The Charleston
When you can't pass three
The blind pass, and when you're allowed one.
Beginner · lesson 18 of 25
Sometimes you genuinely do not want to give up three tiles. On the first left and the last right, you are allowed to pass tiles you have not looked at: take some of what is coming to you and send it straight on.
You can do that with one, two, or all three. It is called a blind pass, and it lets you keep a hand you like without breaking it up to fill an obligation.
Note
The catch is real: you have no idea what you just handed over. It might be the exact tile the player beside you was waiting for.
Use it when your rack is genuinely too good to disturb, not as a way to avoid a hard choice.
Reading ahead is fine. The path takes lessons in order, so this one ticks off once you get here.
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