Scrabble letter distributions Scrabble letter distributions Editions of the word board game Scrabble in different languages have differing letter distributions of the tiles, because the frequency of each letter of the alphabet is different for every language. As a general rule, the rarer the letter, the more points it is worth. Many languages use sets of 102 tiles, since the original distribution of one hundred tiles was later augmented with two blank tiles. In tournament play, while it is acceptable to pause the game to count the tiles remaining in the game, it is not acceptable to mention how many tiles are remaining
Scrabble letter distributions 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: Circa 1961, the hyphen was dropped from the game's name, and the original Swedish distribution of the game had been restored. Sometime later, produced under BRIO's subsidiary, Joker, the number of "T"s 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