The attendees were offered the opportunity to form a new organization to preserve competitive adult Scrabble in North America, and encouraged to do so with Hasbro's blessing but without any funding.

An email vote by the steering committee's members determined the new organization's name: North American Scrabble Players Association (NASPA).

Hasbro gave NASPA until the end of 2009 to establish control of the competitive tournament scene, but it was ready for the transition six months early.

As of July 1, 2009, NASPA became the only group in North America permitted to use Hasbro's SCRABBLE trademarks in adult club and tournament play.

NASPA later adopted a stricter Code of Conduct, with the goal of improving players' and officials' deportment at Scrabble events.

On July 9, 2020, after some debate and a non-binding survey of members,[7] the organization decided to remove 259 “personally applicable offensive slurs” from its tournament and club lexicon, echoing Hasbro's public position.