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, L ×4, R ×5, U ×5, 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 are disregarded. The letters K and W are absent since these two letters are rarely used in Spanish words. According to FISE (Federación Internacional de Scrabble en Español) rules, a blank cannot be used to represent K or W.
Using one C and one H tile in place of the CH tile, two L tiles for the LL tile, or two R tiles for the RR tile is also not allowed in Spanish Scrabble (see rules in Spanish provided by the FISE).
Spanish-language sets sold within North America (known as Scrabble – Edición en Español) use 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: M ×3, B ×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
Read more about this topic: Scrabble Letter Distributions
Famous quotes containing the word spanish:
“The hangover became a part of the day as well allowed-for as the Spanish siesta.”
—F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)
“The French courage proceeds from vanity—the German from phlegm—the Turkish from fanaticism & opium—the Spanish from pride—the English from coolness—the Dutch from obstinacy—the Russian from insensibility—but the Italian from anger.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“As the Spanish proverb says, “He who would bring home the wealth of the Indies, must carry the wealth of the Indies with him.” So it is in travelling; a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)