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Alphabet, a Rare card
An alphabet is a writing system that uses a standard set of symbols called graphemes – more commonly known as letters – to more or less represent particular sounds in a spoken language.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 79
- DEF
- 85
- Power
- 164
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 470,000
Power 164 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Alphabet quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Alphabet card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Tagalog language. Tagalog language 88 · Balochistan, Pakistan 83 · Alphabet 79 · Biryani 72 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Balochistan, Pakistan. Balochistan, Pakistan 750,000 · Alphabet 470,000 · Betel nut chewing 370,000 · Air Italy 15,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Specifically, these graphemes largely correspond to phonemes, which are the smallest sound segments that can distinguish one word from another in a given language.
- Not all writing systems represent language in this way: a syllabary assigns symbols to spoken syllables, while logographies assign symbols to words, morphemes, or other semantic units.
- The first letters were invented in Ancient Egypt to serve as an aid in writing Egyptian hieroglyphs, these are referred to as Egyptian uniliteral signs by lexicographers.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Alphabet article was read about 470,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 79 and blocks with 85: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get Alphabet
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
More Society cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Alphabet in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Antonio VivaldiEpic · Arts · ATK 76 DEF 88
- Tagalog languageRare · Society · ATK 88 DEF 76
- BucketheadRare · Arts · ATK 80 DEF 84
- Date palmRare · Nature · ATK 76 DEF 88
- Cardinal RichelieuRare · History · ATK 79 DEF 85
- EggplantRare · Nature · ATK 82 DEF 82
Card lists
- Wikipedia quizNew questions every day
- All cards from A to ZEvery card, by name
- Society cards
- Legendary cards
- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Alphabet (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Luca ., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
