Scrabble letter distributions


Editions of the word board game Scrabble in different languages have differing letter distributions of the tiles, because the frequency of each letter of the alphabet is different for every language. As a general rule, the rarer the letter, the more points it is worth.
Many languages use sets of 102 tiles, since the original distribution of one hundred tiles was later augmented with two blank tiles. In tournament play, while it is acceptable to pause the game to count the tiles remaining in the game, it is not acceptable to mention how many tiles are remaining at any time. Several online tools exist for counting tiles during friendly play.

Official editions

English

×1×2×3×4×6×8×9×12
0
1L S UN R TOA IE
2GD
3B C M P
4F H V W Y
5K
8J X
10Q Z

×2×3×4×5×6×7×8×10×13×15×16×24
0
1L USI N RO TAE
2GD
3B PC M
4VF W YH
5K
8J X
10Q Z

English-language editions of Scrabble contain 100 letter tiles, in the following distribution:
The total number of points is 187. Diacritical marks are ignored.
When Alfred Butts invented the game, he initially experimented with different distributions of letters. A popular story claims that Butts created an elaborate chart by studying the front page of The New York Times to create his final choice of letter distributions.
In 2004, Super Scrabble was launched. For international distribution outside the United States and Canada, and under license from Mattel, the game is manufactured by Leisure Tends' Tinderbox Games; and, for distribution within the United States and Canada, under license from Hasbro, the game is manufactured by Winning Moves. This set is composed of 200 tiles:
Super Scrabble contains more letters that are overlined and fewer letters that are underlined than would be obtained by combining two standard English sets.

Afrikaans

×1×2×3×4×6×8×9×16
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1D O R S TI NAE
2H LG
3K W
4M U Y
5P V
8B F
10J

The Afrikaans editions use these 102 tiles:
×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×8×9×15
0
1ULRO S TNIAE
2GD
3MPB
4F V W YH
5K
8J

Circa 1953, the Production and Marketing Company had provided license to the private company Leon Toys of Johannesburg, South Africa in the manufacture and production of Scrabble. Alongside the English language version of Scrabble the company also produced the first Afrikaans language version of the game under the name Krabbel, an Afrikaans translation of "Scrabble". This language set of the game had the following 100 tiles:
Absent in both the original and standard set of Afrikaans are the letters C, Q, X, and Z. The infrequent X and Z may still be represented by the use of a blank, yet the letters C and Q, not used in Afrikaans but only in a few loanwords, may not be.

Arabic

×2×3×4×8
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1 ي
2
3
4
5
6
8
10

Arabic-language editions use the following 100 tiles:
Although Arabic letters have up to four forms, Scrabble tiles use the isolated form. In some sets, as found in some Arabic-based alphabets that are not the standard modern Arabic, a dotless yeh may be used ى‎, and for the letter he the final form ‎ھ may appear, as it is in some Arabic-based alphabets, as in Urdu, the isolated form of the letter. The pattern of using the isolated forms in composing words is also found Arabic crosswords and in the Scrabble3D Persian Scrabble set and is one of the rare situations when Arabic letters are not connected to each other.

Bulgarian

×1×2×3×4×5×8×9
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1Н П Р СТЕ ИА О
2Б К ЛВ Д М
3ЪГ
4Ж З
5Й ХЧ ЯУ
8Ц Ш Ю
10Ф Щ Ь

Bulgarian-language Scrabble sets, which use Cyrillic letters, use the following 102 tiles:
×1×2×3×4×5×6×8×12×13
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1L UO TNI R SAE
2C D M
3B G P
4F V
8H J Q Z
10Ç L·L NY X

×1×2×3×5×6×7×8×10×12×16×17×19×25×27
0
1ULO TNRISAE
2C DM
3B G P
4F V
8H J QU Z
10NY X
12Ç
15L·L

Catalan-language editions use these 100 tiles:
Nevertheless, there are special tiles for the C with cedilla Ç, the ligature L·L representing the geminated L, as well as the digraph NY. K, W, and Y are absent because they are only used in loanwords or, for Y, the digraph NY. Blanks cannot be used to represent K, W, or Y, which means that playing an N tile followed by a blank tile to form the digraph NY is not allowed. Official rules treat the Q tile as just one letter, but usually Catalan players use the Q tile like the QU digraph and all Catalan Scrabble Clubs use this de facto rule. While Ç is a separate tile, other diacritic marks are ignored.
There is a Catalan Scrabble clone which uses the same 21x21 board as Super Scrabble.
It includes the following 200 tiles, with the Q tile replaced with the QU digraph, because Q in Catalan is never without a U after it, and with two of the special tiles, Ç and L·L, increased in value:
×1×2×3×4×5×6×9×10×11
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1J UR S TNE OIA
2K M P V
3B ČG L ZD
4C H LJ NJ Š Ž
5Ć
8F
10DŽ Đ

Croatian-language Scrabble sets use the following 103 tiles:
Q, W, X and Y are not included, as Croatian does not use those letters.

Czech

×1×2×3×4×5×6
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1D K L P RI S T VA E NO
2Á J Y ZC H Í M U
3B É Ě
4Č Ů ŽŘ Š Ý
5F G Ú
6Ň
7Ó Ť
8Ď
10X

Czech-language sets use the following 100 tiles:
Q and W are absent because they are only used in loanwords, though W can be played with a blank. X is also used only in loanwords, but it is more frequent than Q and W, so it is included. The digraphic letter CH does not appear in this edition and is not representable by the blank ; CH is instead played as two distinct letters C and H.
×1×2×3×4×5×6×7
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1N P T V YI K L RE SAO
2Á B D Í JM U
3C H Š Z
4Č CH Ř Ž
5É Ů ÝĚ
6Ň Ť Ú
8Ď F G
10Ó

The old Czech distribution had the 100 following tiles. This version had CH, but didn't have X.
×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×9
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1N RAE
2D L O S T
3F G M U VB I K
4H J P Y Æ Ø Å
8X ZC

Danish-language Scrabble sets use these 100 tiles:
This distribution lacks Q and W, which are rare in the Danish language.

Dutch

×1×2×3×4×5×6×10×18
0
1IA ONE
2D R S T
3B PG K L M
4F H J V ZU
5C W
8X Y
10Q

×1×2×3×4×5×6×10×18
0
1IA ONE
2GSD R T
3B PK L M
4FH IJ J V ZU
5C W
8X Y
10Q

×1×2×3×4×5×6×8×16
0
1IA ONE
2D R S T
3B GK L M P
4F H IJ J V ZU
5C W
8X
10Q

×1×2×3×4×5×6×10×18
0
1SDA I O R TNE
2H LG
3B C M P
4J K U V W
5F
6Z
8X Y
10Q

Dutch-language editions consist of the following 102 tiles:
Before March 1998, there was a difference between the Dutch and the Flemish version: the Dutch version had 2 IJ tiles with a value of 4 points. Furthermore, it had only 1 F and only 4 S tiles; and the face value of the G was only 2 points. The Flemish version never had IJ tiles, it was as described above. The Dutch version is now in line with the Flemish one. Instead of the
IJ letter a combination of the I and J is now used.
Another Dutch version before March 1998 consisted of these 100 tiles:
The original Dutch version consisted of these 102 tiles:
×1×2×4×5×7×8×9×10
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1K L O UTSE IA
2RD M N
3G V
4BH J P Õ
5Ä Ü
6Ö
8F
10Š Z Ž

Estonian-language editions consist of the following 102 tiles:
C, Q, W, X and Y are absent because these letters are only used in foreign words and are not an official part of the alphabet. Arguably F, Š, Z and Ž do not exist either, but they were included so that loanwords can be played.

Finnish

×1×2×3×4×5×7×8×9×10
0
1SEN TA I
2K L O Ä
3MU
4H J P R V Y
7D Ö
8B F G
10C

Finnish-language sets use these 100 tiles:
This distribution lacks Q, Š, W, X, Z, Ž, and Å, since they are virtually absent in Finnish. Arguably B, C, F, and G do not exist in Finnish either, but they are included as they are used for borrowed words, and F in some western dialects.
A variant called Alfapet, contains 108 tiles:
×1×2×3×4×6×7×9
0
1K L OE N SA I T
2M U P R V Ä
3H J Y
4D GÖ
6B F
8C

×1×2×3×5×6×8×9×15
0
1LN O R S T UIAE
2GD M
3B C P
4F H V
8J Q
10K W X Y Z

French-language editions of Scrabble contain these 102 tiles:
Diacritical marks are ignored.

German

×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×9×15
0
1DAI R T USNE
2G L OH
3W ZBM
4PC F K
6Ä J Ü V
8Ö X
10Q Y

×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×8×9×10×16
0
1A D URSINE
2WGC L OH T
3B K ZFM
4P V
5Ü
6Ä J
8Ö X
10Q Y

×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×8×12
0
1O UR TA SNIE
2Ä Ö ÜG LC D H
3B F K PM
4V WZ
8J
10Q X Y

×1×2×3×4×6×8×14
0
1O UA R S TI NE
2Ä Ö ÜG LD
3B C F K PH M
4V W
8J Y Z
10Q X

×2×4×6×8×10×11x12×14×17×29
0
1DAI RT USNE
2G L OH
3W ZBM
4PC F K
6Ä J Ü V
8Ö X
10Q Y

German-language editions of Scrabble contain 102 letter tiles, in the following distribution:
Before the current 102-tile set, German language sets had 119 tiles. With the larger sized tile pool, players had eight tiles at a time on their racks, as opposed to the standard seven. The letter distribution for this larger set is:
German sets marketed as Foreign Language Editions produced by Selchow and Righter had 100 tiles with the following distribution:
In the mid-1950s, licensed by James Brunot's Production and Marketing Company, the wooden-toy company J. Schowanek KG. of Piding, Germany produced the earliest German-language edition with a different 100-tile distribution:
In 2008, a German edition of the Mattel-licensed product, Super Scrabble, was released by the game publisher Piatnik. The set is composed of the following 200 tiles:
The underlines indicate the distribution contains one tile fewer for the letter than would be if the 102 tiles of the current language set were simply doubled.
Note that the quasi-letter ß is not used. This is because its capital version did not exist officially in standard German orthography prior to 2017 and the letter itself is unused in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Instead, the character is substituted by SS. However, the umlauts Ä, Ö and Ü must not be replaced by AE, OE or UE when playing. Other diacritics, which may occur in some foreign words, are ignored.

Greek

×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×8×9×12
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1ΝΗ ΣΕ Ι ΤΟΑ
2Κ Π ΥΡ
3Λ Μ Ω
4Γ Δ
8Β Φ Χ
10Ζ Θ Ξ Ψ

Greek-language editions of Scrabble contain 104 tiles:
×1×2×3×4×6×8×9×10×12
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1‎ה ת רי‎‎ו
2א ל מ ש
3ב ד
4נ פ
5כ ק‎‎ח
8ג ז ט ס צ‎ע

Four different Hebrew language distributions were published by the owners or licensees of the Scrabble brand. In these sets the final form letters ך, ם, ן, ף and ץ are not available and the normal form is used.
The most recent edition for Hebrew was published in 2008 by J. W. Spear & Sons, a subsidiary of Mattel UK with 100 tiles in the following distribution:
×1×2×3×4×6×8×9×10×12
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1ה ר‎‎ת‎י‎ו
2א ל מ ש
3ב ד נ
4ח פ ק
5ע כ ג
8ז ט ס‎‎צ

A version produced in the late 1980s by J. W. Spear & Sons under the Spears Games label has these 104 tiles:
×1×2×3×4×6×8×9×10×12
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1‎ת רה‎י‎ו
2ל מ ש
3א‎‎ב ד
4נ פ
5ח כ ע ק
8ג ז ט ס צ

In 1977 J. W. Spear & Sons published their original 97-tile Hebrew language version under the tradename נא‎-שבץ‎™ :
×1×2×3×4×6×8×9×10×12
0
1ה ר‎ת‎י‎ו
2ל מ ש
3א ב ד
4נ פ
5ח כ ע ק
8ג ז ט ס צ

Just two years earlier, in 1975, Selchow & Righter released their Foreign Language Edition of Hebrew with the following 98-tile distribution:
×1×2×3×4×5×6
0
1I M O SÁ L N RTA E K
2B D G Ó
3H SZ VÉ
4F GY J Ö P U Ü Z
5C Í NY
7CS Ő Ú Ű
8LY ZS
10TY

Hungarian-language sets use these 100 tiles:
DZ and DZS, which are fairly rare in Hungarian, have no tiles, nor do Q, W, X and Y, which are only used in loanwords, as part of the extended Hungarian alphabet. You can still use a blank as a Q, W, X or Y, but not as DZ or DZS.

Icelandic

×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×8×10
0
1TE S UIN RA
2Ð G L
3F KM
4Á D H Í O V
5Þ
6B É J Ó Y Æ
8P Ú Ö
9Ý
10X

In 2016, Tinderbox games under license from Mattel produced Icelandic-language sets using these 104 tiles:
×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×8×11
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1I N SRA
2MÐ KLT U
3Á ÓE F G
4H Í ÚÆ
5B D O P V Ý
6J Y Ö
7É Þ
10X

Earlier in 2016, to address a realized need for an improved letter ratio for the Icelandic-language, sets under the name Krafla, independent of the Scrabble brand, were produced and made available. For that year, this version was the version sanctioned by Iceland's Scrabble clubs for their tournaments. Netskrafl still uses the Krafla distribution. Krafla has the following 100 tiles:
×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×8×10
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1TE S URI NA
2K L MGÐ
3H VF O
4ÞÁ D Í
5J Æ
6B É Ó
7Y Ö
8P Ú
9Ý
10X

Before 2016, Icelandic-language sets used these 104 tiles:
×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×8×10
0
1TS UE RI NA
2LGÐ
3F K M
4Á D H Í VO
5Þ
6B J Ó Y Æ
8É P Ú Ö
9Ý
10X

Originally, there was a 105-tile distribution with slightly different point values than the distribution before 2016 :
Absent in all editions of Icelandic Scrabble are the letters C, Q, W and Z. None of these occur in Icelandic words and therefore may not be played with a blank.

Irish

×1×2×3×4×6×7×10×13
0
1E SN RH IA
2G UC D L O T
4Á F Í M
8É Ó Ú
10B P

Irish-language sets use these 100 tiles:
J, K, Q, V, W, X, Y, and Z are absent since they are rarely used in the Irish language.
×1×2×3×4×5×6×8×11
0
1Í S TE L ON RIA
2GC Ċ D MÁ
3F Ó
4Ḃ Ḋ É Ṁ ÚU
5B Ġ
8P Ṡ
10Ḟ Ṗ

An alternate set, proposed by Scrabble3D along with the official set, was proposed to have these 100 tiles:
Note that H is not in this set because it is only used at the beginning of the words starting with vowels, which is against the rules there. Note: This set uses the old orthography. In the new orthography, the dotted letters are replaced by the digraph of the letter without the dot followed by H.
×1×2×3×4×5×8×11
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1E O SÁ Í L N RIA
2C Ċ D G M Ó T Ú
3B Ḃ É Ṫ U
4Ḋ F Ġ
5
8P Ṡ
10Ḟ Ṗ

Shortly after, the Scrabble3D distribution underwent a major revision :
Note that H is not in this set because it is only used at the beginning of the words starting with vowels, which is against the rules there. Note: This set uses the old orthography. In the new orthography, the dotted letters are replaced by the digraph of the letter without the dot followed by H.

Italian

×1×2×3×5×6×11×12×14×15
0
1EIAO
2C R S T
3L M N U
5B D F P V
8G H Z
10Q

×1×2×3×4×5×6×13
0
1A E I O
2N R S T
3L M U
4C V
5B D G P
8F H Z
10Q

×2×4×6×7×12
0
1C R S TA E I O
2L M N
3P
4B D F G U V
8H Z
10Q

Italian-language Scrabble applied a special rule that when a player exchanges tiles on his turn, he could request opponent to pass his turn. Both players have one chance each for one game. The sets consist of these 120 tiles:
Diacritic marks are ignored. The letters K, W, X, and Y are absent since these letters do not exist in the standard Italian alphabet, although they are sometimes used in loanwords. J which only used in dialects of Italian, is also absent. However, you can still use a blank to represent these five absent letters.
The set for Scalaparola uses these 120 tiles:
Scarabeo is an Italian variant of Scrabble that is much more popular in its native country than the original game. It is played with a 17×17 board, and uses these 130 tiles:
×1×2×3×4×5×6×8×9×11
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1R UE TSIA
2L PĀ K M N
3ZD O V
4Ē Ī J
5B C G
6Ņ Š Ū
8Ļ Ž
10Č F Ģ H Ķ

Latvian-language sets use these 104 tiles:
The letters Ō, Ŗ, and the digraph UO and CH are obsolete letters used in some dialects of Latvian, but are not used in the standard language, so are not included. Y, which is also used in some dialects of Latvian, is not used in the standard language, so is not included. Q, W, and X are absent, because they are not used in Latvian. F and H are present only in loanwords, but are considered part of standard Latvian, so they are included.

Lithuanian

×1×2×3×4×5×6×8×12×13
0
1K UE N RO TSAI
2BD L M
3P
4Ė G J V
5Š Y
6Ų Ž
8Ą Č Į Ū
10C Ę F H Z

Lithuanian-language sets use these 104 tiles:
The letters Q, W and X are absent, because they are not used in Lithuanian. F and H are present only in loanwords, but are considered part of standard Lithuanian, so they are included.
×1×2×3×4×5×6×9×11
0
1ĄNO T UE L SA RI
2ĘB GD M PK
3ŲĖ Š
4Į V ŽJ
5Ū Z
6Y
7C Č
10F H

The old Lithuanian distribution was as follows:
×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×8×19
0
1M R TK UE INA
2L S
3B DG
4H O P
5J Y
8C W
10F Z

Malaysian-language sets use these 100 tiles:
Q, V and X are absent because they are only present in loanwords. So are F and Z, but these two are not so rare.

Norwegian

×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×9
0
1D I LN R S TAE
2MF G K O
3H
4J P ÅB U V
5Ø
6Y Æ
8W
10C

Norwegian-language editions of Scrabble use these 100 tiles:
The letters Q, X and Z are absent since these letters are rarely used in Norwegian. These letters and the foreign letters "Ä", "Ö" and "Ü", which are used in a few Norwegian words, can be played with a blank.

Polish

×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×8×9
0
1R S WN ZOEIA
2C D K L M P TY
3B G H J Ł U
5Ą Ę F Ó Ś Ż
6Ć
7Ń
9Ź

×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×8
0
1R S WN ZOEA I
2C D K L M P TY
3B G H J Ł U
4F
5Ą Ę Ó Ś Ż
6Ć
7Ń Ź

×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×8×9
0
1R S WN ZOEIA
2C D K L M P TY
3B G H J Ł U
5Ą Ć Ę F Ń Ó Ś Ź Ż

×1×2×3×4×5×6×7
0
1OE IA
2D L M WB N P R S YT Z
3UC F H K
4ŁG
6Ą ŚÓ
7Ć
8Ę Ń Ż Ź

Polish-language editions of Scrabble use these 100 tiles:
This set has been used since 2000. Before that year, a slightly different configuration was used: Ź was worth 7 points, F was worth 4 points, and there were 2 F‍'s, and 8 A‍'s.
Literaki, a Polish online Scrabble-based game, uses the same distribution, but the maximum number of points for a tile is 5.
Alexander has released Scriba, which was based on the Swedish game Alfapet. The distribution has 108 tiles:
The letters Q, V and X have always been absent, and blank tiles cannot be used to represent these.

Portuguese

×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×8×10×11×14
0
1TM RUSI OEA
2C PD L
3ÇBN
4F G H V
5J
6Q
8X Z

Portuguese-language editions of Scrabble contain 120 tiles:
While Ç is a separate tile, other diacritical marks are ignored. K, W, and Y are absent, since they are only present in loanwords in Portuguese, and were not even official letters until 2009.

Romanian

×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×9×10×11
0
1C L UN R STEAI
2PO
3D
4F VM
5B
6G
8H Z
10J X

×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×9×10×11
0
1LC O SN UR TEAI
2D P
4M
8F V
9B G
10H J X Z

Romanian-language editions of Scrabble use these 100 tiles:
Some amendment applied in updated version. Previously, the B was worth 8, and the O was worth 1.
The original distribution used the following 100 tiles:
Diacritical marks are ignored, so for example à and  are played as A.
Both distributions lack K, Q, W and Y, since they are only used in foreign words. However, you can still use a blank to represent these letters. The letter X is also used only in loanwords, but it is not so rare, so it is included.

Russian

×1×2×3×4×5×8×10
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1ВИ Н Р С ТА ЕО
2МД К Л П У
3ËБ Г Ь Я
4ЙЫ
5Ж Х Ц ЧЗ
8Ш Э Ю
10Ф Щ Ъ

×1×2×3×4×5×6×9×10×11
0
1В СН Р ТАЕ ИО
2Д К Л М П У
3ЬБ Г ËЯ
4Й Ы
5Х Ц ЧЖ З
8Ш Э Ю
10Ф Щ Ъ

×1×2×3×4×5×6×8×9×10
0
1И НЕА О
2Й ЛВ Д М ТК П Р С
3Б Г У Я
5Ж З Х Ч Ы Ь
10Ф Ц Ш Щ Ъ Э Ю

Russian-language Scrabble sets, which use Cyrillic letters, contain 104 tiles using this distribution:
The former Soviet distribution had 126 tiles and was as follows:
Another Russian version, called Эрудит, has 131 tiles:
This distribution has no Ë tile. In Erudit, only nominative singular and pluralia tantum nouns are allowed.

Slovak

×1×2×3×4×5×8×9
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1R S T VI NEA O
2D K L PM
3J U
4Á C H Y ZB
5Č Í Š Ý Ž
7É Ľ Ť Ú
8Ď F G Ň Ô
10Ä Ĺ Ó Ŕ X

×1×2×3×4×5×6×8×9×10
0
1TN S VIEAO
2Á B J Y ZD M P UK LR
3C Č É H Í Š Ú Ý Ž
4Ť
5Ľ
6F G
7Ň Ô
8Ä Ď Ó
9Ĺ Ŕ X
10Q W

Slovak-language sets use these 100 tiles:
Q, W, Ě, Ö, Ř, and Ü are absent because they are only used in loanwords, but may be represented with a blank. The letter X is also only used in loanwords, but it is not so rare, so it is included. The digraphs CH, DZ, and , although considered single letters in the Slovak alphabet, are played as pairs of letters.
Since 2013, a new 112-tile set was introduced, including the letters Q and W:
Slovenský spolok Scrabble does not recommend using this new version, because the letters and their point values do not correspond to their frequency in Slovak.

Slovenian

×1×2×3×4×6×7×8×9×10×11
0
1J L TR SNOIAE
2D V
3M P UK
4B G Z
5Č H
6Š
8C
10F Ž

Slovenian-language sets use these 100 tiles:
Q, W, X and Y are absent, because Slovenian does not use those letters.

Spanish

×1×2×4×5×6×9×12
0
1L TN R UI SOA E
2GD
3B M PC
4F V YH
5CH Q
8J LL Ñ RR X
10Z

×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×8×11
0
1L R TNI USOA E
2GC D
3B M P
4YF H V
6J
8K LL Ñ Q RR W X
10Z

×1×2×3×4×6×8×9×12
0
1ÑL S UN R TOA IE
2BGD
3C M P
4F H V YLLCH
5K
8J X
10Q Z

Spanish-language sets sold outside North America use these 100 tiles:
Stress accents and diaereses are disregarded. The letters K and W are absent since these two letters are only used in words of foreign origin. According to FISE rules, a blank cannot be used to represent K or W.
Using one C and one H tile in place of the CH tile, two L tiles for the LL tile, or two R tiles for the RR tile is also not allowed in Spanish Scrabble.
Spanish-language sets sold within North America use - including "K" and "W" but without "CH" - these 103 tiles:
Stress accents are still disregarded.
Spanish-language sets sold within Latin America under the name Escarbar - including "K" and "CH" but without "RR" and "W" - use these 106 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

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0
1D I LNEA R S T
2HG K MO
3F V Ä
4B P Ö ÅU
7J Y
8C X
10Z

Swedish-language Scrabble sets use these 100 tiles:
Å, Ä and Ö have separate tiles; other diacritics like that on É are ignored. Q and W, found only in loanwords, are absent but can be played with a blank. Ü and Æ require a blank, and as of 2010 only occur in one and three playable words respectively: müsli and three forms of Laestadianism.
Originally, Swedish Scrabble sets used a slightly different distribution:
×1×2×3×5×6×7×8×9
0
1D I LNEA R ST
2HG K MO
3F V Ä
4B P Ö ÅU
7J Y
8X
10C

Note that Z was absent in this distribution as it is almost exclusively used in loanwords. However, it could be played with a blank.
Between 1956 and 1961, the makers of Alfa-pet revised the distribution, altering the number of tiles for the letters B, E, N, O, P, S, and U. The letter C was reduced in value to 5 and the X was increased to 10:
×1×2×3×4×5×6×8×910
0
1D I LSA RN TE
2HG K MO
3F V Ä
4B PU Ö Å
5C
7J Y
10X

Circa 1961, the hyphen was dropped from the game's name, and the original Swedish distribution of the game had been restored. Sometime later, produced under BRIO's subsidiary, Joker, the number of Ts in the set were reduced by one and an 8-point Z tile was added.
×1×2×3×5×6×7×8
0
1D I LNEA R S T
2HG K MO
3F V Ä
4B P Ö ÅU
7J Y
8X Z
10C

In 2002, under the ownership of Mattel and its brand name Scrabble, the Swedish language set tile values of the C and Z were changed, respectively, to 8 and 10.
×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×8×9
0
1ID L N TE SA R
2GO
3H K M P U
4B F V Ä Ö Å
8JC Y
10Q X Z

Though Alga had lost its license to Mattel Europa in the early 1990s in the production of the game, the company held onto its ownership of the name Alfapet. subsequently it produced a different yet similar crossword board game. Played on a different grid layout, this game is played with a distribution which contains these 120 tiles, with Q but not W:
The black tile may be put in front of a word to create another word adjacent to the black tile and thus diagonally away from the original word. The arrows lets the player change the direction of a word anywhere between the first and last letter of the word, and are always placed under letters. Anyway, Q is only used in loanwords in modern Swedish, so it is included.

Turkish

×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×8×12
0
1N TRİ K LEA
2O S UI M
3B D Ü Y
4C Ç Ş Z
5G H P
7F Ö V
8Ğ
10J

Turkish-language sets use these 100 tiles :
Since the letters Â, Î, and Û are considered modified versions of their base forms in Turkish, they are played as A, İ, and U, respectively. The letters Q, W, and X are not used in Turkish and therefore do not appear in the set. Blanks may not represent these letters.
Ukrainian
×1×2×3×4×5×7×8×10
0
1ВЕ І Т РИ НАО
2Д П ЛК С М
3У
4З Я Б Г
5Х Й Ч Ь
6Ж Ї Ц Ш
7Ю
8Є Ф Щ
10Ґ '

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 a letter in the Ukrainian alphabet.

Welsh

×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×8×10
0
1DDWD OI R YE NA
2F G L U
3B M TS
4C FF H TH
5CH LL P
8J
10NG RH

Welsh-language Scrabble sets use these 105 tiles:
Since there are specific tiles for the digraphs that are considered to be separate letters in [Welsh orthography">Ukrainian language">Ukrainian
×1×2×3×4×5×7×8×10
0
1ВЕ І Т РИ НАО
2Д П ЛК С М
3У
4З Я Б Г
5Х Й Ч Ь
6Ж Ї Ц Ш
7Ю
8Є Ф Щ
10Ґ '

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 a letter in the Ukrainian alphabet.

Welsh

×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×8×10
0
1DDWD OI R YE NA
2F G L U
3B M TS
4C FF H TH
5CH LL P
8J
10NG RH

Welsh-language Scrabble sets use these 105 tiles:
Since there are specific tiles for the digraphs that are considered to be separate letters in [Welsh orthography, it is not permissible to use the individual letters to spell these out. Diacritics on letters are ignored.
The digraph PH also exists in Welsh, but is omitted because it is used almost exclusively in mutated words, which the rules disallow. K, Q, V, X and Z do not exist in Welsh. J does not exist in traditional Welsh either, but it is included as it is used in some borrowed words.

Unofficial editions

Anglo-Saxon

×1×2×3×4×5×6×8×9×14
0
1G H I LD SO RANE
2F M T W
3Æ C U
4Ð Þ Y
5B
8P
10X

The Anglo-Saxon editions use these 101 tiles:
Anglo-Saxon uses the letter K, but it only occurs in one word and loanwords, so there is no tile for it. Anglo-Saxon uses the letter Z, but it is a very rare spelling of TS, and is used in loanwords for the sound of Z in modern English, so there is no tile for it. J, V, and Q 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 is not an official edition by Mattel.

Armenian

×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×8×10×18
0
1ՍԿ ՆՈԵ ԻԱ
2Է Հ Մ Յ ՊՏ Ր Ւ
3ՎԲ Գ Դ ՔԼ
4Խ Շ Ռ
5Թ Ծ Ղ Ց
6Զ Ճ Չ Ջ
8Ժ Ձ Փ Օ
10Ը Ֆ

Armenian-language editions use the following 146 tiles. The board is 17x17 instead of 15x15. This version is called ԲԱՌ ԽԱՂ and is not an official edition by Mattel.
Notice that this distribution lacks և, another Armenian letter, because:
However, it can be formed as a ligature of ե/Ե and ւ/Ւ.

Bambara

×1×2×3×4×5×6×15
0
1B ME Ɛ I K L N OA
2RS YU
3D TƆ
4F G W
8C ƝJ
10H Ŋ P Z

Bambara-language Scrabble sets use these 106 tiles:
The uncommon digraphic letters sh and kh are absent as they are now considered obsolete.
The Latin alphabetic letters Q, V, and X are also absent because these letters are not used in Bambara. This version is made for educational purposes and is not an official edition by Mattel.

Basque

×1×2×3×4×5×6×8×9×12×14
0
1O T UNIEA
2K R
3D
4B Z
5G H L S
8J M P RR TS TX TZ
10F X

Basque-language Scrabble sets use these 100 tiles. Called Euskarbel, this is not an official edition by Mattel.
Diacritical marks are ignored. C, Q, V, W and Y are absent because they are only used in loanwords. Digraphs can be formed with two tiles.

Bicolano

×2×3×4×5×6×8×12×16
0
1M S T UN OIA
2K RG
3L PNG
4B D
5W Y
8E H

:bcl:Dama Nin Tataramon|Dama nin Tataramon, an independently produced Bicolano language variant of Scrabble, uses these 102 tiles:
The games uses the Abakada alphabet; hence the foreign letters of the present Filipino alphabet, C, F, J, Q, V, X, Z, and even Ñ, are absent. None of these letters can be played with a blank. Also, N and G being played in place of NG is not allowed.

Breton

×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×9×12×14
0
1I LT UORNAE
2D
3HG S V
4CH C'HB K M Z ZH
5P
10F J W Y

Breton-language Scrabble sets, created in 2008 as Skrabell, use these 100 tiles:
C, Q, and X are absent because they are only used in loanwords or, in the case of C, the digraphs CH and C'H. However, these letters can be played with a blank. Diacritical marks are ignored.

Dakelh

×1×2×3×4×5×7×8×10
0
1A I L O T ʼNH U
2E S
3ZD
4K
5G Y
7W
8B
10C J M

Dakelh-language Scrabble sets use these 100 tiles:
The letters F, P, R, and V, which are used only in loanwords in Dakelh and are very infrequent, are absent. The letters Q and X are also absent because these letters are not used in Dakelh.

Dakota

×1×2×3×4×6×8×10×12
0
1P UK Ŋ O TEIA
2C H
3D N SW Y
4Ġ J M Ṡ Z
5
6G
8B C̣ Ḳ
10P̣ Ṭ

Dakota-language Scrabble sets use these 100 tiles:
F, L, Q, R, V, X are absent since Dakota does not use these letters.

Esperanto

×1×2×3×4×6×8
0
1L T UN R SA E I O
2D J PK M
3F G Ĝ V
4C ŜB Ĉ
5Z
8H Ŭ
10Ĥ Ĵ

Esperanto Scrabble exists as an Internet game and as a commercially produced custom set.
Esperanto-language sets use these 100 tiles:
Q, W, X, and Y are not present, since Esperanto does not use those letters.

Faroese

×1×2×3×4×5×7×10
0
1S UE N R TA I
2Ð G K L V
3M
4D F H O
5Á
6B Í J Ó Ú
7Ø Y
8P Ý Æ

×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×8×10×11
0
1S UETN RIA
2G K L M V
3F HÐ O
4B D
5Í J P Y
6Á Ó Ø
8Æ Ú
10Ý

Faroese-language editions, created in 2010 as "Krossorðaspæl", consist of the following 102 tiles:
An unofficial, earlier, Faroese-language edition consisted of the following 105 tiles:
C, Q, W, and Z are absent since these letters are not used in Faroese. X, which was once part of the Faroese orthography, is also absent because it is now obsolete. This version is made for educational purposes and is not an official edition by Mattel.

Galician

×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×8×9×10×12
1TCI L NSROEA
2D U
3B PM
4VG
5F H X
6Z
7Ñ Q
8K
9W Y
10J

Galician-language sets use these 100 tiles:
Stress accents and diaereses are disregarded. This is called Letrad@s.GZ, and is not an official edition by Mattel. Arguably J, K, W, and Y do not exist in Galician, but they are included here as they are sometimes used in borrowed words. Blanks do not exist in this game.

Gwichʼin

×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×8×9×12×17×19
0
1Ę Į O Ǫ U ŲEĄHTNAIʼ
2ĮĮ OO ǪǪ TH UU ŲŲĄĄ IICH EEAA
3S TTH WAII AĮĮ D G K R Y
4DH GH KH SHL Ł TRTS
5ZJ TŁ V
6DR KWGW ZH
7DDH KHW SHRDL
8DZ
9ZHR
10B F M

Gwichʼin-language editions of Scrabble contain 200 letter tiles, in the following distribution:
Grave accents are ignored. Digraphs and trigraphs can be played with multiple tiles. GHW, ND, NH, NJ, and RH are not included, as these digraphs and trigraphs are very rare in Gwichʼin. C, P, Q, and X are also absent because these letters are not used in Gwichʼin, or, in the case of C, outside the digraph CH. Arguably B, F, and M are not used in Gwichʼin either, but they are included as these letters are used for borrowed words.

Haitian Creole

×1×2×3×4×6×8×9
0
1IEA N
2È K L M O OU P S T Y
3D
4CH F G J Ò R V WB
7Z
8À UI
10H

Haitian Creole-language editions of Scrabble contain these 100 tiles:
X has no tile as it is only used in loanwords in Haitian Creole. C, Q and U are absent, since they are not used in Haitian Creole, or, in the case of C, outside the digraph CH, and U outside the digraphs OU and UI. This version is made for educational purposes and is not an official edition by Mattel.

Hausa

×1×2×3×4×5×6×8×9×14
0
1D K S U YNIA
2M
3B E H R T W
4G L O
5C F J
7Ɗ Ƙ Z
8Ɓ
9TS '
10'Y

Hausa-language Scrabble sets use these 114 tiles:
This version is made for Hausa in Nigeria. In Niger, a Ƴ tile would be used instead of a ‍'Y‍ tile. P has no tile, as it is only used in loanwords in Hausa and is very infrequent. SH has no tile because it is not a letter in all Hausa alphabets. , which was created to distinguish the two R phonemes, has no tile as the phonemes are not always distinguished by Hausa speakers. Q, V, and X have no tiles because these letters are not used at all in Hausa. This version is made for educational purposes and is not an official edition by Mattel.

Hawaiian

×1×3×4×5×6×8×11×20×21
0
1A
2OK
3I N
4E
5U
6H
7L
8M P
9W

There is no official Hawaiian-language edition of Scrabble, but one suggested fan version made for educational purposes contains these 100 tiles:
B, C, D, F, G, J, Q, R, S, T, V, X, Y, and Z have no tiles as they are not used in Hawaiian. For the sake of the geocache this is connected to, the distribution had to be modified a bit. For example, there should be 28 A's, 7 E's, 11 K's, and 5 U's. The diacritical mark and the okina "'" are ignored.

Igbo

×1×2×3×4×5×6×8
0
1A I E O U
2R T
3B MD
4K P SF N
5H LG
6W
7Y
8J Z
10C Ñ V

Igbo-language sets use these 134 tiles, and a 19×19-tile board:
Q and X are not included as these letters are not used in Igbo. This is not an official set.

Indonesian

×1×2×3×4×5×8×9×19
0
1O SRT UE INA
2K M
3GD
4H PL
5F WYB
8VC
10J Z

Indonesian-language sets use these 100 tiles:
Q, and X, are absent because they are only present in loanwords and are very rare. F, V, and Z are also present only in loanwords, but they are not very rare, so they are included.

IPA English

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0
1ɛ zd i mk ɹɪ l s tə n
2b oʊ pɑ æ
3aɪ eɪ f ɡ ɔ v
4h ŋ ʃ u w
5dʒ j tʃ
8aʊ ɔɪ θ ʊ
10ð ʒ

IPA sets use these 106 tiles:
ɒ and a are not included as they are allophones of ɑ in varieties of English that have the father–bother merger, including most of the United States. e is an allophone of eɪ. ɫ is an allophone of l. ɱ is an allophone of m. o is an allophone of oʊ. ɾ and r are allophones of ɹ. ʌ is an allophone of ə. ʍ is an allophone of w. ʔ is not considered a phoneme in English. The affricates ts and dz do not have their own tiles, and so must be formed with two. But for a few exceptional cases, the sounds ɐ, β, ʙ, ɓ, c, , ɕ, ç, ɗ, ɖ, ɘ, ɣ, ɤ, ɠ, ɢ, ʛ, ħ, ʜ, ɦ, ɥ, ɧ, ɨ, ɟ, ʄ, ʝ, , ɭ, ɬ, ɮ, ʟ, ɯ, ɰ, ɲ, ɳ, ɴ, ø, ɵ, œ, ɶ, , q, , ɻ, ɽ, ɺ, ʀ, ʁ, ʂ, , ʈ, ʉ, ʋ, , x, χ, y, ʏ, ʎ, ʐ, ʑ, ʡ, ʕ, and ʢ, ǀ, ǁ, ǃ, ʘ, and ǂ are not used in American English. An extended version has 1 ʙ worth 14, 1 ʛ worth 12, 1 ħ worth 9, 1 worth 11, 1 ɮ worth 11, 1 ɲ worth 13, 1 ʉ worth 11, 1 worth 11, 1 ǃ worth 16, and 1 ʘ worth 18. The IPA English and its extended version are made for educational purposes and are not official editions by the licensors of the Scrabble® brand crossword game.
×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×8
0
1æɛ ɝ i m p zd k ɫ rn stəɪ
2b e ʊ
3a ɑ f ɡ ŋ ɔ o ʃ v
4u w ʒ
5h j
8θ
10ð

An alternative by Scrabble3D has this distribution :
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0
1いうかしたてとのん
2きくこつなにはよれ
3あけすせもりるわ
4さそちま
5おひふゆ
6ほめや
8えへみ
10ねむろ
12

An unofficial Japanese Hiragana Scrabble set uses these 100 tiles:
The obsolete letters ゐ and ゑ, the letter を now exclusively used as a grammatical particle, and the lengthener ー have no tiles.
Words are played in "dictionary format":
This version was created by a student from Japan, and is not in wide circulation.
×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×8×9
0
1
2く き か り る
3け と す さ て がょ じ こ つ ち せ た
4っ ま な お み あ え に ら は れ の そ め ひ ど
5も だ わ ふ げ ぶ よ ぎ ば や ほ ご ろ む び ぼ
6で ぐ ぜ ゆ ざ ず
8へ べ ぞ
10を ぱ
15づ ぬ ぽ ぷ ぴ ぺ ぢ

A more popular set by Scrabble3D uses these 206 tiles:
The obsolete letters , , , , , , , and , along with the marks , , and , have no tiles. The marks are included to make the letter distribution smaller.

Japanese Romaji

×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×10×11×12
0
1NOIA U
2H R TEK S
3-M
4G Y
5B D
6J Z
8F P W
10C
20V

Japanese Romaji Scrabble sets use these 102 tiles:
L, Q and X are absent as they do not exist in Japanese. V,which exists only in loanwords, is absent because of its rare frequency. It can be used for a blank with 20 points reward for each play. - represents long vowel. Romaji scrabble games consist of all 3 scripts used in Japanese language - Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji in romanized form.
×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×10×12×13
0
1NOA IU
2R TEK S
3MH
4G Y
5B D
6J Z
8F P W
10C
20V

This version does not use the long vowel "-". For instance, 東京 is played as "toukyou", 優秀 is played as "yuushuu" and ユース is played as "yuusu".
×1×2×3×5×10×11×12
0
1ENAO U
2H K S T
3YR
4B G
5M P
6J Z
8D W
10C F

Scrabble3D has a different distribution, released earlier:
The - for long vowels and the V tile are optional. You can use the blank as a V tile.
×1×2×3×5×6×7×10×12×14
0
1EUI ONA
2K S T
3H R
4B G M Y Z
5CH D J
8F W
10P

One board game has a different distribution, released earlier:
In this version, note that C has no tile as it is used exclusively in the digraph CH.

Klingon

×1×2×3×4×5×6×8×10
0
1Ho ue ɪʼ a
2D vj m
3b ch gh n q Sl
4p t
5w y
6Q r
8tlh
10ng

Klingon-language sets use these 100 tiles:
The letter tiles may show Klingon symbols, their renderings in the English alphabet, or both. This is not an official version of the game, although Hasbro did create their own licensed "Star Trek Scrabble" game in which players can receive bonus points by playing Klingon words. "Star Trek Scrabble" uses standard English-language tiles.

Latin

×1×2×3×4×5×7×8×9×12
0
1ORS TA I VE
2D LC M N
3Q
4B G P X
8F H

×1×2×3×4×5×7×8×9×12
0
1ORS TA I VE
2Ē Ī œ ; ıı ıııĘD LC M N
3Ↄ ſt V̄&Q
4B G P X
5ct Ꝑ Ꝝ
6Ꝓ P̄
8F H
10Y

×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×8×9×11
0
1NT USA RE I
2CM O
3D
4L P
5B V
6F G X
10H Q

×0×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×8×9×10×12
0
1LM ON RSTAVE I
2D P
3BC
4F G HQ
8X
10Y
15Z
20K

There are three kinds of Latin-language Scrabble sets developed by three authorities in the language.
The first distribution, developed by the Centre for Medieval Studies of the University of Toronto, uses these 100 tiles:
An extension of the first distribution for Latin Paleography, developed by the Centre for Medieval Studies of the University of Toronto, uses these 120 tiles:
The point value of is unknown, but it is believed to be 3. , which represents con, can only be played as the first tile of a word. , which represents rum, and ;, which represents is or us, can only be played as the last tile of a word. Ę, also written as æ, represents ae. Ē represents em or en. & represents et. Ī represents im or in. œ represents oe. represents per, represents prae. represents pro. represents vm or vn. Note that W, unlike Ę/æ and œ, which were created at the same time, has no tile because there is no vv digraph in Latin. ıı represents 2 minims: ii, v, or n. ııı represents 3 minims: iii, iv, in, vi, ni, or m.
The second distribution below was made "in conjunction with scholars from the University of Cambridge and elsewhere, together with the Cambridge Schools Classics Project." This distribution distinguishes U from V, with the semi-vocalic V scoring five times the points.
The third distribution is as follows:
However, with this set, according to the rules, if a blank is used as a Y it is worth 10 points, if a blank is used as a Z it is worth 15 points, and if a blank is used as a K it is worth 20 points. Each of those letters are so high in points, because they are used only in borrowed words. The score of 20 for a K is the highest known point value for any letter in any Scrabble score distribution worldwide. Y is absent in all sets except the paleographic extension of the first set because it is rare in Latin. K and Z are also absent in all sets because they are rare in Latin, while J is not considered separate from I in all sets except the third one, in which it is not included because it is rare in Latin. W is also absent in all sets because it did not exist in ancient times, and is used only in modern borrowed words.

L33t

×1×2×3×4×5×6
0*
1STA I L O UE N R
2G Z 7D 01 43
3B C M PX
4F H V W Y
5K
6J
10Q

Marketed as L33t Tiles by the now defunct Wiremelon, LLC, editions of an English-L33tspeak variant of Scrabble contain 103 letter tiles in the following distribution:
×1×2×3×4
0
1A C E M S T 'A 'E 'IL N UI R
2O Y CI KA LA LI MA NA RA RI SEB D G J K P 'O 'U
3F V X Z BA CA DA GA JI KU MI NI NU PA RE RU SA SI TA TE TI XA
4BI CE CU DE DI DU FA GU JA JU KE KI LE LU MU NE NO PE PI RO SU TO TU VA VI
5BE BO BU CY DY FE FI FU GE GI JE JY KO KY LO ME MO NY PO PU RY SO SY TY VE XE ZA ZU ZY
6BY CO DO FO FY GY LY MY PY VO VY XI XU
7JO ZE
8XY ZI
10GO VU

Lojban-language sets use these 160 tiles:
The combination XO is absent as it is only used in 7 words. The combination ZO is absent as it is only used in 7 words. The combination 'Y is absent as it is only used in 1 word. The letter . occurs in Lojban, but it is so infrequent that it has no tile. Blanks can be used to represent any of the above letters and digrams. The letter ' occurs in Lojban, but only in digrams and never as one letter. The letters H, Q, and W are absent, because these letters are not used in Lojban.
×1×2×3×4×5×6×7×8×10
0
1EUN RYA I
2L O S T '
3C J K M
4B D F G P
6V X
9Z

Lojban-language sets in the 1990s use these 100 tiles:
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1'RENUA I
2C L S TO
3D J K M
5B F G P
8V
9X
10Z

Lojban-language sets in the 1990s use these 100 tiles:
Y is absent because it is very rare outside lujvo.

Malagasy

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1E S YKTINOA
2F M V
3D L
4B P
6H J R Z
10G

Malagasy-language sets use these 102 tiles:
C, Q, U, W, and X are absent because these letters are not used in Malagasy. Diacritical marks are ignored.

Māori

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1UA I O
2K N WE R T
3H M P
4NG
5WH

Māori-language sets use these 225 tiles:
Diacritical marks are ignored. B, C, D, F, G, J, L, Q, S, V, X, Y, and Z are absent because these letters are not used in Māori, or, for G, outside the NG digraph. This set is made for educational purposes and is not an official version by Mattel.
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1OE I UA
2KR T
3HN
4P
5WM
10G

Another version, called Kuputupu, uses these 102 tiles:
Kuputupu is not an official version by Mattel; it was developed by Taita library for educational purposes.