Swedish Scrabble letter distributions

a full swedish scrabble set.

swedish-language scrabble sets (until 1990 sold in sweden alfapet, became different game) use these 100 tiles:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: ×8, r ×8, s ×8, t ×8, e ×7, n ×6, d ×5, ×5, l ×5
2 points: o ×5, g ×3, k ×3, m ×3, h ×2
3 points: f ×2, v ×2, Ä ×2
4 points: u ×3, b ×2, p ×2, Ö ×2, Å ×2
7 points: j ×1, y ×1
8 points: c ×1, x ×1
10 points: z ×1

Å, Ä , Ö have separate tiles; other diacritics on É ignored (except Ü). q , w, found in loanwords, absent can played blank. Ü , Æ require blank, , of 2010 occur in 1 , 3 playable words respectively: müsli , 3 forms of laestadianism (læstadianism in swedish).

originally (starting in 1954), swedish scrabble sets (called alfa-pet, made swedish company alga, member of brio group) used different distribution:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: t ×9, ×8, r ×8, s ×8, e ×7, n ×6, d ×5, ×5, l ×5
2 points: o ×5, g ×3, k ×3, m ×3, h ×2
3 points: f ×2, v ×2, Ä ×2
4 points: u ×3, b ×2, p ×2, Ö ×2, Å ×2
7 points: j ×1, y ×1
8 points: x ×1
10 points: c ×1

note z absent in distribution exclusively used in loanwords. however, played blank.

between 1956 , 1961, makers of alfa-pet revised distribution, altering number of tiles letters b, e, n, o, p, s, , u. letter c reduced in value 5 , x increased 10:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
1 point: e ×10, n ×9, t ×9, ×8, r ×8, s ×6, d ×5, ×5, l ×5
2 points: o ×4, g ×3, k ×3, m ×3, h ×2
3 points: f ×2, v ×2, Ä ×2
4 points: u ×2, Ö ×2, Å ×2, b ×1, p ×1
5 points: c ×1
7 points: j ×1, y ×1
10 points: x ×1

circa 1961, hyphen dropped game s name, , original swedish distribution of game had been restored. sometime later, produced under brio s subsidiary, joker, number of ts in set reduced 1 , 8 point z tile added.

in 2002, under ownership of mattel , brand name scrabble, swedish language set tile values of c , z changed, respectively, 8 , 10.

though alga had lost license mattel europa in 1990 s in production of game, company held onto ownership of name alfapet. ssubsequently produced different yet similar crossword board game. played on different grid layout, game played distribution contains these 120 tiles, q not w:

2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points), 2 black tiles (scoring 0 points), 2 left-pointing arrows, 2 right-pointing arrows
1 point: ×9, r ×9, e ×8, s ×8, d ×7, l ×7, n ×7, t ×7, ×6
2 points: o ×5, g ×4
3 points: h ×3, k ×3, m ×3, p ×3, u ×3
4 points: b ×2, f ×2, v ×2, Ä ×2, Ö ×2, Å ×2
8 points: c ×2, y ×2, j ×1
10 points: q ×1, x ×1, z ×1

the black tile may put in front of word create word adjacent black tile , diagonally away original word. arrows lets player change direction of word anywhere between first , last letter of word, , placed under letters. anyway, q used in loanwords in modern swedish, included.