This is the final event for the year, to be held on December 27 – 28, 2025 at KL Gateway.
This is a two-day event, with games played on the Saturday to be carried over to Sunday. There are two main fields plus one for Beginners in this event: Open and Youth Divisions and is open to all, Malaysians and non-Malaysians, residents and non-residents.
CATEGORIES AND ELIGIBILITY
The categories are as follows:
| Category | Eligibility |
| Open | Open to all. |
| Youths | For those 18 years old and below, born in 2007 or after. Youths may play in the Open. |
| Beginners (only 1-day game) | Open to new players. Those with MSA rating of over 600 or had emerged among top 3 winners in past scrabble competitions are not eligible. |
GAME RULES
For all categories, the WESPA Tournament Rules Version 4 applies, with Lexicon CSW24 as the adjudication reference.
Other variable rules for the various categories are as follows:
| Open | Youth | Beginners | |
| Number of Games | 15 | 13 | 6 |
| Time | 25 min/game/player with 10 points penalty for each minute or part thereof overtime, with a cap of 5 minutes of time overrun. at which time the game shall be stopped and adjudicated. | ||
| Pairing | Australian/Lagged Australian with re-set at start of Sunday. last 5 games KOTH | Australian/Lagged Australian with re-set at the start of 2nd day, and last 3 games KOTH | Australian with last 2 games KOTH |
| Challenge | 5-point penalty | ||
| Spread Cap | 300 for first 2 games; none thereafter | ||
GAME TIME TABLE
Open
| Saturday Dec 27 | Sunday Dec 28 | |
| 0900 – 0920 | Registration | |
| 0930 – 1020 | Game 1 | Game 9 |
| 1025 – 1115 | Game 2 | Game 10 |
| 1120 – 1210 | Game 3 | Game 11 |
| 1215 – 1310 | Game 4 | Game 12 |
| – 1400 | Lunch | |
| 1400 – 1450 | Game 5 | Game 13 |
| 1455 – 1545 | Game 6 | Game 14 |
| 1550 – 1645 | Game 7 | Game 15 |
| 1650 – 1750 | Game 8 | Prize Giving |
All times are approximate
Youth
| Youths | Beginners | |||
| Saturday | Sunday | Saturday | Sunday | |
| 0900 – 1000 | Registration | Game 7 | Registration | Registration |
| 1000 – 1100 | Game 1 | Game 8 | Game 1 | Game 1 |
| 1100 – 1200 | Game 2 | Game 9 | Game 2 | Game 2 |
| 1200 – 1300 | Game 3 | Game 10 | Game 3 | Game 3 |
| 1300 – 1400 | Lunch | |||
| 1400 – 1500 | Game 4 | Game 11 | Game 4 | Game 4 |
| 1500 – 1600 | Game 5 | Game 12 | Game 5 | Game 5 |
| 1600 – 1700 | Game 6 | Game 13 | Game 6 | Game 6 |
| 1700 – 1730 | Prize Giving | Prize Giving | Prize Giving | |
All times are approximate
ENTRY FEE
Players shall pay entry fees as follows:
| Open (MYR) | Youths (MYR) | Beginners |
| 50 | 20 | 20 |
YOU GET A CASH REBATE OF RM10 if you bring your own board and timer!
PRIZES
There shall be class prizes in each of the two divisions, according to the latest published MSA Rating for the Open and age for the Youth.
| Open (MYR) | Youth (MYR) | Beginners | ||||
| For those with rating of more than 1750 | For those with rating of not more than 1750 | U18 Age 18 and below | U15 Age 15 and below | U12 Age 12and below | New Players who were not in top 3 in past tourneys | |
| 1 | 500 | 250 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 50 |
| 2 | 300 | 150 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 40 |
| 3 | 200 | 100 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 30 |
| 4 | 100 | 80 | 40 | 40 | 40 | |
| 5 | 80 | 50 | 30 | 30 | 30 | |
- Prizes may be varied in number and quantum should number of players in the category be less than 10
Registration
All Malaysian participants must be members of MSA. Non-Malaysian participants need not be members.
Register for membership Registration for Malaysians Registration for Non-Malaysians