Bingo (Scrabble) Bingo (Scrabble) Bingo is a slang term used in Scrabble for a play using all seven of the player's tiles. A player who does this receives 50 points in addition to what the word would normally score. Mattel, the game's manufacturer in the United Kingdom, uses the term bonus to describe such a word. In French, it is called a "scrabble". Bingos are an important part of achieving high scores in Scrabble. While many beginners rarely play even one during a game, experts frequently score three or more. Much advanced strategy revolves around maximizing one's chance of playing of a
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