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List of Scrabble Pieces

"Scrabble" requires players to use tiles with letters on them to form words on a game board. Players build words from adjoining words, and can score bonuses if certain tiles are placed on certain squares or by using all seven letters on their tile rack at once. While most letters are worth only a point or two, some letters less common in the English language are worth eight or 10 points.

One and Two-Point Tiles
- The group of tiles worth one point includes the most common letters used in English, such as all five vowels and the consonants "N," "R," "T," "L" and "S." There are between four and 12 copies of each of these tiles in Scrabble. The only tiles worth two points are "D" and "G." While you cannot score big points in Scrabble with these tiles alone, they are key to building longer, high-scoring words. Keeping a common suffix such as -ING will help you score a bingo.
Three and Four-Point Tiles
- Consonants relatively common in English but used slightly less than others fall in this group. The three-point tiles are "B," "C," "M" and "P" while the letters "F," "H," "V," "W," and "Y" are worth four points each. Each Scrabble game contains two copies of each of these tiles.
High-Scoring Tiles
- A Scrabble game contains only one copy each of these tiles. The "K" is worth five points, while the "J" and "X" are worth eight points. "Z" and "Q" each score 10 points. To score high in Scrabble, try to place these letters on triple letter or triple word squares.
Blank Tiles
- Two tiles in Scrabble have no letter on them. These "wild card" tiles can represent any letter. While they don't score points, they are useful to make bingos and other high-scoring words.
Tile Racks
- A Scrabble game contains four tile racks to hold tiles. Players always have seven tiles on a rack.
Game Board
- The game board is a 15 by 15 grid. Players place tiles on the star square on the center of the board to begin the game.

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