Portuguese Scrabble
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| Portuguese | Portuguese | ||
| Letter | Value | Number | |
| A | 1 | 14 | |
| B | 3 | 3 | |
| C | 2 | 4 | |
| Ç | 3 | 2 | |
| D | 2 | 5 | |
| E | 1 | 11 | |
| F | 4 | 2 | |
| G | 4 | 2 | |
| H | 4 | 2 | |
| I | 1 | 10 | |
| J | 5 | 2 | |
| L | 2 | 5 | |
| M | 1 | 6 | |
| N | 3 | 4 | |
| O | 1 | 10 | |
| P | 2 | 4 | |
| Q | 6 | 1 | |
| R | 1 | 6 | |
| S | 1 | 8 | |
| T | 1 | 5 | |
| U | 1 | 7 | |
| V | 4 | 2 | |
| X | 8 | 1 | |
| Z | 8 | 1 | |
| Blank | 0 | 3 | |
| Total | 120 |
The table above was confirmed by a Portuguese correspondant (Daniel Gonçalves) who explained that the Ç in Portuguese is pronounced as 's' when it comes between two vowels. (This is presumably necessary because the letter 's' when between vowels is pronounced as 'z')
Daniel says that Scrabble in Portuguese is not very popular or organised and that there is no definitive word source for Scrabble play in Portugal. However, he says, 95% of the dictionaries sold in Portugal are the ones edited by Porto Editora, and are often used as a unofficial standard. They are online at http://www.portoeditora.pt/dol/. The site is in portugese, however, and there is no word list usable by a computer program...
Links:
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Portuguese
dictionaries
Ispell dictionary and
affix file
A Brazilian ispell dictionary and affix file.
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