What is the total face value of all the Scrabble tiles?
Scrabble letter distribution is as follows: A-9, B-2, C-2, D-4, E-12, F-2, G-3, H-2, I-9, J-1, K-1, L-4, M-2, N-6, O-8, P-2, Q-1, R-6, S-4, T-6, U-4, V-2, W-2, X-1, Y-2, Z-1 and Blanks-2.
Total face point value is 187. There are 225 squares on a Scrabble board. Point value is as follows:
- 1 point - A, E, I, O, U, L, N, S, T, R
- 2 points - D, G
- 3 points - B, C, M, P
- 4 points - F, H, V, W, Y
- 5 points - K
- 8 points - J, X
- 10 points - Q, Z
- 0 points - Blank Tiles
How many of each letter tile are included in a Scrabble game?
Scrabble tile letter distribution is as follows:
- A-9
- B-2
- C-2
- D-4
- E-12
- F-2
- G-3
- H-2
- I-9
- J-1
- K-1
- L-4
- M-2
- N-6
- O-8
- P-2
- Q-1
- R-6
- S-4
- T-6
- U-4
- V-2
- W-2
- X-1
- Y-2
- Z-1
- Blank-2
How do I create a new word when playing Scrabble?
When playing Scrabble, new words may be formed by:
- Adding one or more letters to a word or letters already on the board.
- Placing a word at right angles to a word already on the board. The new word must use one of the letters already on the board or must add a letter to it.
- Placing a complete word parallel to a word already played so that adjacent letters also form complete words.
How does a Scrabble game end? Does play continue if someone plays all their tiles?
There are two ways the game can end:
- If all tiles have been drawn from the bag and one player empties their rack.
- If all players pass twice in turn.
When the game ends, each player’s score is reduced by the sum of their unplayed letter tiles. If a player has used all of their tiles, the sum of the other players’ unplayed tiles is added to their score. The player with the highest final score wins! Is there a tie? The player with the highest score before adding or subtracting unplayed tiles wins.
I am looking to purchase a foreign language version of Scrabble. Where can I buy one?
We produce and distribute Scrabble in English and Spanish in the United States. Hasbro Inc. does not own the rights to Scrabble outside of the United States and Canada.
I searched for a legitimate word using the online Scrabble dictionary and it wasn't there. Why not?
The SCRABBLE online dictionary offers words found in Merriam-Webster's Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 5th Edition. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary lists over 100,000 playable two-to-eight-letter words. For a word to be included in The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, it must be found in two of the five most popular American dictionaries.
When playing Scrabble, how do you challenge a word? When can a player challenge? What is the outcome if the challenge is incorrect?
Don’t think that’s a word? Any player may challenge another before the next player starts their turn.
- If someone challenges your word, look it up in the dictionary.
- If it isn’t there, you must take back your letters. Your turn ends.
- If the word is there, you score your word and your challenger loses their next turn!
All words (not just one) made in one play are challenged simultaneously. If any word is unacceptable, the entire play is unacceptable. Only one turn is lost on any challenge.
Visit Scrabble.Hasbro.com for the online dictionary. Happy gaming!