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'''Thiruthamizh''' is a [[Tamil language|Tamil-language]] [[board game]] based on the English-language game of [[Scrabble]].<br />
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Invented by G. Rajakumar of [[Chennai]] in 1990,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2007/10/18/stories/2007101850610100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022230043/http://hindu.com/mp/2007/10/18/stories/2007101850610100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-10-22 |title=Metro Plus Chennai / Arts and Entertainment : Tamil through tiles |date=2007-10-18 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=2014-05-08}}</ref> ''Thiruthamizh'' consists of a 21×21-grid board, and 272 tiles: 186 tiles which have [[letter (alphabet)|letter]]s in [[Tamil script]], and 86 transparent tiles with [[diacritic]] marks such as dots and tails that, when combined with the letter tiles, give new letters.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/Words+worth/1/3507.html |title=Words worth : Simply Chennai - India Today |publisher=Indiatoday.intoday.in |date=2008-01-14 |access-date=2014-05-08}}</ref><br />
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In 2002, the Directorate of Tamil Development recommended the game to the [[Tamil Nadu]] state government<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.omantribune.com/index.php?page=news&id=15900&heading=India | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715001852/http://www.omantribune.com/index.php?page=news&id=15900&heading=India | archive-date=15 July 2011 |title=Is Stalin upset with MK? | publisher=Oman Tribune |date=14 July 2011 |access-date=23 August 2020}}</ref> for use in schools, as a means of building students' vocabularies.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/want-to-learn-tamil-play-scrabble/57743-19.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140509115227/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/want-to-learn-tamil-play-scrabble/57743-19.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-05-09 |title=Want to learn Tamil, play scrabble - IBNLive |publisher=Ibnlive.in.com |date=2008-01-30 |access-date=2014-05-08}}</ref><br />
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The first World Championship of Thirutamizh is also being planned.<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Board games introduced in 1990]]<br />
[[Category:Scrabble variants]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil sports and games]]<br />
[[Category:Indian word games]]<br />
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