'''On 2021-06-01 we added the [[#Cyan_Play|<span style="background-color:#00FFFF">Cyan</span> Safety Level]] — conditions under which small groups of fully vaccinated players can meet for sanctioned tournament or club play.'''
'''On 2021-06-21, we removed the cap on the number of participants under the [[#Cyan_Play|<span style="background-color:#00FFFF">Cyan</span> Safety Level]].
Players should check with club and tournament directors to make sure that
** All participants must conform with all governmental guidance concerning meetings and travel.
* For directors
** The total number of participants, including staff, may not exceed 12. (If governmental guidance restricts gatherings to fewer than 12 persons, this rule should not be understood as permitting such a limit to be exceeded.)
** The location should be accessible to only the participants as much as possible - for example, a private room in a restaurant but not the main dining room.
** Directors should be careful to conform to any local public health guidance, and refrain from holding events where distancing or other guidance would not permit them to be held.
: ''Your area is in the <span style="background-color:yellow">Yellow</span> SCRABBLE safety level because the government is recommending some social distancing measures. Your club can meet under <span style="background-color:yellow">Yellow</span> rules, and may be eligible to play under <span style="background-color:#00ffff">Cyan</span> rules if everyone present has been vaccinated.''
; What color rules are in effect near borders or at regional tournaments?
: ''There may be ambiguity about which color is in effect in a given situation, especially if play is to take place in a location close to a public health jurisdictional boundary, or if players are travelling traveling to an event from multiple areas. In such cases, the most serious, restrictive rules apply. For example, if a tournament director in Yukon wants to take advantage of their territory's SCRABBLE <span style="background-color:#C0FFC0">Green</span> status, they may do so as long as no one travels to their tournament from or through any area where <span style="background-color:yellow">Yellow</span> or <span style="background-color:#FFC0C0">Red</span> rules would be in effect.''
; How do travel bubbles work?
: ''A travel bubble is a governmental agreement to allow the same rules to hold within a group of jurisdictions. If all participants are within the same travel bubble, then the most restrictive rules in any jurisdiction within the bubble apply. For example, if there is a travel bubble in Atlantic Canada, New Brunswick is <span style="background-color:#C0C0FF">Blue</span> and Nova Scotia is <span style="background-color:#C0FFC0">Green</span>, then an event in New Brunswick would be held under <span style="background-color:#C0FFC0">Green</span> rules even if all participants are from New Brunswick.''