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The Scoring System for Scrabble Is Not Random, Is It?
Scrabble is based on a sound mathematical principle, isn't it? It's very carefully worked out. The scoring system for scrabble is based upon some anal s of er how letters were used back in the 19 thirties when it was invented. A couple of different computed scientists re did the analysis of the letter distributionths frequency of different letters and found that it's changed quite a lot since the 19 30 so zed, for example, is used a lot more now than it was before. So there was a suggestion that actually some of the scoring on the tiles of scrabble were slightly off, and they should be readjusted t a sort of account for how
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