The “window of opportunity” is that brief moment in time during which a player may claim a discard. When does the window of opportunity open, and when does it close?
Opening the Window of Opportunity The window opens the instant a discarded tile is either named… or it touches the table top, whichever happens first. The tile is now “down,” and is available for claiming by another player. (And the discarder can no longer change her mind and take it back.) Next Player Picks From the Wall The next player (the player to the right of the discarder) now reaches (ideally allowing other players a reasonable moment in which to claim the live discard), takes the next tile from the end of the wall, and looks at it. She cannot change her mind and put the tile back, but the window of opportunity is still open on the most recent discard. Her taking and looking at the picked tile did NOT close the window of opportunity on the live discard – anybody can still call it! Closing the Window of Opportunity Any other player can claim the current discard right up until one of the following events occurs: The current player racks her picked tile (putting it among the oth
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