We knew that you could play Scrabble in other languages. But we didn't realize there was a version with non-roman characters - namely Arabic. Beautiful tiles, aren't they? More info here.
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Some time ago, the Palm people had an advert - or some kind of a marketing piece - that showed a Scrabble game with tiles of the Graffiti gestures for writing on the Palm screen. I thought it was pretty cool, and tried to get one, but it was only a mock up, apparently...
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On a related note, here are some hilarious Singaporean (Roman characters) Scrabble ads. Thanks Jane.
Update: This link, it be dead.
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I just started taking an Arabic class a few weeks ago...so while this might help me remember the characters, something tells me I'm not quite ready for gameplay yet. Still, great find!
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Scrabble has just been released in Welsh. Is the game undergoing some sort of resurgence?
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The original link to the Singaporean Scrabble ads may be dead, but thanks to the magic that is Google cache, I present them for your viewing pleasure...
Images © Ogilvy & Mather, Singapore
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That's nice, but I'm not so good in arabic. I learn it by myself in spare time, so I'm not sure that my level is enough for playing scrabble. However I will try.
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Where can I buy a Scrabble set in Arabic?
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Apparently, Arabic language Scrabble sets are available from Game Keeper located in Arlington, VA. You'll have to contact them yourself to find out whether this is actually the case.
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Thank you, Arabic language Scrabble will be my favorite.
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Are there still triple letter scores? This is better then Math Scrabble.
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Why do I get the feeling my Scrabble scores wouldn't be much worse with this version. :)
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