== Official Tournament Rules ==
Officially sanctioned [[SCRABBLE]] play in Canada and the United States
must obey the '''Official Tournament Rules''', edited by the [[NSA]] [[Rules Committee]]. When
[[Code of Conduct]].
=== Effective August 1, 2009 ===
Several rules changes become effective August 1st, 2009 (not July 1st, 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/4/4d/NASPARulesChanges2009aug1.pdf List of Changes, Aug 1, 2009]
=== Effective February 9, 2009 ===
A rewritten version of Rule III.A.2 took effect on February 9th, 2009. Complete version of rules:
* [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/images/a/aa/NSARules2009feb9.pdf NSA Official Tournament Rules, Feb 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 1, 2009]