ABSP Documents
- Rules of the Association
- Concise Tournament Organiser's Handbook 2024
- Director's Guide (2012)
- Tournament Result/Challenge slips
Code of Conduct
The following document is published by WESPA and sets out the standards of behaviour expected at WESPA-sanctioned events and for member federations.
Game Rules
Since 2011, all ABSP-rated tournaments use the WESPA rules in force at the date of the tournament. These documents are all published by WESPA.
If you have a query on the rules of Scrabble, please note there are differences between the "box-lid" rules and the documents listed here. In tournament play, the WESPA rules take precedence. All the resources are available from the WESPA site.
- WESPA Game Rules version 5.1 (from Jan 2025-onwards)
- Summary of changes between version 4 and version 5.1 (PDF)
- WESPA Game Rules version 4 (from Jan 2020-Dec 2024)
- Summary of changes between version 3 and version 4 (PDF)
- WESPA Game Rules version 3 (between Jan 2016-Dec 2019)
- WESPA Game Rules version 1
Resources
Find out more about:
- The Scrabble Player's Handbook
- Scrabble Scoresheets
- Advice for New Players
- Mike O'Rourke's An A-Z of Variants
- Mike O'Rourke's Mnemonic Book (Updated for CSW 2012)
OnBoard
These are historical editions of OnBoard, the now-discontinued journal of ABSP. The most recent editions are on the
ABSP Database (requires login)