Scrabble question regarding 8 letters...?

Question

i read this on the scrabble website:

"There is no discussion in the boxed rules of SCRABBLE about what to do in this situation. The National Scrabble Association has devised a rule that seems to work very well for our SCRABBLE clubs and tournaments: The opponent randomly draws three tiles from the offending player's rack, looks at them all, and then chooses which two to return to the pool of letters. The remaining tile goes back to the player's rack. If a player overdraws two tiles, then the opponent randomly draws four tiles from the player's rack, chooses which two to replace in the pool, and returns the other tiles to the player. And so on. In each case, the offending player may see all the tiles seen by the opponent. "

which makes sense, but what if they already played the letters. do they have to take the letters down and then follow the directions as follows? anyone know what to do?

Answer 1

i'm confused! i like to play scrabble but keep it simple.

Answer 2

i like scrabble

Answer 3

We check the amount each player picks at that time.  If one picks too many and he/she puts the last one back, that's ok.  We don't have any cheaters in our games.

Answer 4

i like scrabble

but this sounds like no fun

:(

confusing?!

Answer 5

Good point... had to read it a few times to get what you're saying.

Check this out:

'Near the end of the game, if a player draws too few tiles, while the opponent subsequently draws the remaining tiles to empty the bag, and the mistake is caught before the player has made their next move, then the opponent must choose the appropriate number of tiles from their own rack and give these to the player. However, if the underdrawing is only discovered after the player has made their next move and started the timer then there is no penalty and the game continues.'

I can't find rules anywhere about playing overdrawn tiles, but I would think it would go along the same lines as drawing too few tiles.

Does that make sense? I confuse myself sometimes. :)