Scrabble editions listed in this section are officially licensed by
Hasbro (for North America) or
Mattel (for the rest of the world).
English (original) 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 "ñ" in words borrowed from Spanish) are ignored. When
Alfred Butts invented the game, he initially experimented with different distributions of letters. A popular story claims that Butts created an elaborate chart by studying the front page of
The New York Times to create his final choice of letter distributions. In 2004,
Super Scrabble was launched. For international distribution outside the United States and 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 The
Afrikaans editions use these 102 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 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.
Arabic 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. The ligature لا is played as two individual tiles: ل and ا.
Bulgarian 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 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, 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. 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. 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 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. Playing
D and
Ž in place of
DŽ and
L or
N in front of
J in place of
LJ and
NJ respectively is not allowed.
Czech 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.
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);
CH is instead played as two distinct letters C and H. Prior to 1993, there was no official Czech Scrabble. Instead, there was a Scrabble clone called
Pismenkovka which was created in the 1970s, which had a
CH tile. 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. KrisKros Klasik has a similar distribution, but it includes 4
T tiles and 2
X tiles.
Danish Danish-language Scrabble sets use these 101 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,
W x1,
X ×1,
Z ×1 The distribution lacks
Q, which is very rare and only occurs in foreign words.
C,
W,
X, and
Z also only occur in foreign words, but they are not so rare, so they were included.
Q can be played with a blank. Prior to 2025, sets contained 100 tiles and did not include a W.
Dutch 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 and did not contain the rarely used letter
Y: • 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 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.
Faroese Faroese-language editions, created in 2010 as "Krossorðaspæl", 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 106 tiles: • 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 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. 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. 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: • 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: • 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 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 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 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. Note that the quasi-letter
ß (Eszett) is not used in any official distribution. 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.).
Greek 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 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 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 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 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 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 or putting together
D,
Z and
S or
D and
ZS to make
DZS is not allowed, meaning words with these two letters are simply not playable. Using a blank (as
Y) in front of
G,
L,
N or
T to make
GY,
LY,
NY or
TY is also not allowed.
Icelandic In 2016, Tinderbox games under license from Mattel produced
Icelandic-language sets using these 104 tiles: • 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 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"), 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 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 Originally, there were 105 tiles in this set, as there were 7 E's instead of 6.
C,
Q and
W are absent in all distributions since Icelandic does not use those letters.
Z is also absent in all sets due to having been obsolete since the 1970s.
Indonesian Indonesian-language sets use these 100 tiles: • 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 Irish-language sets, created in 2010, 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. An alternate set, proposed by Scrabble3D along with the official set, 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. Shortly after, the Scrabble3D distribution underwent a major revision 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: • 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: • 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.
Latin 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. • 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: • 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: • 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 Latvian-language sets use these 104 tiles: • 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 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. 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 Malagasy-language sets use these 102 tiles: • 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 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,
T ×6,
D ×5,
R ×5,
U ×5 •
2 points:
M ×4,
S ×4 •
3 points:
G ×4,
H ×3,
L ×3 •
4 points:
B ×2,
P ×2,
Y ×2 •
5 points:
J ×1,
O ×1 •
8 points:
C ×1,
W ×1 •
10 points:
F ×1,
V ×1
Q,
X and
Z are absent because they are only present in loanwords. So are
F and
V, but these two are not so rare. Another Malay Scrabble game, called Sahibba, uses these tiles: • 4 blank tiles (scoring 0 points) •
2 points:
A ×13,
E ×9,
I ×9,
R ×7,
T ×7,
N ×6,
L ×5,
S ×5,
U ×5,
O ×2 •
4 points:
D ×4,
G ×4,
B ×3,
M ×3,
P ×3 •
6 points:
H ×2,
K ×2,
Y ×2,
W ×1 •
8 points:
C ×1,
J ×1 Note that in this set there are some special tiles which you can choose one of two letters given on that tile. There are 3 A/E tiles, 1 A/I tile, 5 A/O tiles, 1 U/E tile, 2 U/O tiles, 1 B/V tile, 1 K/F tile, 1 K/Q tile, 1 K/V tile, 1 M/W tile, 1 M/X tile, 1 N/W tile, and 1 F/Z tile. The value of the F is 4, the value of the Q is 6, the value of the V is 4, the value of the X is 6, and the value of the Z is 4. F, Q, V, X and Z don't have their own tile because they are found only in loanwords in Malay. Another distribution has the O worth 8 points, the G worth 6 points, the D worth 6 points, the M worth 2 points, the T worth 4 points, the L worth 4 points, the J worth 6 points, the E worth 4 points, and the S worth 4 points.
Norwegian 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, so they were included.
Polish Polish-language editions of Scrabble use these 100 tiles: • 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. Alexander has released Scriba, which was based on the Swedish game
Alfapet. The distribution has 108 tiles: • 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 except on the
Internet Scrabble Club.
Portuguese 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. Another version of the game called Palavras Cruzadas has one à tile worth 7 points, one K and one W tile worth 8 points, one Y tile worth 9 points, and the values of J, Q, Z and Ç are respectively 7, 10, 10 and 8.
Romanian Romanian-language editions of Scrabble use these 100 tiles: • 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. 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
 is played as
A. 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, but it is not so rare, so it is included.
Russian 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,
Ё ×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,
Ё ×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 in Russian with the following 124-tile distribution: • 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
Ё tile. Another Russian version, called Эрудит (Erudit), has 131 tiles, and also has no Ё 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. Another Russian word game based on Scrabble, called Slovodel (Словодел), uses these 110 tiles: • 2 asterisk tiles (scoring zero points) •
1 point:
О ×10,
А ×9,
Е ×9,
И ×7 •
2 points:
Н ×7,
К ×5,
М ×5,
П ×5,
Р ×5,
С ×5,
Т ×5,
Д ×4,
Л ×4,
В ×2 •
3 points:
Б ×3,
Г ×3,
У ×3,
Я ×3 •
4 points:
З ×2,
Ы ×2 •
5 points:
Й ×2,
Х ×2,
Ч ×2,
Ь ×2 •
7 points:
Ж ×2 •
8 points:
Ц ×1,
Ш ×1,
Ю ×1 •
9 points:
Щ ×1,
Э ×1 •
10 points:
Ф ×1,
Ъ ×1
Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic-language editions of Scrabble, created in 2023, use these 100 tiles: • 2 blanks (scoring 0 points) • 1 point:
A ×12,
H ×12,
I ×9,
E ×6,
D ×5,
R ×5,
S ×4 • 2 points:
B ×4,
C ×4,
G ×4,
L ×4,
M ×4,
N ×4,
O ×4 • 3 points:
U ×3 • 4 points:
T ×3,
À ×2,
F ×2 • 6 points:
È ×2,
Ù ×2 • 8 points:
Ì ×1,
Ò ×1,
P ×1
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. Scrabble3D originally planned to use these 104 tiles in an unofficial distribution, planned earlier: • 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-language sets used by Scrabble3D use these 100 tiles: • 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 from both Scrabble3D sets because it is almost exclusively used in lenited consonants.
Slovak 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. Some players play these two just as two more blanks, or they just remove them from the set altogether.
Slovenian 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 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; 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. 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 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,
Å ×2,
Ö ×2 •
7 points:
J ×1,
Y ×1 •
8 points:
C ×1,
X ×1 •
10 points:
Z ×1
Å,
Ä and
Ö have separate tiles as these are considered separate letters in the Swedish alphabet; 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: • 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,
Å ×2,
Ö ×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: • 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,
Å ×2,
Ö ×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. 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. 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,
Å ×2,
Ä ×2,
Ö ×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 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 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 Welsh-language Scrabble sets, created in 2005, 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 polygraphs
MH,
NGH,
NH and
PH also exist in Welsh, but they are omitted because they are 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==