blank tile
Scoreless game piece
A blank tile is a game piece, especially in Scrabble, that carries no letter or point value but can represent any letter the player chooses.
The flexibility makes blank tiles valuable despite scoring zero points: I used my blank tile as a Q to play "quartz."
- scrabbleClaw or grope frantically
- word gameLanguage-based entertainment
- point valueAssigned scoring amount
- crosswordClue-based letter grid
- placeholderTemporary position marker
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