Premium Letter Squares: A light blue square doubles the score of a letter placed on it; a dark blue square triples the letter score. ... The common letter is counted (with full premium value, if any) for each word. If you play seven tiles on a turn, it's called a Bingo.
What are the different tiles in Scrabble?
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 and Blanks-2.
What does a blue tile mean in Scrabble go?
The colored squares are: Dark red: Triple Word Score. Pink: Double Word score. Dark Blue: Triple Letter Score. Light Blue: Double Letter Score.
What are the most valuable Scrabble tiles?
All Scrabble players know that Q and Z are the highest scoring tiles. You can get 10 points for each, in the English language version of the game. But according to one American researcher, Z really only deserves six points.Jan 15, 2013
What are the 100 tiles in Scrabble?
- 2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
- 1 point: E ×12, A ×9, I ×9, O ×8, N ×6, R ×6, T ×6, L ×4, S ×4, U ×4.
- 2 points: D ×4, G ×3.
- 3 points: B ×2, C ×2, M ×2, P ×2.
- 4 points: F ×2, H ×2, V ×2, W ×2, Y ×2.
- 5 points: K ×1.
What are the Scrabble pieces called?
The game is played by two to four players on a square game board imprinted with a 15×15 grid of cells (individually known as "squares"), each of which accommodates a single letter tile.
Are Scrabble tiles still made from wood?
Whatever the outcome, Scrabble still will be manufactured, players still will be able to call Hasbro when they lose a letter, and the tiles will continue to be made of wood. Chances are, however, it no longer will be Vermont hard maple. ... Each game consists of 100 tiles, two of them blank.Sep 14, 2005
What kind of wood are Scrabble tiles made of?
The wood most commonly used was Vermont Maple. Ironically, those same wooden tiles we all grew up with have been banned for decades at Scrabble clubs and tournaments.