The Arabic alphabet is the third of our alphabet series, and is the least kind to Scrabble players. 

Many of the words are not allowed in Scrabble, and those that are have other, more everyday meanings.

Here is the alphabet - those marked with an * are NOT allowed in Scrabble.

'Alif    * (because of the apostrophe)  (but ALIF is acceptable)

Ba

Ta

Tha   *

Jim    *

Ha

Kha    *

Dal

Dhal

Ra      *

Zain    *

Sin

Shin

Sad

Dad

Ta

Za

'Ain      * (because of the apostrophe)  (but AIN is acceptable)

Ghain    *

Fa

Qaf       *

Kaf

Lam    

Mim

Nun

Ha

Waw

Ya