Scrabble variants the winner. In others, a calculation based on word length is used to determine the winner. Some variants allow for the exchange of unwanted tiles. Local variants include Take One or Take Four; the banning of 2 letter words; having a dictionary on hand for any players to use (but since it is a game of speed, this doesn't get used much); a bonus of 50 points for building the word "chicken", a bonus for longest word (number of letters in word, not tile values; and only if a single player has longest word), etc. Team Speed Scrabble is when
Scrabble letter distributions the name Escarbar (a Spanish word for "Scrabble") use these 108 tiles: An unofficial practice in some variants of Spanish Scrabble is the permit of words with QU to be played with the Q and with or without the following U. This variant practice eliminates the Q-without-U difficulty that may otherwise occur. Swedish-language Scrabble sets (until 1990 sold in Sweden as "Alfapet", but that became a different game) use these 100 tiles: "Å", "Ä" and "Ö" have separate tiles; other diacritics like that on "É" are ignored (except "Ü"). "Q" and "W", found only in loanwords, are absent but can