalan-language set.

Catalan-language editions use these 100 tiles:

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, and loanwords containing K and W are simply not played. 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 21x21 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:

Croatian

Croatian letter distribution
×1×2×3×4×5×6×9×10×11
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1J UR S TNE OIA
2K M P V
3B ČG L ZD
4C H LJ NJ Š Ž
5Ć
8F
10DŽ Đ

Croatian-language Scrabble sets use the following 103 tiles:

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

Czech

Czech letter distribution
×1×2×3×4×5×6
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1D K L P RI S T VA E NO
2Á J Y ZC H Í M U
3B É Ě
4Č Ů ŽŘ Š Ý
5F G Ú
6Ň
7Ó Ť
8Ď
10X

Czech-language sets use the following 100 tiles:

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
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1N P T V YI K L RE SA O
2Á B D Í JM U
3C H Š Z
4Č CH Ř Ž
5É Ů ÝĚ
6Ň Ť Ú
8Ď F G
10Ó X
Písmenkovka letter distribution (original)
×1×2×3×4×5×6×7
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1N P T V YI K L RE SAO
2Á B D Í JM U
3C H Š Z
4Č CH Ř Ž
5É Ů ÝĚ
6Ň Ť Ú
8Ď F G
10Ó

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:

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

Danish letter distribution
×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×9
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1N RAE
2D L O S T
3F G M U VB I K
4H J P Y Æ Ø Å
8X ZC

Danish-language Scrabble sets use these 100 tiles:

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

Dutch letter distribution #1
×1×2×3×4×5×6×10×18
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1IA ONE
2D R S T
3B PG K L M
4F H J V ZU
5C W
8X Y
10Q
Dutch letter distribution #1 (old) [14]
×1×2×3×4×5×6×10×18
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1IA ONE
2SD R T
3B PG K L M
4FH IJ J V ZU
5C W
8X Y
10Q
Dutch letter distribution #2
×1×2×3×4×5×6×8×16
0[blank]
1IA ONE
2D R S T
3B GK L M P
4F H IJ J V ZU
5C W
8X
10Q
Dutch letter distribution #3 (original)
×1×2×3×4×5×6×10×18
0[blank]
1SDA I O R TNE
2H LG
3B C M P
4J K U V W
5F
6Z
8X Y
10Q

Dutch-language editions consist of the following 102 tiles:

Before March 1998, there was a difference between the Dutch and the Flemish version: the Dutch 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:

The original Dutch version consisted of these 102 tiles:

Estonian

Estonian letter distribution
×1×2×4×5×7×8×9×10
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1K L O UTSE IA
2RD M N
3G V
4BH J P Õ
5Ä Ü
6Ö
8F
10Š Z Ž

Estonian-language editions consist of the following 102 tiles:

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

Faroese letter distribution
×1×2×3×4×5×7×10
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1S UE N R TA I
2Ð G K L V
3M
4D F H O
5Á
6B Í J Ó Ú
7Ø Y
8P Ý Æ
Faroese letter distribution (unofficial)
×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×8×10×11
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1S UETN RIA
2G K L M V
3F HÐ O
4B D
5Í J P Y
6Á Ó Ø
8Æ Ú
10Ý

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

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

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

Finnish

Finnish letter distribution
×1×2×3×4×5×7×8×9×10
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1SEN TA I
2K L O Ä
3MU
4H J P R V Y
7D Ö
8B F G W
10C

Finnish-language sets use these 101 tiles:

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
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1SEN TA I
2K L O Ä
3MU
4H J P R V Y
7D Ö
8B F G
10C

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

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

Finnish letter distribution (Alfapet)
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1K L OE SNA I T
2P R VM U Ä
3H J Y
4GD Ö
6B F
8C

The old Alfapet distribution was as follows:

Finnish letter distribution (old Alfapet)
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1ÄE SI NA T
2MD K L O R U
3B G
4F H J P V Ö
8C Y

French

French letter distribution
×1×2×3×5×6×8×9×15
0[blank]
1LN O R S T UIAE
2GD M
3B C P
4F H V
8J Q
10K W X Y Z
A complete French Scrabble set Scra2.jpg
A complete French Scrabble set

French-language editions of Scrabble contain these 102 tiles:

Diacritical marks are ignored.

German

German letter distribution
×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×9×15
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1DAI R T USNE
2G L OH
3W ZBM
4PC F K
6Ä J Ü V
8Ö X
10Q Y
German letter distribution (Alternate)
×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×9×15
0[blank]
1DUA I R TSNE
2G L OH
3W ZBM
4C F K P
6Ä J Ü V
8Ö X
10Q Y
German letter distribution (Eszett)
×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×8×16
0[blank]
1IA SR TNE
2B GD OH LU
3F K PM
4Ä Ö W Z
6J X YC
8Ü V ẞ
10Q
German letter distribution (former)
×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×8×9×10×16
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1A D URSINE
2WGC L OH T
3B K ZFM
4P V
5Ü
6Ä J
8Ö X
10Q Y
German letter distribution (Selchow & Righter)
×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×8×12
0[blank]
1O UR TA SNIE
2Ä Ö ÜG LC D H
3B F K PM
4V WZ
8J
10Q X Y
German letter distribution (original)
×1×2×3×4×6×8×14
0[blank]
1O UA R S TI NE
2Ä Ö ÜG LD
3B C F K PH M
4V W
8J Y Z
10Q X
German letter distribution (Super)
×2×4×6×8×10×11x12×14×17×29
0[blank]
1DAI RT USNE
2G L OH
3W ZBM
4PC F K
6Ä J Ü V
8Ö X
10Q Y
German letter distribution (Super Alternate)
×2×3×4×6×7×8×10×11x12×14×17×29
0[blank]
1DUI RA TSNE
2G L OH
3W ZBM
4PC F K
6Ä J Ü V
8Ö X
10Q Y

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

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 , 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]

Before the current 102-tile set, German language sets had 119 tiles. With the larger sized tile pool, players had eight tiles at a time on their racks, as opposed to the standard seven. The letter distribution for this larger set is:

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

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:

In 2008, a German edition of the Mattel-licensed product, Super Scrabble, was released by the game publisher Piatnik. The set is composed of the following 200 tiles:

The underlines indicate the distribution contains one tile fewer for the letter than would be if the 102 tiles of the current language set were simply doubled. 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 Old Scrabble Tiles German 119.JPG
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

Greek letter distribution
×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×8×9×12
0[blank]
1ΝΗ ΣΕ Ι ΤΟΑ
2Κ Π ΥΡ
3Λ Μ Ω
4Γ Δ
8Β Φ Χ
10Ζ Θ Ξ Ψ

Greek-language editions of Scrabble contain 104 tiles:

Hebrew

Hebrew letter distribution #4
×1×2×3×4×6×8×9×10×12
0[blank]
1ה ת ריו
2א ל מ ש
3ב ד
4נ פ
5כ קח
8ג ז ט ס צע

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:

Hebrew letter distribution #3
×1×2×3×4×6×8×9×10×12
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1ה רתיו
2א ל מ ש
3ב ד נ
4ח פ ק
5ע כ ג
8ז ט סצ

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

Hebrew letter distribution #2
×1×2×3×4×6×8×9×10×12
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1ת רהיו
2ל מ ש
3אב ד
4נ פ
5ח כ ע ק
8ג 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"):

Hebrew letter distribution #1
×1×2×3×4×6×8×9×10×12
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1ה רתיו
2ל מ ש
3א ב ד
4נ פ
5ח כ ע ק
8ג 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:

Hungarian

Hungarian letter distribution
×1×2×3×4×5×6
0[blank]
1I M O SÁ L N RTA E K
2B D G Ó
3H SZ VÉ
4F GY J Ö P U Ü Z
5C Í NY
7CS Ő Ú Ű
8LY ZS
10TY

Hungarian-language sets use these 100 tiles:

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.[ citation needed ]

Icelandic

Icelandic letter distribution
×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×8×10
0[blank]
1TE S UIN RA
2Ð G L
3F KM
4Á D H Í O V
5Þ
6B J Ó Y Æ
8É P Ú Ö
9Ý
10X

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

Icelandic letter distribution (Krafla)
×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×8×11
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1I N SRA
2MÐ KLT U
3Á ÓE F G
4H Í ÚÆ
5B D O P V Ý
6J Y Ö
7É Þ
10X

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:

Icelandic letter distribution (before 2016)
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1TE S URI NA
2K L MGÐ
3H VF O
4ÞÁ D Í
5J Æ
6B É Ó
7Y Ö
8P Ú
9Ý
10X

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

Icelandic letter distribution (original)
×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×8×10
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1TS UE RI NA
2K L MGÐ
3H VF O
4ÞÁ D Í
5J Æ
6B É Ó
7Y Ö
8P Ú
9Ý
10X

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

Indonesian letter distribution
×1×2×3×4×5×8×9×19
0[blank]
1O SRT UE INA
2K M
3GD
4H PL
5F VYB
8WC
10J Z

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

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

Irish letter distribution
×1×2×3×4×6×7×10×13
0[blank]
1E SN RH IA
2G UC D L O T
4Á F Í M
8É Ó Ú
10B P

Irish-language sets, created in 2010, [26] use these 100 tiles:

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
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1Í S TE L ON RIA
2GC Ċ D MÁ
3F Ó
4Ḃ Ḋ É Ṁ ÚU
5B Ġ
8P Ṡ
10Ḟ Ṗ

An alternate set, proposed by Scrabble3D along with the official set, [27] was proposed to have these 100 tiles:

Note that H is not in this set because it is only used at the beginning of the words starting with vowels, which is against the rules there. Note: This set uses the old orthography. In the new orthography, the dotted letters are replaced by the digraph of the letter without the dot followed by H.

Irish letter distribution (Scrabble3D)
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1E O SÁ Í L N RIA
2C Ċ D G M Ó T Ú
3B Ḃ É Ṫ U
4Ḋ F Ġ
5
8P Ṡ
10Ḟ Ṗ

Shortly after, the Scrabble3D distribution underwent a major revision [27] (still has 100 tiles):

Note that H is not in this set because it is only used at the beginning of the words starting with vowels, which is against the rules there. Note: This set uses the old orthography. In the new orthography, the dotted letters are replaced by the digraph of the letter without the dot followed by H.

Italian

Italian letter distribution
×1×2×3×5×6×11×12×14×15
0[blank]
1EIAO
2C R S T
3L M N U
5B D F P V
8G H Z
10Q
Scalaparola letter distribution
×1×2×3×4×5×6×13
0[blank]
1A E I O
2N R S T
3L M U
4C V
5B D G P
8F H Z
10Q
Scarabeo letter distribution
×2×4×6×7×12
0[blank]
1C R S TA E I O
2L M N
3P
4B D F G U V
8H Z
10Q
Selchow & Righter letter distribution
×2×3×4×5×6×7×10
0[blank]
1A E I O R S T
2LC N
3D PM
4B F G U V
8HZ
10Q

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:

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", [28] and the sets included these 120 tiles:

Scarabeo is an Italian variant of Scrabble that is much more popular in its native country than the original game. It is played with a 17×17 board, and uses these 130 tiles: [29]

In 1948, Selchow & Righter released their Foreign Language Edition of Italian with the following 120-tile distribution: [30]

By 1976, the distribution was changed to match Scalaparola. [31]

Latin

Latin letter distribution (Cambridge)
×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×8×9×11
0[blank]
1NT USA RE I
2CM O
3D
4L P
5B V
6F G X
10H Q
Latin letter distribution (Toronto)
×1×2×3×4×5×7×8×9×12
0[blank]
1ORS TA I VE
2D LC M N
3Q
4B G P X
8F H
Latin letter distribution extension (Toronto)
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1ORS TA I VE
2Ē Ī œ ; ıı ıııĘD LC M N
3Ↄ ſt V̄&Q
4B G P X
5ct Ꝑ Ꝝ
6Ꝓ P̄
8F H
10Y
Latin letter distribution (Curculio)
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1LM ON RSTAVE I
2D P
3BC
4F G HQ
8X
10Y (when used for blank)
15Z (when used for blank)
20K (when used for blank)
Latin letter distribution (Mahoney & Rydberg-Cox)
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1A I S T UE
2M N O R
3C D L P
8B F G H Q
10X 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. [32]

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

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:

The point value of is unknown, but it is believed to be 3. , which represents con, can only be played as the first tile of a word. , 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. represents per, represents prae. represents pro. 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: [33]

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: [34]

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

Latvian letter distribution
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1R UE TSIA
2L PĀ K M N
3ZD O V
4Ē Ī J
5B C G
6Ņ Š Ū
8Ļ Ž
10Č F Ģ H Ķ

Latvian-language sets use these 104 tiles: [35]

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

Lithuanian letter distribution
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1K UE N RO TSAI
2BD L M
3P
4Ė G J V
5Š Y
6Ų Ž
8Ą Č Į Ū
10C Ę F H Z

Lithuanian-language sets use these 104 tiles:

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 Scrabble gameplay in Lithuanian.jpg
Scrabble gameplay in Lithuanian
KrisKros Klasik letter distribution
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1ĄNO T UE L SA RI
2ĘB GD M PK
3ŲĖ Š
4Į V ŽJ
5Ū Z
6Y
7C Č
10F H

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

Malagasy

Malagasy letter distribution
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1E S YKTINOA
2F M V
3D L
4B P
6H J R Z
10G

Malagasy-language sets use these 102 tiles: [36]

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

Malay

Malay letter distribution
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1M R TK UE INA
2L S
3B DG
4H O P
5J Y
8C W
10F Z

Malay-language sets use these 100 tiles:

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

Norwegian letter distribution
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1D I LN R S TAE
2MF G K O
3H
4J P ÅB U V
5Ø
6Y Æ
8W
10C

Norwegian-language editions of Scrabble use these 100 tiles:

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, [37] so they were included.

Polish

Polish letter distribution
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1R S WN ZOEIA
2C D K L M P TY
3B G H J Ł U
5Ą Ę F Ó Ś Ż
6Ć
7Ń
9Ź
Polish letter distribution (old)
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1R S WN ZOEA I
2C D K L M P TY
3B G H J Ł U
4F
5Ą Ę Ó Ś Ż
6Ć
7Ń Ź
Polish letter distribution (Literaki)
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1R S WN ZOEIA
2C D K L M P TY
3B G H J Ł U
5Ą Ć Ę F Ń Ó Ś Ź Ż
Polish letter distribution (Scriba)
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1OE IA
2D L M WB N P R S YT Z
3UC F H K
4J ŁG
6Ą ŚÓ
7Ć
8Ę Ń Ż Ź
A complete Polish Scrabble set Polskie scrabble - paths - ready.svg
A complete Polish Scrabble set

Polish-language editions of Scrabble use these 100 tiles: [38]

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. [39]

Alexander[ year needed ] has released Scriba, which was based on the Swedish game Alfapet. The distribution has 108 tiles: [40]

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 [41] except on the Internet Scrabble Club. [42] [43]

Portuguese

Portuguese letter distribution
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1TM RUSI OEA
2C PD L
3ÇBN
4F G H V
5J
6Q
8X Z

Portuguese-language editions of Scrabble contain 120 tiles:

While Ç is a separate tile, other diacritical marks are ignored. K, W, and Y are absent, since they are only present in loanwords in Portuguese, and were not even official letters until 2009.

Romanian

Romanian letter distribution
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1C L UN R STEAI
2PO
3D
4F VM
5B
6G
8H Z
10J X
Romanian letter distribution (original)
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1LC O SN UR TEAI
2D P
4M
8F V
9B G
10H J X Z

Romanian-language editions of Scrabble use these 100 tiles: [44]

Some amendment applied in updated version. Previously, the B was worth 8, and the O was worth 1. [45]

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

Diacritical marks are ignored, so for example Ă and  are played as A, Î is played as I, Ș is played as S and Ț is played as T. 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 and a few native words,[ citation needed ] but it is not so rare, so it is included.

Russian

Russian letter distribution
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1ВИ Н Р С ТА ЕО
2МД К Л П У
3ЁБ Г Ь Я
4ЙЫ
5Ж Х Ц ЧЗ
8Ш Э Ю
10Ф Щ Ъ
Russian letter distribution (original)
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1В СН Р ТАЕ ИО
2Д К Л М П У
3ЬБ Г ЁЯ
4Й Ы
5Х Ц ЧЖ З
8Ш Э Ю
10Ф Щ Ъ
Russian letter distribution (Selchow & Righter)
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1В СН Р ТАЕ ИО
2Д К Л М П У
3ЬБ ГЯ
4Й Ы
5Х Ц ЧЖ З
8Ш Э Ю
10Ф Щ Ъ
Russian letter distribution (Erudit)
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1И НЕА О
2Й ЛВ Д М ТК П Р С
3Б Г У Я
5Ж З Х Ч Ы Ь
10Ф Ц Ш Щ Ъ Э Ю

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

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

In 1954, Selchow & Righter released their Foreign Language Edition in Russian [46] [ better source needed ] with the following 124-tile distribution:

This distribution has no Ё tile.

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

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

Scottish Gaelic

Scottish Gaelic-language editions of Scrabble, created in 2023, [47] use these 100 tiles:

Á, É, and Ó are absent since they are now mostly obsolete 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.

Scottish Gaelic letter distribution (original Scrabble3D proposal)
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1N O R SE IA
2BHUCH D DH L
3B MC G T TH
4NN
5F FH MHÀ GH
6È Ì Ò P Ù
8LL RR
10NG

Scrabble3D originally planned to use these 104 tiles in an unofficial distribution, planned earlier: [48]

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 (Scrabble3D)
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1PH SHN O R SEIA
2BHUCH D DH L
3B MC G T TH
4NN
5À F FH GH MH
6È Ì Ò P Ù
8LL RR

Scottish Gaelic-language sets used by Scrabble3D use these 100 tiles: [49]

H is absent from both Scrabble3D sets because it is almost exclusively used in lenited consonants.

Slovak

Slovak letter distribution (official)
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1R S T VI NEA O
2D K L PM
3J U
4Á C H Y ZB
5Č Í Š Ý Ž
7É Ľ Ť Ú
8Ď F G Ň Ô
10Ä Ĺ Ó Ŕ X
Slovak letter distribution (extended 2013)
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1TN S VIEAO
2Á B J Y ZD M P UK LR
3C Č É H Í Š Ú Ý Ž
4Ť
5Ľ
6F G
7Ň Ô
8Ä Ď Ó
9Ĺ Ŕ X
10Q W

Slovak-language sets use these 100 tiles:

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 , 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:

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. [50] Some players play these two just as two more blanks, or they just remove them from the set altogether.

Slovenian

Slovenian letter distribution
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1J L TR SNOIAE
2D V
3M P UK
4B G Z
5Č H
6Š
8C
10F Ž

Slovenian-language sets use these 100 tiles:

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

Spanish

Spanish letter distribution (international)
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1L TN R UI SOA E
2GD
3B M PC
4F V YH
5CH Q
8J LL Ñ RR X
10Z
Spanish letter distribution (North America)
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1L R TNI USOA E
2GC D
3PB M
4YF H V
6J
8K LL Ñ Q RR W X
10Z
Spanish letter distribution (Latin America)
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1ÑL S UN R TOA IE
2BGD
3C M P
4F H V YLLCH
5K
8J X
10Q Z
Complete tileset in Spanish Scrabble outside North America. FICHAS.svg
Complete tileset in Spanish Scrabble outside North America.
A Spanish Scrabble game completed. Scrabble completado.jpg
A Spanish Scrabble game completed.

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

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; loanwords containing them are simply not playable.

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. [51]

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

Stress accents are still disregarded.

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 [ citation needed ]:

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

Swedish letter distribution
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1D I LNEA R S T
2HG K MO
3F V Ä
4B P Ö ÅU
7J Y
8C X
10Z
A full Swedish Scrabble set. Swedish scrabble tiles.jpg
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:

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
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1D I LNEA R ST
2HG K MO
3F V Ä
4B P Ö ÅU
7J Y
8X
10C

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
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1D I LSA RN TE
2HG K MO
3F V Ä
4B PU Ö Å
5C
7J Y
10X

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
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1D I LNEA R S T
2HG K MO
3F V Ä
4B P Ö ÅU
7J Y
8X Z
10C

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
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1ID L N TE SA R
2GO
3H K M P U
4B F V Ä Ö Å
8JC Y
10Q 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:

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

Turkish letter distribution
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1N TRİ K LEA
2O S UI M
3B D Ü Y
4C Ç Ş Z
5G H P
7F Ö V
8Ğ
10J

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

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

Ukrainian letter distribution
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1ВЕ І Т РИ НАО
2Д П ЛК С М
3У
4З Я Б Г
5Х Й Ч Ь
6Ж Ї Ц Ш
7Ю
8Є Ф Щ
10Ґ '

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

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

Welsh

Welsh letter distribution
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1DDWD OI R YE NA
2F G L U
3B M TS
4C FF H TH
5CH LL P
8J
10NG RH
The box for Welsh-language Scrabble sets. Welsh Scrabble box.jpg
The box for Welsh-language Scrabble sets.

Welsh-language Scrabble sets, created in 2005, [52] use these 105 tiles:

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 polygraphs MH, NGH, NH and PH also exist in Welsh, but they are omitted because they are used almost exclusively in mutated [ disambiguation needed ] 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

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

Anglo-Saxon

Anglo-Saxon letter distribution
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1G H I LD SO RANE
2F M T W
3Æ C U
4Ð Þ Y
5B
8P
10X

The Anglo-Saxon editions use these 101 tiles: [53]

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

Armenian letter distribution
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1ՍԿ ՆՈԵ ԻԱ
2Է Հ Մ Յ ՊՏ Ր Ւ
3ՎԲ Գ Դ ՔԼ
4Խ Շ Ռ
5Թ Ծ Ղ Ց
6Զ Ճ Չ Ջ
8Ժ Ձ Փ Օ
10Ը Ֆ

Armenian-language editions use the following 146 tiles. [54] The board is 17x17 instead of 15x15. This version is called ԲԱՌ ԽԱՂ (bar khagh, meaning words game).

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

Bambara letter distribution
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1B ME Ɛ I K L N OA
2RS YU
3D TƆ
4F G W
8C ƝJ
10H Ŋ P Z

Bambara-language Scrabble sets use these 106 tiles: [36]

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. [55] [56] [57] The Latin alphabetic letters Q, V, and X are also absent because these letters are not used in Bambara.

Basque

Basque letter distribution
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1O T UNIEA
2K R
3D
4B Z
5G H L S
8J M P RR TS TX TZ
10F X

Basque-language Euskarbel sets use these 100 tiles. [58]

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

Bicolano letter distribution
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0[blank]
1M S T UN OIA
2K RG
3L PNG
4B D
5W Y
8E H

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

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

Breton letter distribution
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1I LT UORNAE
2D
3HG S V
4CH C'HB K M Z ZH
5P
10F J W Y

Breton-language Scrabble sets, created in 2008 as Skrabell, use these 100 tiles: [59]

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

Cornish letter distribution
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1NO R SAE
2C GD H TLY
3IU W
4B K M P
5V
6F
7Q

Cornish-language Scrabble sets use these 100 tiles. [60]

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

Dakelh letter distribution
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1A I L O T ʼNH U
2E S
3ZD
4K
5G Y
7W
8B
10C J M

Dakelh-language Scrabble sets use these 100 tiles: [61]

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

Dakota letter distribution
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1P UK Ŋ O TEIA
2C H
3D N SW Y
4Ġ J M Ṡ Z
5
6G
8B C̣ Ḳ
10P̣ Ṭ

Dakota-language Scrabble sets use these 100 tiles: [62]

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

Esperanto

Esperanto letter distribution
×1×2×3×4×6×8
0[blank]
1L T UN R SA E I O
2D J PK M
3F G Ĝ V
4C ŜB Ĉ
5Z
8H Ŭ
10Ĥ Ĵ
Esperanto letter distribution (original)
×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×9×11×13
0[blank]
1TOE NIA
2KML R S
3D J P U
4F G V
5ŜB
6ŬĜ
7Ĉ Z
8C
9H
10ĤĴ

Esperanto Scrabble exists as an Internet game [63] and as a commercially produced custom set. [64]

Esperanto-language sets use these 100 tiles:

The original Esperanto set used these 120 tiles: [65]

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

Galician

Galician letter distribution
×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×8×9×10×12
1TCI L NSROEA
2D U
3B PM
4VG
5F H X
6Z
7Ñ Q
8K
9W Y
10J

Galician-language sets use these 100 tiles: [66]

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

Gwichʼin letter distribution
×1×2×4×5×6×7×8×9×12×17×19
0[blank]
1Ę Į O Ǫ U ŲEĄHTNAIʼ
2ĮĮ OO ǪǪ TH UU ŲŲĄĄ IICH EEAA
3S TTH WAII AĮĮ D G K R Y
4DH GH KH SHL Ł TRTS
5ZJ TŁ V
6DR KWGW ZH
7DDH KHW SHRDL
8DZ
9ZHR
10B F M

Gwichʼin-language editions of Scrabble contain 200 letter tiles, in the following distribution: [67]

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

Haitian Creole letter distribution
×1×2×3×4×6×8×9
0[blank]
1IEA N
2È K L M O OU P S T Y
3D
4CH F G J Ò R V WB
7Z
8À UI
10H

Haitian Creole-language editions of Scrabble contain these 100 tiles: [68] [69]

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

Hausa letter distribution
×1×2×3×4×5×6×8×9×14
0[blank]
1D K S U YNIA
2M
3B E H R T W
4G L O
5C F J
7Ɗ Ƙ Z
8Ɓ
9TS '
10'Y

Hausa-language Scrabble sets use these 114 tiles: [70]

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. , 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

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

There is no official Hawaiian-language edition of Scrabble, but one suggested version contains these 100 tiles: [71]

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

Igbo letter distribution
×1×2×3×4×5×6×8
0[blank]
1A I E O U
2D R T
3B M
4K SF N
5H LG
6PW
7Y
10C J Ñ V Z

Igbo-language sets use these 134 tiles, and a 19×19-tile board: [72]

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

IPA English letter distribution
×1×2×3×4×5×6×7
0[blank]
1ɛ zd i mk ɹɪ l s tə n
2b oʊ pɑ æ
3aɪ eɪ f ɡ ɔ v
4h ŋ ʃ u w
5dʒ j tʃ
8aʊ ɔɪ θ ʊ
10ð ʒ

IPA sets use these 106 tiles: [73]

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, , ɕ, ç, ɗ, ɖ, ɘ, ɣ, ɤ, ɠ, ɢ, ʛ, ħ, ʜ, ɦ, ɥ, ɧ, ɨ, ɟ, ʄ, ʝ, , ɭ, ɬ, ɮ, ʟ, ɯ, ɰ, ɲ, ɳ, ɴ, ø, ɵ, œ, ɶ, , q, , ɻ, ɽ, ɺ, ʀ, ʁ, ʂ, , ʈ, ʉ, ʋ, , 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 worth 11, 1 ɮ worth 11, 1 ɲ worth 13, 1 ʉ worth 11, 1 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]
1æɛ ɝ i m p zd k ɫ rn stəɪ
2b e ʊ
3a ɑ f ɡ ŋ ɔ o ʃ v
4u w ʒ
5h j
8θ
10ð

An alternative by Scrabble3D has this distribution (no combinations): [74]

Japanese Hiragana

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

The Japanese Hiragana Scrabble set uses these 100 tiles: [75]

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

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

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
2く き か ょ り る
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: [76] [77] [78]

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 , blank, , , and (there is no tile for ), while in the 100-tile variant, it is played as , , , , and .

The obsolete letters and , letters only used in loanwords , , , , , and , along with the lengthener , 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

Japanese Romaji letter distribution (with -) #3
×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×10×11×12
0[blank]
1NOIA U
2H R TEK S
3-M
4G Y
5B D
6J Z
8F P W
10C
20V (when used for blank)

Japanese Romaji Scrabble sets use these 102 tiles: [79]

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]
1NOA IU
2R TEK S
3MH
4G Y
5B D
6J Z
8F P W
10C
20V (when used for blank)

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]
1ENAO U
2H K S T
3YR
4B G
5M P
6J Z
8D W (-)
10C F

Scrabble3D has a different distribution, released earlier: [80]

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]
1EUI ONA
2K S T
3H R
4B G M Y Z
5CH D J
8F W
10P

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

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

Klingon

Klingon letter distribution
×1×2×3×4×5×6×8×10
0[blank]
1Ho ue ɪʼ a
2D vj m
3b ch gh n q Sl
4p t
5w y
6Q r
8tlh
10ng

Klingon-language sets use these 100 tiles: [81]

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): [82]

Klingon letter distribution (old)
×1×2×3×4×5×6×8×11
0[blank]
1m vʼ H ue ɪ oʼ a
2rD gh j Sl
3qtb
4ch n p w y
8Q
10ng tlh

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

L33t letter distribution
×1×2×3×4×5×6
0*
1STA I L O UE N R
2G Z 7D 01 43
3B C M PX
4F H V W Y
5K
6J
10Q

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: [83] [84] [85]

Lojban

Lojban letter distribution
×1×2×3×4
0[blank]
1A C E M S T 'A 'E 'IL N UI R
2O Y CI KA LA LI MA NA RA RI SEB D G J K P 'O 'U
3F V X Z BA CA DA GA JI KU MI NI NU PA RE RU SA SI TA TE TI XA
4BI CE CU DE DI DU FA GU JA JU KE KI LE LU MU NE NO PE PI RO SU TO TU VA VI
5BE 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
6BY CO DO FO FY GY LY MY PY VO VY XI XU
7JO ZE
8XY ZI
10GO VU

Lojban-language sets use these 160 tiles: [86]

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]
1EUN RYA I
2L O S T '
3C J K M
4B D F G P
6V X
9Z

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

Lojban Scrabble letter distribution (1990s) (lujvo not included)
×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×8×12
0[blank]
1'RENUA I
2C L S TO
3D J K M
5B F G P
8V
9X
10Z

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

Y is absent because it is very rare outside lujvo.

Māori

Māori letter distribution (Scramble)
×3×6×10×12×15×20×25
0[blank]
1UA I O
2K N WE R T
3H M P
4NG
5WH

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

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]
1OE I UA
2KR T
3HN
4P
5WM
10G

Another version, called Kuputupu, uses these 102 tiles: [87]

Math

Math sets use these 100 tiles:

Math tile distribution
×1×2×3×5×6×7×8×18
0[blank]
121=
20 3 4
3+ −85 6
4× ÷7 9
5
6²
7³
8 !
9^
10. ∜

To play, you have to put in a true equation on the board. [88]

Math tile distribution (old)
×1×3×4×6×7×8×10×18
0[blank]=
11
22
304 5
48 93 6
57
6+ − ×
7÷ √
8.
9^
10 ! ² ³ ∜ ∞ < >

Math sets previously used these 120 tiles: [89]

Na'vi

Na'vi letter distribution
×1×2×3×4×5×6×8×12
0[blank]
1I RO UL N T YEA
2Ä SÌ ʼ
3K M P
4F G V W
5H
8X
10Z

Na'vi language sets use these 100 tiles: [90]

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

Nuxalk letter distribution
×2×3×4×5×6×7×8×9×10×12x20×25
1TS ULH MI KTSA
2TLʼ XQ Qʼ YL N
3AA C CW Kʼ KW P Tʼ TSʼ XW
4UUQWKWʼ W
5IIQWʼ
7
9H
117

The Nuxalk-language edition uses these 212 tiles: [91]

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

Occitan letter distribution
×1×2×3×4×6×7×8×10×15
0[blank]
1OI N TR SEA
2CL M U
4B D PG
6F HV
10J Q X Z

The Occitan-language edition, called "E-scrabbl'òc", uses these 102 tiles:

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. [92]

Completed Occitan Scrabble Board Occitan scrabble.jpg
Completed Occitan Scrabble Board

Persian

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

Persian-language editions, which use Arabic letters, use the following 102 tiles: [93]

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. [93]

Pinyin

PinyinPal letter distribution
×1×2×3×5×6×7×8×13
0[blank]
1OG HUA I N
2Y ZE
3C D J L S X
4B F M P Q T
5W
8K R
10V

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

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.

Cyrillic Serbian

Serbian letter distribution
×1×2×3×4×5×6×8×9×11
0[blank]
1ДУС ТН РЕ ОИА
2Л ПВ К М
3З Ј
4Б Г
5Њ Ц Ч Ш
7Ћ Х
8Ж Љ
10Ђ Ф Џ

Serbian-language sets use these 102 tiles:

Tagalog

Tagalog letter distribution
×1×3×4×5×6×7×8×9×13×17×27
0[blank]
1M SL TUNIA
2K O
3P
4BG
5RHNG
8D E Y
10W

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

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. N and G being played in place of NG is allowed.

Tamil

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:

The set for the difficult version uses these 1000 tiles:

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). [94] [95] Note that , 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, , ஸா, ஸி, ஸீ, ஸு, ஸூ, ஸெ, ஸே, ஸை, ஸொ, ஸோ, ஸௌ, ஜ், , ஜா, ஜி, ஜீ, ஜு, ஜூ, ஜெ, ஜே, ஜை, ஜொ, ஜோ, ஜௌ, ஷ், , ஷா, ஷி, ஷீ, ஷு, ஷூ, ஷெ, ஷே, ஷை, ஷொ, ஷோ, ஷௌ, ஹ், , 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, , 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

Tswana letter distribution
×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×10×12×16
0[blank]
1G N TLOEA
2I S
3K M
5D WB H R
8F P U Y
10J Š

The Tswana editions use these 102 tiles: [96]

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]
1SG N TLOEA
2I
3K M
4B
5D WH R
8F P U Y
10J

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. [97]

Tuvan

Tuvan letter distribution
×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×8×12
0- [blank]
1И УГ К ТД Е ЛНР ЫА
2ШМ О П С Ү Ч
3АА Б З Й Ң Э
4В Ж Ө Х ЭЭ
5ОО УУ ЫЫ Я
6ИИ ӨӨ ҮҮ
8Ъ
10Ё Ю

Tuvan-language Scrabble sets, which use Cyrillic letters, use these 125 tiles: [98]

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

Vietnamese

Vietnamese letter distribution
×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×13×14×20
0[blank]
1Á 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 ỴA E I O UTHN
2C G M
4B D Đ L
5P RK
8S X Y
10Q V

Vietnamese editions, called Vietboard, use these 209 tiles: [99]

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. [100]

Zhuyin

Zhuyin letter distribution
×1×2×3×4×5×8×10×13
0[blank]
1
4ㄜ ㄢ ㄥ
5ㄐ ㄚ ㄠ
6ㄅ ㄒ ㄓ ㄩ ㄟ ㄤㄊ ㄌ ㄏ ㄕ
7ㄍ ㄛ ㄡ
8ㄇ ㄋ ㄑ ㄖ ㄗ ㄝ

Zhuyin Chinese-language editions of Scrabble use these 100 tiles: [101]

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.


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