qi and za are recent additions to the Scrabble dictionary, but in any reasonable friendly word game they wouldn't count because they're not in common usage. IMH

qi and za are recent additions to the Scrabble dictionary, but in any reasonable friendly word game they wouldn't count because they're not in common usage. IMHO they also significantly changed the gameplay of Scrabble for the worse by making it much easier to get rid of the z and q tiles.