# Where can I buy Scrabble in Icelandic? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 27, 2009, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-scrabble-in-icelandic/494498 "2009-04-27T14:03:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-scrabble-in-icelandic/494498/1 "2009-04-27T14:03:38Z")
I’m looking for a copy of Icelandic Scrabble which I want to mail-order either online or over the phone. I can pay by credit card or PayPal. Unfortunately, the only Icelandic board game retailer I’ve found online, [http://www.spilavinir.net/](http://www.spilavinir.net/), is out of stock, and they tell me it could be months before they get any more. (If their website says it’s in stock, ignore that; it’s a glitch. I called them myself.) I also checked eBay but didn’t have any luck. Anyone know where else I can get a copy mailed to me, preferably new? Edited to add: I tried some local games shops and foreign-language bookstores to see if they could order it, but they all told me the same thing. Example: > [@](#): > > Dear [Psychonaut], > > Unfortunately, we will not be able to get hold of the Icelandic version of > Scrabble as it is not distributed by Mattel outside Iceland. > > Kind regards, > > Nordic Dept > NG / N > > Grant & Cutler Ltd > 55-57 Great Marlborough Street > London W1F 7AY ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-scrabble-in-icelandic/494498/2 "2009-04-27T14:11:33Z")
Paging **WormTheRed**! Paging **WormTheRed**! I’m sure one of the Dopers who either lives in or is visiting Iceland could forward a copy. (Does it have eth and thorn tiles? 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-scrabble-in-icelandic/494498/3 "2009-04-27T14:52:58Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > (Does it have eth and thorn tiles? 🙂 ) Yes, it does, which is why I can’t just buy some other Scandinavian-language Scrabble game and pretend it’s Icelandic! 🙂 The game needs to have the following letters: A Á B D Ð E É F G H I Í J K L M N O Ó P R S T U Ú V X Y Ý Þ Æ Ö ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-scrabble-in-icelandic/494498/4 "2009-04-27T14:57:03Z")
> [@psychonaut](#): > > Yes, it does, which is why I can’t just buy some other Scandinavian-language Scrabble game and pretend it’s Icelandic! 🙂 The game needs to have the following letters: A Á B D Ð E É F G H I Í J K L M N O Ó P R S T U Ú V X Y Ý Þ Æ Ö You could do what we did when we made an Esperanto-language version: make our own tiles according to the different letter distribution. 🙂 But buying the official version is cooler. ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-scrabble-in-icelandic/494498/5 "2009-04-27T14:59:05Z")
I’ll check it out for ya. May I however ask why you’re interested in an Icelandic version? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-scrabble-in-icelandic/494498/6 "2009-04-27T15:07:30Z")
What else is there to do in Iceland? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Windwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/5e9695/32.png) [@Windwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Windwalker)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-scrabble-in-icelandic/494498/7 "2009-04-27T15:11:10Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > What else is there to do in Iceland? 😉 Well, an American male could always hang out with that lone female soldier they sent to Iraq and subsequently withdrew (she’s pretty cute). ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-scrabble-in-icelandic/494498/8 "2009-04-27T15:12:35Z")
7 letter words are short in Iceland. You would need a board with 500 squares. ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-scrabble-in-icelandic/494498/9 "2009-04-27T15:13:34Z")
> [@Windwalker](#): > > Well, an American male could always hang out with that lone female soldier they sent to Iraq and subsequently withdrew (she’s pretty cute). Would you be surprised if I said that I know her 🙂 Very cute, very bright. And I’m waiting for a call from a place that has it, but they weren’t sure about shipping to the US. ---
**Author:** ![Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hypnagogic_jerk/32/4252_2.png) [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypnagogic_Jerk)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-scrabble-in-icelandic/494498/10 "2009-04-27T15:25:57Z")
> [@WormTheRed](#): > > And I’m waiting for a call from a place that has it, but they weren’t sure about shipping to the US. Isn’t **psychonaut** in the UK? ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-scrabble-in-icelandic/494498/11 "2009-04-27T15:26:45Z")
And I rock 😃 You need to send an e-mail with all your contact information to heidi\_at\_penninn.is She is the one who handles out of country deliveries and she knows everything about this. Game and price is right [here](http://www.eymundsson.is/pages/291/itemID/AR%205123/temCategoryID/30/ItemSubCategoryID/3011). ETA: They didn’t know anything about any out of country deliveries - don’t matter if it’s UK or US. Hence he needs to contact Heidi. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-scrabble-in-icelandic/494498/12 "2009-04-27T15:27:19Z")
> [@WormTheRed](#): > > Would you be surprised if I said that I know her 🙂 > > Very cute, very bright. And probably very married. :: le sigh :: > [@WormTheRed](#): > > And I’m waiting for a call from a place that has it, but they weren’t sure about shipping to the US. The impression I had from upthread is that Mattel (or Hasbro or whoever) wouldn’t _allow_ it to be sold outside Iceland. Is that true? ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-scrabble-in-icelandic/494498/13 "2009-04-27T15:32:46Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > And probably very married. > :: le sigh :: Nope, quite single the last time I talked to her 😉 > [@Sunspace](#): > > The impression I had from upthread is that Mattel (or Hasbro or whoever) wouldn’t _allow_ it to be sold outside Iceland. Is that true? They didn’t seem to have any problems with shipping it abroad. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-scrabble-in-icelandic/494498/14 "2009-04-28T10:41:10Z")
> [@WormTheRed](#): > > May I however ask why you’re interested in an Icelandic version? I’ve been learning Icelandic at [UCL](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_College_London) for the past year. (It’s a bit slow going, though; there are only 20 hours of instruction per term.) Our teacher (who is awesome, BTW) is always thinking of new games for us to play to help learn the language, and one that immediately came to my mind was Scrabble. I’ve discussed it with my fellow students and we’ve all agreed it would be fun to play outside class. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-scrabble-in-icelandic/494498/15 "2009-04-28T10:50:33Z")
> [@WormTheRed](#): > > And I rock 😃 > > You need to send an e-mail with all your contact information to heidi\_at\_penninn.is > > She is the one who handles out of country deliveries and she knows everything about this. > > Game and price is right [here](http://www.eymundsson.is/pages/291/itemID/AR%205123/temCategoryID/30/ItemSubCategoryID/3011). > > ETA: They didn’t know anything about any out of country deliveries - don’t matter if it’s UK or US. Hence he needs to contact Heidi. Does this Heidi work for Eymundsson? If so, I want their Monopoly game too! 🙂 I’ve sent Heidi an e-mail just now. Thanks for checking into this for me. I’ll let you know how it goes. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-scrabble-in-icelandic/494498/16 "2009-04-28T13:31:37Z")
> [@Windwalker](#): > > Well, an American male could always hang out with that lone female soldier they sent to Iraq and subsequently withdrew Why does the male need to be American? > [@](#): > > (she’s pretty cute). Link, please? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-scrabble-in-icelandic/494498/17 "2009-04-28T15:32:23Z")
> [@psychonaut](#): > > Does this Heidi work for Eymundsson? If so, I want their Monopoly game too! 🙂 > > I’ve sent Heidi an e-mail just now. Thanks for checking into this for me. I’ll let you know how it goes. Yes, she works at their store in d/t Reykjavik. She should be able to help you with everything your heart desires when it comes to games and books 🙂 And the best [pic](http://eyjan.is/files/2008/01/dailyshow.jpg)I could find online. Straight from the report \*\*Windwalker \*\*was referring to. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-scrabble-in-icelandic/494498/18 "2009-04-29T09:48:38Z")
> [@WormTheRed](#): > > Yes, she works at their store in d/t Reykjavik. She should be able to help you with everything your heart desires when it comes to games and books 🙂 I gave her a call yesterday and placed the order. She had Scrabble in stock but wasn’t sure about Monopoly, but that’s not a problem because I’ve seen it available in other online shops. Thanks for your help! ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-scrabble-in-icelandic/494498/19 "2009-05-11T09:22:15Z")
I received both Scrabble and Monopoly a few days ago—just three days after they were mailed! My classmates and I will have a go at playing both games, making sure to speak in Icelandic only. Of course, for Monopoly we’ll have to learn some new vocabulary (mortgage, rent, dice, tax, etc.), but playing should give us lots of practice with conversations relating to buying and selling, and with numbers. I think the board spaces are named after streets in Reykjavik, and the currency is, of course, the Icelandic króna. As there are no railways in Iceland, the four spaces with railroads in the original edition are replaced with three airports and a bus station. The airport spaces have airplane symbols instead of locomotive symbols, but curiously the bus station space retains the locomotive symbol. Unfortunately, the Chance and Community Chest cards lack the Rich Uncle Pennybags illustrations of the American edition. In case anyone is curious as to what the board looks like, [I’ve created a diagram on Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licensed_and_localized_editions_of_Monopoly#Iceland). ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-scrabble-in-icelandic/494498/20 "2009-05-11T13:18:43Z")
Glad I could help! And come to think of it, I’ve never played Icelandic Monopoly - my only version has Pall Mall and Oxford Street 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-scrabble-in-icelandic/494498.md?page=2)