Scrabble letter distributions included as they are used for borrowed words, or in the case of "7", optionally at the beginning of a word. In the word game PinyinPal, a Pinyin version, these 100 tiles are used: The V is used to represent Ü. Polish-language editions of Scrabble use these 100 tiles. This set has been used since 2000. Before that year, a slightly different configuration was used: Ź was worth 7 points, F was worth 4 points, and there were 2 "Fs", and 8 "As". The letters "Q", "V" and "X" have always been absent (since they are used in foreign words),
National Scrabble Championship (UK) and broadcaster Gyles Brandreth visited Bristol Prison whilst conducting research for a book and noticed the inmates playing Scrabble, at around the same time he also saw the Royal Family playing the game on a British TV documentary. He placed a small ad in The Times inviting anyone interested in taking part in a National Scrabble Championships to contact him. Hundreds replied and after hooking up with the game's owners at the time J. W. Spear & Sons, the Championships were born. Stephen Haskell won the Championships in 1971 with an aggregate of 1345 points from 3 games. Regional qualifying