What If a Player Cannot Make an Equation?
A player has three alternatives to creating an equation. One option is to use a turn to trade in as many of his/her nine tiles as he/she wishes for new ones. After the player draws the new tiles, put the returned tiles in the draw pile and re-shuffle. The player receives no score for this turn. A second option is to use a turn to form a number or a numerical expression horizontally or vertically on the board. This play will not earn the player any points but it might be used to set up a possible future play, to get rid of tiles without putting them back into the draw, or to help the player go out at the end of the game when the draw pile has no more tiles. the value of the expression must not be negative. Also, strings of adjacent tiles on the board may not form incomplete numerical expressions, such as 6 +, or incomplete equations, such as 8 – 2 =. A third option is simply pass. This play may be necessary at the end of the game if the player can neither make an equation nor a numerica
