Officially sanctioned [[SCRABBLE]] ® play in Canada and the United States
must obey the '''Official Tournament Rules''', edited by the [[NSA]] [[Rules Committee]]. When
the committee is transferred to [[NASPA]] later in 2009, the rules will
== Effective August 1, 2009 ==
Several rules rule changes become effective August 1st1, 2009 (not July 1st1, 2009, as originally announced). Please read the list of changes carefully. The rules are available in PDF format for online viewing and printing:
* [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/images/5/51/NASPARules2009aug1.pdf Official Tournament Rules, Aug August 1, 2009]* [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/images/4/4d/NASPARulesChanges2009aug1.pdf List of Changes, Aug August 1, 2009]
== Effective February 9, 2009 ==
A rewritten version of Rule rule III.A.2 took effect on February 9th9, 2009. Complete version of rules:* [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/images/a/aa/NSARules2009feb9.pdf NSA Official Tournament Rules, Feb Februsry 9, 2009]
== Effective February 1, 2009 ==
A major rewrite of the tournament rules became effective February 1, 2009.
* [http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/rules/ NSA Official Tournament Rules, Feb February 1, 2009]