Website of the New Zealand Association of Scrabble^® Players
 

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About NZASP, office holders, constitution and rules, fees.

Clubs
How to join a club, location of clubs and club contacts.

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Tournament calendar, results and reports.

Ratings
NZ’s rating system, ranking and ratings lists.

Beginners
Beginners start here for an introduction to club play.

Records
NZ records in club and tournament play. Nationals honours board.

Resources
Links to other Scrabble sites, tutorials, word lists, Scrabble software, tournament organiser’s guide.

LearnScrabble Forum
LearnScrabble is a new on-line forum where you can
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- participate in consensus games
- and more

A close game between Vicky Robertson and Lawson Sue at the 2013 Masters Tournament. Here is Vicky’s description.
Lawson’s time was ticking down fast - the score was tight - I played four of my last 5 tiles NOPE for 14 points taking my score to 448 And leaving me with just 1 tile  - the blank. I pressed my clock - Lawson had just 2 secs left - using two hands he threw his remaining tiles down in a fumble of hands and clock slamming to make UTE for 16 points. Zero seconds left he goes out - neither of us knows who has won - we add up the scores - arrgh! Lawson wins by 1 point  - final score: 449-448 - a heck of a game - as close as scrabble can get to extreme sport!
(though Lawson had used his time up I still had over a minute left and should have played in the spot he finished in, as this was the only way I could have won)
Note the nice opening play of FLEURETS and the later bingo SURVIEW hooked onto ZITI.