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| Tile | Number | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| B | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| C | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| D | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| E | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| F | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| G | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| H | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| I | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| J | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| K | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| L | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| M | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| N | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| O | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| P | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Q | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| R | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| S | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| T | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| U | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| V | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| W | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| X | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| Y | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Z | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Βlank | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
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
This distribution of letters has not changed since Alfred Butts invented the game in 1938.
A new Mattel-licensed product, Super Scrabble, was launched in 2004. This set comprises 200 tiles, in this distribution:
- 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
Read more about this topic: Scrabble Letter Distributions
Famous quotes containing the word english:
“Red lips are not so red As the stained stones kissed by the English dead.”
—Wilfred Owen (1893–1918)
“These are not the artificial forests of an English king,—a royal preserve merely. Here prevail no forest laws but those of nature. The aborigines have never been dispossessed, nor nature disforested.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“So in Jamaica it is the aim of everybody to talk English, act English and look English. And that last specification is where the greatest difficulties arise. It is not so difficult to put a coat of European culture over African culture, but it is next to impossible to lay a European face over an African face in the same generation.”
—Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960)