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Scrabble Spanish

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I live in Puerto Rico. My friends and I usually play in both in English and Spanish at the same time. But if you what to learn Spanish I will recommend playing the game entirely en Español. I will give you the pros and cons of this version:

Pros:
1. You can make higher scores in Spanish. K-8 points, W-8 points, Q-8 points but much easier to use, LL-8 points, RR-8 points, Ñ-8 points, and it is much easier to get rid of all your letters than in English.
2. Spanish words are written just as you pronounce them (that is why there are no Spanish spelling bees).
3. You can learn Spanish in a fun way, plus the game can be used in English and it has a couple more vowels.

Cons:
1. There are no really good Spanish dictionaries, other than the Spanish Royal Academy Dictionary (Amazon has it at a reasonable price). And no Spanish Scrabble dictionary is to be found. This will make it hard on verb conjugation.

Whether you play it in Spanish or English or both the Spanish tiles are definitely better. Go ahead and try this version. Come on, you know you what to.

I ordered one of these for me since I am learning Spanish. When I played with my friends, they requested one also and I had to order two more.

If you like the english version of scrabble, and are learning or already know spanish, you will love this game.

I'm a Spanish teacher and I found this game in a closet when I started teaching at my current school. I only teach the first two years of Spanish. To play the game entirely in Spanish is difficult and takes forever with new learners. We play in Spanish and English. If the student plays an English word they receive the normal amout of points. If the student plays a Spanish word he/she receives double the point value in addition to any extra points offered by the squares on the board. We had a 72 point Spanish word the other day. It is great fun and the students bury themselves in Spanish dictionaries trying to find the next big word!

I'm bilingual (Spanish/English) but my elderly mother's command of English is limited. Decades ago we bought a "foreign edition" Scrabble set, manufactured by Selchow & Righter Co. of Bay Shore, NY. Our set is truly a Spanish version, lacking "k" but with "ñ," "ll," and "rr" (the latter two no longer individual letters in Spanish) and with plenty of the more common vowels in the Spanish language. The letter values differ from the English values, commensurate with their degree of usage in each language. The last copyright notice on the Spanish game is from 1953. We bought it in the early 70's. Why didn't Hasbro follow this edition for their Spanish version? It is definitely a more accurate and educational one!

according to Wikipedia at [...] the English-language editions of Scrabble contain 100 letter tiles, in the following distribution:
* 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
* 8 points: J ×1, X ×1
* 10 points: Q ×1, Z ×1

This distribution of letters has not changed since Alfred Butts invented the game in 1938.

Spanish-language sets sold within North America (known as Scrabble - Edición en Español) use these 103 tiles:
* 2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
* 1 point: A ×11, E ×11, O ×8, S ×7, I ×6, U ×6, N ×5, L ×4, R ×4, T ×4
* 2 points: C ×4, D ×4, G ×2
* 3 points: M ×3, B ×3, P ×2
* 4 points: F ×2, H ×2, V ×2, Y ×1
* 6 points: J ×2
* 8 points: K ×1, LL ×1, Ñ ×1, Q ×1, RR ×1, W ×1, X ×1
* 10 points: Z ×1

Spanish-language sets sold outside North America use these 100 tiles:
* 2 blank tiles (scoring 0 points)
* 1 point: A ×12, E ×12, O ×9, I ×6, S ×6, N ×5, L ×4, R ×5, U ×5, T ×4
* 2 points: D ×5, G ×2
* 3 points: C ×4, B ×2, M ×2, P ×2
* 4 points: H ×2, F ×1, V ×1, Y ×1
* 5 points: CH ×1, Q ×1
* 8 points: J ×1, LL ×1, Ñ ×1, RR ×1, X ×1
* 10 points: Z ×1

Stress accents are disregarded. The letters K and W are absent since these two letters are rarely used in Spanish words. According to FISE (Federación Internacional de Scrabble en Español) 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 (see rules in Spanish provided by the FISE).

Scrabble is probably one of the games I remember playing first as an older kid; and the Spanish version was what I played at family gatherings - it's part of my heritage. It was exciting to find it on the net! I called various toys r us stores and was only able to get it through the net. Great game.

Spanish Scrabble
I teach high school Spanish. I use this game (among others) with my students on periodic "game days." High schoolers LOVE to play games. This is a super game for expanding Spanish vocabulary. I let my students use a dictionary. It is difficult to play unless you have a good vocabulary in Spanish, so allowing English words too is a good idea. Just count all Spanish words for double points after all special point values have already been added too.

Muy bueno! I love it! you need to know a little Spanish to truly enjoy it. I find it a great way to supplement my Spanish classes.

My students love when we have Spanish Scrabble Hour. It's a wonderful break from the typical learning and they marvel at the different verb forms that they are able to use. Thank you, Amazon, for your great pricing and free shipping!

I found this version of Scrabble to be a very enjoyable way to improve my Spanish. I recently played with a group in which we formed two teams of three players each. Everyone found it to be a lot of fun and the mental effort was worth every minute.