Latin
There are two kinds of Latin-language Scrabble sets developed by two authorities in the language.
The first 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
The second distribution below was made "in conjunction with scholars from the University of Cambridge and elsewhere, together with the Cambridge Schools Classics Project." Note that 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, A ×9, I ×11, N ×6, R ×9, S ×8, T ×7, U ×7
- 2 points: C ×4, M ×5, O ×5
- 3 points: D ×3
- 4 points: L ×2, P ×2
- 5 points: B ×2, V ×2
- 6 points: F ×1, G ×1, X x1
- 10 points: H ×1, Q ×1
Read more about this topic: Scrabble Letter Distributions
Famous quotes containing the word latin:
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—Hunter S. Thompson (b. 1939)
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—William Lamb Melbourne, 2nd Viscount (1779–1848)
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Bold as the engineer who fells the wood,
And travelling often in the cut he makes,
Love not the flower they pluck, and know it not
And all their botany is Latin names.
The old men studied magic in the flowers.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)