Scrabble letter distributions "X" are not used in Turkish and therefore do not appear in the set. Blanks may not represent these letters, meaning loanwords that may use them may not appear in the game at all. Tuvan-language Scrabble sets, which use Cyrillic letters, use these 125 tiles: The distribution lacks four letters used only in loanwords: Ф, Ц, Щ, and Ь. This version is made for educational purposes and is not an official edition by Mattel. An optimum Ukrainian-language Scrabble sets, which use Cyrillic letters, contain 104 tiles using this distribution: The apostrophe sign is also included, even though it is not
Scrabble variants are formed. This variation is also used on "Scrabble Showdown". This game has the same size board and nearly the same scoring system as Scrabble. The major differences are the inclusion of twelve wild tiles marked with an asterisk that may represent one letter or any series of letters and special board squares that convert a regular letter tile into a wild tile (the tile in question is placed upside down on such a square). The nature of these changes shifts the emphasis of the game from playing short words to playing words of any length. For example, QUA*IST, could