<p>I'm no professional player at all, but it seems like a balanced rack could be keeping a certain number of vowels/consonants. Considering there are 100 letter tiles, 56 consonants and 42 vowels, with a ratio of 56:42 or 1.33 consonant:vowel ratio, keeping a ratio as close as possible could be good maybe. Here is my idea for ideal consonant:vowel ratios making it as close to 1.33 as I can:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>6 tiles left: 3 consonants, 3 vowels; 1 ratio</p>
<p>5 tiles left: 3 consonants, 2 vowels; 1.5 ratio</p>
<p>4 tiles left: 2 consonants, 2 vowels; 1 ratio</p>
<p>3 tiles left: 2 consonants, 1 vowel; 2 ratio</p>
<p>2 tiles left: 1 consonant, 1 vowel; 1 ratio</p>
<p>1 tiles left: 1 consonant; indefinite ratio</p>
</blockquote>
<p>I know it heavily depends on the current board as well the tile bag, but for general purposes, what would be a good ratio for each number of tiles remaining at the end of the turn?</p>

CC BY-SA 4.0
2020-06-28T10:02:25.167Z
Why would you aim for the distribution of the bag, and not the distribution of the words you're trying to create?
Nij
CC BY-SA 4.0
2020-06-29T06:16:03.280Z
@Nij as the bag distribution is based on real world distributions (from a copy of a daily newspaper If I recall correctly) there is a certain logic here. Ultimately the board position, what letters are accessible and what your actual tiles are (3 Es anyone) probably play more important roles.
Jontia
CC BY-SA 4.0
2020-06-29T06:24:01.453Z
Yes, the letter distribution as used in written English - but the game isn't played by forming full coherent sentences, hence the question of relevance, versus just the targeted words.
Nij
<scrabble>
How many vowels and consonants should you keep at the end of the turn in Scrabble?
CreativiTimothy
# How many vowels and consonants should you keep at the end of the turn in Scrabble?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-06-28)

I'm no professional player at all, but it seems like a balanced rack could be keeping a certain number of vowels/consonants. Considering there are 100 letter tiles, 56 consonants and 42 vowels, with a ratio of 56:42 or 1.33 consonant:vowel ratio, keeping a ratio as close as possible could be good maybe. Here is my idea for ideal consonant:vowel ratios making it as close to 1.33 as I can:

> 6 tiles left: 3 consonants, 3 vowels; 1 ratio
>
> 5 tiles left: 3 consonants, 2 vowels; 1.5 ratio
>
> 4 tiles left: 2 consonants, 2 vowels; 1 ratio
>
> 3 tiles left: 2 consonants, 1 vowel; 2 ratio
>
> 2 tiles left: 1 consonant, 1 vowel; 1 ratio
>
> 1 tiles left: 1 consonant; indefinite ratio

I know it heavily depends on the current board as well the tile bag, but for general purposes, what would be a good ratio for each number of tiles remaining at the end of the turn?

**Tags:** scrabble

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Why would you aim for the distribution of the bag, and not the distribution of the words you're trying to create?  
> **username_2**: @username_1 as the bag distribution is based on real world distributions (from a copy of a daily newspaper If I recall correctly) there is a certain logic here. Ultimately the board position, what letters are accessible and what your actual tiles are (3 Es anyone) probably play more important roles.  
> **username_1**: Yes, the letter distribution as used in written English - but the game isn't played by forming full coherent sentences, hence the question of relevance, versus just the targeted words.  

---

## 0 answers

