Official Tournament Rules
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Officially sanctioned SCRABBLE® play in Canada and the United States must obey the Official Tournament Rules, edited by the Rules Committee.
See also: the NASPA Code of Conduct, which took effect on July 1, 2009.
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Effective February 2, 2010
Several clarifications of our existing rules will go into effect February 2, 2010. There will also be several significant improvements, some of which include:
- Blank Designations
- Clarification of what should be done if one exchanges with less than 7 tiles in the bag.
- When the clock is restarted after a challenge
The rules are available in PDF format for online viewing and printing:
Effective August 1, 2009
Several rule changes came into effect on August 1, 2009. Please read the list of changes carefully.
IMPORTANT: This is a clarification from the Rules Committee regarding rules that refer to “reporting error” when submitting result slips.
A result slip CAN ONLY be amended if the two players’ scores have been reversed; or if the score written on the result slip is a mistake. (i.e. The score on the result slip differs from what both players agreed upon at the end of the game.)
A result slip CANNOT be amended if an overtime penalty was not accounted for; or if tiles left on a player’s rack (or both players’ racks) were not accounted for; or if any sort of recount or mathematical adjustment takes place after the result slip has been signed and submitted.
The rules are available in PDF format for online viewing and printing:
Effective February 9, 2009
A rewritten version of rule III.A.2 took effect on February 9, 2009. Complete version of rules:
Effective February 1, 2009
A major rewrite of the tournament rules became effective February 1, 2009.
