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What are the 29 official languages?

Hi all, The statistic that there are 29 official language variants of Scrabble is widely stated on different news sites, articles etc., but I've not been able to find a source of what the 29 languages actually are.

Does anyone have a verifiable list of the 29 languages, or at least a reference from Hasbro or Mattel which says how many official language variants they produce? At least, I'm assuming that's what 'official' means. Also, I don't know if it means all 29 are still produced and sold, or just that they have been produced at some point in time. Or, whether it includes officially licensed apps and software. Thanks! odg (talk) 15:59, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

To potentially answer my own question: on the Scrabble letter distributions page, this document is linked, apparently from JW Spears. It lists 23 languages in the main spreadsheet, then at the bottom it lists 5 more that don't use the Roman alphabet. Welsh isn't on there, but as mentioned on this article, which is cited in this Wikipedia article, the most recently published version is Welsh. That brings the total to 29. odg (talk) 16:26, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Related AfD discussion

There is a discussion at AfD about possibility merging content from Scrabble Slam! into this article rather than deleting. If you have input, it's at: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Scrabble Slam!. // Timothy :: talk 04:17, 5 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"Every man dies; not every man truly Scrabbles."

The article makes the claim that this was the tagline for the game show based on the board game - however, I believe this claim is incorrect. I can't find any other references to this tagline; it appears to be a reference to the film Braveheart, which was released several years after the game show went off the air; and the cited article itself cites this claim from a website (ezinearticles, which is on the spam blacklist) that does not make the claim. FWIW, IMDB (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0198227/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0) gives the tagline "It's the Crossword Game You've Played All Your Life, But Never Quite Like This!"

Yes, that is the line spoken by the announcer of the show (either Jay Stewart or Charlie Tuna) at the start of each episode. I have never heard the "every man dies" tagline associated with the game show. -- Denelson 83 07:11, 19 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Missing information about Australian edition.

I have in front of me a Scrabble game made by murfett pty ltd which was apparently released in Australia from 1948 till I think '55

It's a purple-ish looking colour box with gold writing. 49.196.205.68 (talk) 09:49, 30 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Obscurity of words used in examples

While some examples given undisputably exhibit brilliant play, should we consider that Scrabble is played (and the article is read) by people of all levels, many of whom may not know words such as YEX/REVOTING, (ALI)QUANT, YEU(K)Y, and ETAERIO? Perhaps the examples should use only everyday words where possible: SEX/MOTORING, (CON)QUEST, any common word with a K, and any common seven-letter word. Cheers, cmɢʟee⎆τaʟκ 10:36, 1 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]