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Roll 2026-1116:9
238 Ethiopic Syllables from 34 Letters. One Board, 25 Ticks.
About this piece
This one came from three comments on the Korean board: @MaximumRed2K26 asked for Ethiopic syllables, and @kalinkavelinova2529 asked for Amharic twice. Thanks, both of you! ሰላም
34 letters, 7 vowel shapes each: 238 tiles, 47 times fewer than the Korean board. Same rule: each tick every tile flips once and locks on its own. One list takes 237 ticks.
The vowel doesn't snap on. It bends the letter, differently for each. A letter wheel plus a vowel wheel needs 33 ticks, more than Korean's 27. But 8 of the 34 are old letters with a bar on top. Give each tile three wheels and the board locks in 25.
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