Scrabble letter distributions only occurs in one word ("kyning") and loanwords, so there is no tile for it. "J", "V", "Q", and "Z" are only used in loanwords. Anglo-Saxon uses the letter "Ƿ", but it was replaced by "W" in this set because it can be easily confused with P. Anglo-Saxon also uses the letter "Ȝ", but it is a typographic variant of G, so that is used instead. This version is hand-made and not an official edition by Mattel. Arabic-language editions use the following 100 tiles: Although Arabic letters have up to four forms, Scrabble tiles use the isolated form. In some
Tile-based video game Much video game hardware from the late 1970s through the mid 1990s had native support for displaying tiled screens with little interaction from the CPU. Tile-based games are not a distinct video game genre; rather, the term refers to the technology a game engine uses for its visual representation. For example, "Ultima III" is a role-playing video game and "Civilization" is a turn-based strategy game, but both use tile-based graphic engines. Tile-based engines allow developers to create large, complex gameworlds efficiently and with relatively few art assets. Tile-based video games usually use a texture atlas for performance reasons. They also