Letters of Scrabble - SpeedyLook encyclopedia

With the Scrabble , each language has a different set of letters, which takes account of the frequency of use of the letters for each language.

Afrikaans

There is no token for Z in Afrikaans, because the language uses it little:

2 jokers (0 points)
1 point : With (9), D (6), E (16), I (8), NR (8), 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)

German

In German, there are 102 tokens:

2 jokers (0 points)
1 point : E (15), NR (9), S (7), I (6), R (6), T (6), U (6), has (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), U (1), V (1)
8 points : Ö (1), X (1)
10 points : Q (1), Y (1)

Before 1989 - 1990, there were 119 tokens:

2 jokers (0 points)
1 point : E (16), NR (10), S (8), I (9), R (7), U (6), has (6), D (6)
2 points : H (5), G (3), L (4), O (4), T (5), W (2), C (4)
3 points : M (4), B (2), Z (2), K (2), F (3)
4 points : P (1), V (1)
5 points : U (1)
6 points : Ä (1), J (1)
8 points : Ö (1), X (1)
10 points : Q (1), Y (1)

English

In English, there are 100 tokens. They were not modified since Alfred Mosher Butts created the play in 1938:

2 jokers (0 points)
1 point : E (12), has (9), I (9), O (8), R (6), NR (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)

Arab

In Arab, there are 104 tokens:

4 jokers: (0 points)
1 point : ا (10), ل (6), و (5), ى (5)
2 points : ب (4), م (4), ن (4), ر (4), ت (4), د (3), ج (3), ه (3), ج (3), س (3), ة (3), خ (2), غ (2), ث (1)
3 points : ع (3), ف (3), ق (3), ص (2), ش (2), ز (2)
4 points : ك (3), ط (2), ذ (1)
5 points : ض (1), ظ (1)
8 points : ء (2)
10 points : أ (2), ؤ (2), ئ (2)

Bulgarian

There are 102 tokens in Bulgare, which employs the Cyrillic alphabet:

3 jokers: (0 points)
1 point : А (9), Е (8), И (8), Н (4), О (9), П (4), Р (4), С (4), Т (5)
2 points : Б (3), В (4), Д (3), К (3), Л (3), М (4)
3 points : Г (3), Ъ (2)
4 points : Ж (2), З (2)
5 points : Й (1), У (3), Х (1), Ч (2), Я (2)
8 points : Ц (1), Ш (1), Ю (1)
10 points : Ф (1), Щ (1), Ь (1)

Castilian

There are 100 tokens in Castillan (Spanish). There exist tokens for CH, RR and L, because one cannot use C and H for CH, or two L or R for L or RR. (Cf rules of the game).

2 jokers (0 points)
1 point : With (12), E (12), I (6), L (4), NR (5), O (9), R (5), S (6), T (4), U (5)
2 points : D (5), G (2)
3 points : B (2), C (4), M (2), P (2)
4 points : F (1), H (2), V (1), Y (1)
5 points : CH (1), Q (1)
8 points : J (1), L (1), Ñ (1), RR (1), X (1)
10 points : Z (1)

Catalan

Tokens in Catalan:

2 jokers (0 points)
1 point : With (12), E (13), I (8), L (4), NR (6), O (5), R (8), S (8), T (5), 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 : C (1), L·L (1), NY (1), X (1)

Croat

There are 103 tokens in Croatian:

2 joker: (0 points)
1 point : With (11), I (10), E (9), O (9), NR (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), 2D (1)

Dane

In Danish, there are 100 tokens:

2 joker (0 points)
1 point : E (9), has (7), NR (6), R (6)
2 points : D (5), L (5), O (5), S (5), T (5)
3 points : B (4), K (4), I (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), X (1), Z (1)

Esperanto

In Esperanto there are 102 tokens:

2 jokers (0 points)
1 point : With (8), E (8), I (8), L (4), NR (6), O (8), R (6), S (6), T (4), U (4)
2 points : D (3), J (3), K (4), M (4), P (3)
3 points : F (2), G (2), Ĝ (2), V (2)
4 points : B (2), C (1), Ĉ (2), Ŝ (1)
5 points : Z (1)
8 points : Ŭ (1), H (1)
10 points : Ĥ (1), Ĵ (1)

Finnish

In Finnish, there are 100 tokens:

2 jokers (0 points)
1 point : With (10), I (10), NR (9), S (7), T (9), E (8)
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)

French

In French there are 102 tokens because, in the first edition of the play, there was no joker. The diacritics are not taken into account:

2 jokers (0 points)
1 point : E (15), has (9), I (8), NR (6), O (6), R (6), S (6), T (6), U (6), L (5)
2 points : D (3), G (2), M (3)
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)

Welshman

In Welsh, there are 103 tokens (not K, Q, X, Z):

2 jokers (0 points)
1 point : With (10), E (8), NR (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), L (1), P (1)
8 points : J (1)
10 points : NG (1), RH (1)

Greek

Tokens in Greek:

2 jokers (0 points)
1 point : Α (alpha, 12), Ε (epsilon, 8), Η (eta, 7), Ι (iota, 8), Ν (naked, 6), Ο (omicron, 9), Σ (sigma, 7), Τ (tau, 8)
2 points : Κ (kappa, 4), Π (pi, 4), Ρ (rhô, 5), Υ (upsilon, 4)
3 points : Λ (lambda, 3), Μ (driven, 3), Ω (omega, 3)
4 points : Γ (gamma, 2), Δ (delta, 2)
8 points : Β (beta, 1), Φ (phi, 1), Χ (khi, 1)
10 points : Ζ (zeta, 1), Θ (theta, 1), Ξ (xi, 1), Ψ (psi, 1)

Hebrew

In Hebrew there are 104 tokens in the official version (that of Mattel). There exists also a Hasbro version available in North America with some alternatives in the frequencies and values:

2 jokers (0 points)
1 point : heh (8), vav (12), yod (10), resh (8), tav (9)
2 points : aleph (6), lamed (6), mem (6), shin (6)
3 points : daled (4), nun (4)
4 points : beth (4), khet (3), peh/feh (3), koof (3)
5 points : gimel (2), kaf (2), ayin (2)
8 points : zayin (1), teth (1), samekh (1), tsadi (1)

Hungarian

In Hungarian, there are 100 tokens (not Q, W, X, Y):

2 jokers (0 points)
1 point : With (6), E (6), K (6), T (5), Á (4), L (4), NR (4), R (4), I (3), M (3), O (3), S (3)
2 points : B (3), D (3), G (3), Ó (3)
3 points : E (3), H (2), SZ (2), V (2)
4 points : F (2), GY (2), J (2), Ö (2), P (2), U (2), U (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)

Icelander

In Icelandic there are 104 tokens (not C, Q, W, Z):

2 jokers (0 points)
1 point : With (10), E (6), I (8), NR (8), R (7), S (6), T (5), U (6)
2 points : G (4), K (3), L (3), M (3)
3 points : F (3), H (2), O (3), V (2)
4 points : Á (2), D (2), Í (2), Þ (1)
5 points : 2D (2), J (1), Æ (1)
6 points : B (1), E (1), Ó (1)
7 points : Ö (1), Y (1)
8 points : P (1), Ú (1)
9 points : Ý (1)
10 points : X (1)

Italian

In Italian there are 120 tokens (not J, K, W, X, Y). The diacritics are not taken into account:

2 jokers (0 points)
1 point : With (13), E (13), I (13), O (13)
2 points : NR (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)

Malayan

In Malayan there are 100 tokens (not Q, V, X):

2 jokers (0 points)
1 point : With (19), E (7), I (7), K (6), M (5), NR (8), R (5), T (5), U (6)
2 points : L (4), S (4)
3 points : B (3), D (3), G (4)
4 points : H (2), O (2), P (2)
5 points : J (1), Y (1)
8 points : C (1), W (1)
10 points : F (1), Z (1)

Netherlander

Tokens in Dutch:

2 jokers (0 points)
1 point : E (18), NR (10), has (6), O (6), I (4)
2 points : D (5), R (5), T (5), S (4)
3 points : G (3), K (3), L (3), M (3), B (2), P (2)
4 points : U (3), H (2), J (2), V (2), Z (2), IJ (2), F (1)
5 points : C (2), W (2)
8 points : X (1), Y (1)
10 points : Q (1)

Norwegian

In Norwegian, Q, X or Z do not exist:

2 jokers (0 points)
1 point : With (7), D (5), E (9), I (5), L (5), NR (6), R (6), S (6), T (6)
2 points : F (4), G (4), K (4), M (3), O (4)
3 points : H (3)
4 points : B (3), J (2), P (2), U (3), V (3), Å (2)
5 points : Ø (5)
6 points : Y (1), Æ (1)
8 points : W (1)
10 points : C (1)

Pole

In Polish, the diacritic characters are different:

2 jokers (0 points)
1 point : With (9), I (8), E (7), O (6), NR (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)

Portuguese

The Portuguese uses in more one token C:

3 jokers (0 points)
1 point : With (14), E (5), I (10), O (10), U (7), M (6), R (6), S (8), T (5)
2 points : C (4), D (5), L (5), P (4)
3 points : B (3), C (2), NR (4)
4 points : F (2), G (2), H (2), V (2)
5 points : J (2)
6 points : Q (1)
8 points : X (1), Z (1)

Roumanian

In Rumanian, Ă and Â are regarded as identical to has, I with I, Ş with S, and Ţ with T.

2 jokers (0 points)
1 point : With (11), I (10), E (9), R (7), T (7), NR (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)

Russian

In Russian there are 126 tokens:

2 jokers (0 points)
1 point : А (9), В (5), Е (10), И (10), Н (6), О (11), Р (6), С (5), Т (6)
2 points : Д (4), К (4), Л (4), М (4), П (4), У (4)
3 points : Б (3), Г (3), E (3)
3 points : Ь (2), Я (4)
4 points : Й (2), Ы (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)

Slovak

Into Slovak, there are 100 tokens:

2 joker (0 points)
1 point : With (9), O (9), E (8), I (5), NR (5), T (4), R (4), S (4), V (4)
2 points : M (4), K (3), L (3), D (3), P (3)
3 points : J (2), U (2)
4 points : B (2), H (1), Y (1), Z (1), Á (1), C (1)
5 points : Č (1), Ž (1), Š (1), Í (1), Ý (1)
7 points : Ľ (1), Ť (1), E (1), Ú (1)
8 points : Ď (1), F (1), G (1), Ň (1), O (1)
10 points : Ĺ (1), Ŕ (1), X (1), Ä (1), Ó (1)

Slovenien

In Slovenien, there are 100 tokens:

2 jokers (0 points)
1 point : E (11), has (10), I (9), O (8), NR (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)

Swede

In Swedish there are 100 tokens. No Q nor W:

2 jokers (0 points)
1 point : With (8), R (8), S (8), T (8), E (7), NR (6), D (5), I (5), L (5)
2 points : O (5), G (3), K (3), M (3), H (2)
3 points : Ä (2), F (2), V (2)
4 points : U (3), B (2), Ö (2), P (2), Å (2)
7 points : J (1), Y (1)
8 points : C (1), X (1), Z (1)

Czech

There are 100 tokens in Czech:

2 jokers (0 points)
1 point: O (6), has (5), E (5), NR (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), E (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)

Turk

In Turkish, there are 100 tokens:

2 joker (0 points)
1 point : With (12), E (8), I (7), K (7), L (7), R (6), NR (5), T (5)
2 points : I (4), M (4), O (3), S (3), U (3)
3 points : B (2), D (2), Y (2), U (2)
4 points : C (2), Ş (2), Z (2), C (2)
5 points : H (1), P (1), G (1)
7 points : F (1), V (1), Ö (1)
8 points : Ğ (1)
10 points : J (1)

References

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