<p>Yes. It doesn't matter which tile is on the double/triple word space, if you make a word while placing a blank tile on one of these squares, your word score is still doubled/tripled. From the <a href="https://scrabble.hasbro.com/en-us/rules" rel="noreferrer">official rules of Scrabble</a>:</p>
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<ol start="4">
<li><p>Premium Word Squares: The score for an entire word is doubled when one of its letters is placed on a pink square: it is tripled when one of its letters is placed on a red square. Include premiums for double or triple letter values, if any, before doubling or tripling the word score. If a word is formed that covers two premium word squares, the score is doubled and then re-doubled (4 times the letter count), or tripled and then re-tripled (9 times the letter count). NOTE: the center square is a pink square, which doubles the score for the first word.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Letter and word premiums count only on the turn in which they are played. On later turns, letters already played on premium squares count at face value.</p>
</li>
<li><p>When a blank tile is played on a pink or red square, the value of the word is doubled or tripled, even though the blank itself has no score value.</p>
</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
<p>Technically even on a double/triple letter score, the value of that blank tile is still doubled/tripled as well, however since the value of the tile is 0, doubling or tripling it does nothing.</p>

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Andrew
<p>If the blank tile is on a triple word tile while you are making a word, does it still count as a triple word?</p>

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2021-10-05T18:15:10.133Z
@ava, a blank tile still scores 0, even on a DW or TW square.
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@ava - from the same official rules quoted in my answer, rule number 1 "Use a score pad or piece of paper to keep a tally of each player's score, entering it after each turn. The score value of each letter is indicated by a number at the bottom of the tile. The score value of a blank is zero." It's not a 1 point tile.
Andrew
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2021-10-06T14:13:53.630Z
The key strategic point is that while a blank gets zero points *directly*, it can be used to enable getting many points *indirectly*, by creating a longer word that hits a double or triple, by enabling use of a high-point letter (J,K,Q,X,Z) or by helping to create a Bingo (+50).
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In Scrabble, does a blank tile on the double/triple word square count?
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# In Scrabble, does a blank tile on the double/triple word square count?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-10-04)

If the blank tile is on a triple word tile while you are making a word, does it still count as a triple word?

**Tags:** scrabble, scoring

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: @ava, a blank tile still scores 0, even on a DW or TW square.  
> **username_2**: @ava - from the same official rules quoted in my answer, rule number 1 "Use a score pad or piece of paper to keep a tally of each player's score, entering it after each turn. The score value of each letter is indicated by a number at the bottom of the tile. The score value of a blank is zero." It's not a 1 point tile.  
> **username_3**: The key strategic point is that while a blank gets zero points *directly*, it can be used to enable getting many points *indirectly*, by creating a longer word that hits a double or triple, by enabling use of a high-point letter (J,K,Q,X,Z) or by helping to create a Bingo (+50).  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2021-10-04. Score: 17

Yes. It doesn't matter which tile is on the double/triple word space, if you make a word while placing a blank tile on one of these squares, your word score is still doubled/tripled. From the [official rules of Scrabble](https://scrabble.hasbro.com/en-us/rules):

> 4. Premium Word Squares: The score for an entire word is doubled when one of its letters is placed on a pink square: it is tripled when one of its letters is placed on a red square. Include premiums for double or triple letter values, if any, before doubling or tripling the word score. If a word is formed that covers two premium word squares, the score is doubled and then re-doubled (4 times the letter count), or tripled and then re-tripled (9 times the letter count). NOTE: the center square is a pink square, which doubles the score for the first word.
> 5. Letter and word premiums count only on the turn in which they are played. On later turns, letters already played on premium squares count at face value.
> 6. When a blank tile is played on a pink or red square, the value of the word is doubled or tripled, even though the blank itself has no score value.

Technically even on a double/triple letter score, the value of that blank tile is still doubled/tripled as well, however since the value of the tile is 0, doubling or tripling it does nothing.


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