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
Scrabble made in 1989 did not affect game play. The major changes in 1999 were as follows: In the notation system common in tournament play, columns are labeled with the letters "A-O" and rows with the numbers "1-15". (On "Scrabble" boards manufactured by Mattel as well as on the Internet Scrabble Club, rows are lettered while columns are numbered instead.) A play is usually identified in the format "xy WORD score" or "WORD xy score", where "x" denotes the column or row on which the play's main word extends, "y" denotes the second coordinate of the main word's first letter, and