Spelso - Compendium of Spelling Games, With Anagrams & Crosswords, Pepys Series
First Published: c 1940, Pepys Series
Illustrator or Designer: Not Credited
Contents: 300 thin wooden letter tiles, 6 double-sided playing boards plus folded rules sheet.
Spelso Letter Tiles
Tiles and Letter Distribution
The tiles are made from very thin wood. There is no specified letter distribution in the rules. The rules state that letters can be turned over to make blanks and I have not found spare blank tiles in any set.
The game incorporates the earlier "Anagrams Crosswords". This is the distribution I have counted in Spelso and it is remarkably similar to the distribution found in "Anagrams Crosswords", there are 1 additional T & L tiles and one fewer I & R than found in that game.
A 24 | B 12 | C 12 | D 15 | E 27 |
F 10 | G 14 | H 11 | I 24 | J 5 |
K 9 | L 10 | M 14 | N 12 | O 14 |
P 8 | Q 4 | R 15 | S 17 | T 10 |
U 9 | V 7 | W 9 | X 2 | Y 4 |
Z 2 | | | |
Spelso Playing Board Side 1
Spelso Playing Board Side 2
Spelso Rules Page 1
Spelso Rules Page 2
Spelso Rules Page 3
Spelso Rules Page 4
Spelso Rules Page 5
No address is given on the box or the rules and Castell Brothers are not mentioned.
The device or logo on the base of the box is very unusual with a truncated "P" of "Pepys".
Game & Version Details
 | Spelso - Box Contents |
 | Spelso - Box Top Side |
 | Spelso - Box Right Side |
 | Spelso - Box Bottom Side |
 | Spelso - Box Right Side |
 | Spelso - Rules Back Page Games Advertised: Belisha Kargo Progress Crime Club Mickey's Fun Fair Snow White Chase the Enemy Turnover Speed Famo Combat |
 | Spelso - Pepys Device on Box Base
Note the unusual truncated P of "Pepys". |