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II. Playing the Game

M. End-of-Turn Irregularities

If you make a play, announce the score and draw a tile before starting your opponent's clock, your turn ends. Your opponent has 20 seconds to hold the play.

If you draw tiles before recording the cumulative score, your opponent has 20 seconds to hold the play.

If in either of these situations she then successfully challenges, and you have already drawn tiles, they are treated as extra tiles under the overdraw penalty (Section II.B.). See Guideline 26.

See also: II.K. Completing the Turn, D.24. Opponent's Timer Already Started.

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