The rules

There's an etiquette to discarding tiles. When you discard, you place one tile face up in the middle (the middle is called the "pond") and name the tile out loud. Make sure to speak loud and clear!

Two important points to remember: 1. A discard cannot be taken back, and 2. Only the most recently discarded tile can be claimed. (We'll talk about claiming a discard in chapter 6.)