34^th Annual Boston Area Tournament

Westford, Massachusetts

Five Events!

To enter, you may download the flyer or fill out the online registration form and send all applicable fees via PayPal. Use the address batfunds@gmail.com and pay a small service fee. See flyer for details. Follow the links at left for more information!

*The CSW tournaments will use the word source Collins SCRABBLE Words, (CSW2012). The other tournaments will use the edition of the North American word source (TWL) endorsed by NASPA for tournament use on that date.** The CSW events will use the "5-point per word" challenge rule.

Please Note: registrations/payments postmarked or sent via PayPal AFTER 30 March 2015 will be assessed a late fee and may be accepted on a division-evening basis only.

No walk-ins and no payments are accepted at the door the day of the event.

**IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT TWL LEXICON USE AT BAT 2015:

On 7 February 2015 the NASPA web site announced: "The Advisory Board has established April 10, 2015 as the effective date of the OTCWL2014 lexicon for NASPA club and tournament play."

Thus, at BAT 2015 we will use the NASPA-approved OTCWL2014 lexicon.

To purchase a copy of the OTCWL2014, go to:

There is an updated version of the word study and word adjudication program Zyzzyva (Windows operating system only--"Mac OS, Linux and iOS 8-compatible versions are in the final stages of development, and will be released soon."):

An updated copy of Mike Baron's "Cheat Sheet" is available at:

Current and paid up NASPA memberships are required to obtain the new OTCWL2014 and Zyzzyva.