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Scrabble pro claims Spanish title without knowing the language

Nigel Richards, a New Zealand-born Scrabble prodigy based in Malaysia, has once again left the world of competitive Scrabble in awe. At the Spanish World Scrabble Championships held in Granada, he clinched the title, beating out over 150 competitors from 20 countries -- all without speaking a word of Spanish. This triumph is just the latest in a series of …

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4 weeks, 2 days ago

Spain’s new Scrabble champion doesn’t speak Spanish

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Nigel Richards, a professional player who holds five English-language …

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4 weeks, 2 days ago

New Zealander Wins Spanish World Scrabble Title Without Knowing Language

Huff Post

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A New Zealand man playing his first-ever competitive Scrabble game in Spanish, a language he doesn’t speak, has won the board game’s Spanish-language world title — despite the language barrier that stopped him from chatting with his opponents. Nigel Richards, a professional player who holds five English-language world titles, won the Spanish world Scrabble championships in …

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A New Zealander studied for a year to win the Spanish world Scrabble title. He doesn’t speak Spanish

Associated Press

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A New Zealand man playing his first-ever competitive Scrabble game in Spanish, a language he doesn’t speak, has won the board game’s Spanish-language world title. Richards started memorizing the language’s Scrabble word list a year ago, his friend Liz Fagerlund -– a New Zealand Scrabble official -– told The Associated Press. Richards in 2008 was the …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Chuck Woolery, iconic game show host and podcaster, passes away at 83

Live Mint

Chuck Woolery, the charismatic host of classic game shows like Wheel of Fortune, Love Connection, and Scrabble, has died at 83. A game show pioneer Woolery’s career spanned decades, starting as the original host of Wheel of Fortune when it debuted in 1975. Chuck Woolery's COVID-19 controversy Chuck Woolery, the beloved game show host turned right-wing podcaster, sparked significant controversy …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Chuck Woolery, smooth-talking game show host of ‘Love Connection’ and ‘Scrabble,’ dies at 83

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Chuck Woolery, the affable, smooth-talking game show host of “Wheel of Fortune,” “Love Connection” and “Scrabble” who later became a right-wing podcaster, skewering liberals and accusing the government of lying about COVID-19, has died. In 1983, Woolery began an 11-year run as host of TV’s “Love Connection,” for which he coined the phrase, “We’ll be back in …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Chuck Woolery, game show host of 'Love Connection' and 'Scrabble,' dies at 83

NPR

Chuck Woolery, game show host of 'Love Connection' and 'Scrabble,' dies at 83 toggle caption Ronda Churchill/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP NEW YORK — Chuck Woolery, the affable, smooth-talking game show host of "Wheel of Fortune," "Love Connection" and "Scrabble" who later became a right-wing podcaster, skewering liberals and accusing the government of lying about COVID-19, has died. Sponsor Message …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Chuck Woolery, host of ‘Love Connection’ and other game shows, dies at 83

LA Times

Chuck Woolery hosts a special premiere of the “$250,000 Game Show Spectacular” at the Las Vegas Hilton in 2007. Chuck Woolery, the “Love Connection” host and longtime fixture on television game shows, died Saturday at the age of 83. In 1975, he was chosen to host the debut season of a new game show called “Wheel of Fortune,” after a …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Pakistan Scrabble team says denied visas to compete in India: ‘Deliberate and planned’

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Scrabble players from Pakistan have …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

MEA says media reports of denial of visas to Pakistani scrabble players false

India TV News

The Ministry of External Affairs on Tuesday refuted the reports of visa denials to Pakistani scrabble players for the Asia Cup Youth Scrabble Championship in New Delhi. "We have seen media reports on the denial of visas to Pakistani players for the ongoing Scrabble tournament in India. Notably, reports had surfaced earlier of the denial of visas by the Indian …

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3 months ago

Trump seeks to become 'new age founding father' — of dictatorship: analyst

Raw Story

White House correspondent April Ryan sounded the alarm on a possible second Donald Trump term, suggesting Wednesday that the former president “wants to be the new age founding father of dictatorship” — and pass the presidency on to Donald Trump Jr. “or whomever he chooses.” “Every piece of life that we see today will be totally different,” Ryan said on …

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

Bengaluru traffic safety messages now featured in ‘Battlegrounds Mobile India’: Report

Hindustan Times

In a novel approach to road safety, the popular game 'Battlegrounds Mobile India' has incorporated traffic safety messages as part of a wider public awareness campaign in Karnataka capital Bengaluru. This initiative, which combines traditional billboard The in-game safety alerts focus on critical issues such as helmet use and speeding, among others, tailored specifically for the game's young audience, aged …

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4 months ago

Bengaluru boy, 14, finishes second in World Youth Scrabble Championship

Hindustan Times

For the first time in the history of the World Youth Scrabble Championship, two players from India made it to the top five - Suyash Manchali, 14, and Madhav Gopal Kamath, 13, bagging the second and fourth positions, respectively. Suyash Manchali and Madhav Gopal Kamat with their trophies at the recently concluded World Youth Scrabble Championship. The WYSC is Scrabble’s …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Anushka Sharma's Ice Cream Date with School Friend, Vamika in New York

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: Anushka Sharma Enjoys Ice Cream Date with School Friend in New York Actor-producer Anushka Sharma was seen enjoying an ice cream date with her School friend, Naimeesha Murthy, and daughter Vamika in New York. The actor's friend captioned the video with "Everyone has friends during each stage of life, but few childhood friends stick around to share ice cream …

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7 months, 1 week ago

New Zealand budget day sees huge protests across the country, but was there any cost-of-living relief?

ABC

In short: The New Zealand government has handed down its 2024 budget, releasing details of highly anticipated tax cuts, while thousands of people rallied across the country to protest against policies considered to be eroding Indigenous rights. The New Zealand government has handed down its 2024 budget, releasing details of highly anticipated tax cuts, while thousands of people rallied across …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Scrabble: Fox News lost its mind over new “woke” version. I played it.

Slate

Well, that’s it: They made Scrabble woke. “Scrabble is dumbing itself down for the woke,” Jeanine Pirro proclaimed on Fox News, over a chyron reading “SCRABBLE FOR SNOWFLAKES.” Even the New York Times ran a piece claiming, “Will Classic Scrabble devotees object? The “wokeness” claim, for example, makes no sense: On Fox News, Pirro seemed very focused on various additions …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Inside Gordon Ramsay’s ‘idea of hell’ as £13m kitchen turned into an art gallery by squatters

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Gordon Ramsay’s actual idea of hell may be fully realised …

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9 months ago

Meet the all-new Scrabble: less ‘intimidating’ and more ‘inclusive’ board game

Hindustan Times

Scrabble is getting a bit of a makeover, at least in Europe. Mattel has unveiled a double-sided board that features both the classic word-building game and Scrabble Together, a new rendition designed to be accessible “for anyone who finds word games intimidating." “We want to ensure the game continues to be inclusive for all players,” Ray Adler, vice president and …

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9 months ago

Squabble over plan to make Scrabble less of a struggle for the young

The Independent

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9 months ago

How board games are being simplified for the TikTok generation

The Telegraph

It is the development that is causing alarm among traditionalists. Mattel has launched a new version of Scrabble featuring the first major update to the game in its 75-year history, following a trend for quicker, simpler offerings that has swept through the industry of late. As well as the traditional design, a new-double sided board will also feature Scrabble Together, …

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9 months ago

I Drove Cross-Country In Search Of Proof Of The Divine. I Found It In The Place I Least Expected.

Huff Post

"A quiet pause at dawn on the morning of the eclipse," the author writes. Courtesy of Rebecca Gummere It was August 2017, and I was on my way from North Carolina to Hopkinsville, Kentucky, where in a couple of days I’d witness my first total solar eclipse. When I arrived, I discovered my “campsite” was one of the hundred or …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Car review: Honda e:Ny1 Advantage

The Independent

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1 year, 1 month ago

Scrabble word list controversy: The new list contains slurs and other words that aren’t words.

Slate

Since Scrabble adopted an official lexicon in 1978, one thing has been constant: People have never stopped arguing about what is or isn’t a word. * Chew told me that dictionary’s front-matter rule regarding plurals of words ending in -s, -x, -z, and -sh is “extremely systematic” and calls for an -es ending when no plural is specified, which “unambiguously …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Problematics | Wordle deduction with Scrabble tiles

Hindustan Times

Having had World Cup puzzles for two consecutive weeks to set the event on its way, it makes sense to move on to something else now. Here’s the first of those puzzles: #Puzzle 61.1 #Puzzle 61.1 Three bright young people once urged me to give them a puzzle. “Open your eyes and look at your own tiles,” I told them, …

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Scrabble pro claims Spanish title without knowing the language

Spain’s new Scrabble champion doesn’t speak Spanish

New Zealander Wins Spanish World Scrabble Title Without Knowing Language

A New Zealander studied for a year to win the Spanish world Scrabble title. He doesn’t speak Spanish

Chuck Woolery, iconic game show host and podcaster, passes away at 83

Chuck Woolery, smooth-talking game show host of ‘Love Connection’ and ‘Scrabble,’ dies at 83

Chuck Woolery, game show host of 'Love Connection' and 'Scrabble,' dies at 83

Chuck Woolery, host of ‘Love Connection’ and other game shows, dies at 83

Pakistan Scrabble team says denied visas to compete in India: ‘Deliberate and planned’

MEA says media reports of denial of visas to Pakistani scrabble players false

Trump seeks to become 'new age founding father' — of dictatorship: analyst

Bengaluru traffic safety messages now featured in ‘Battlegrounds Mobile India’: Report

Bengaluru boy, 14, finishes second in World Youth Scrabble Championship

Anushka Sharma's Ice Cream Date with School Friend, Vamika in New York

New Zealand budget day sees huge protests across the country, but was there any cost-of-living relief?

Scrabble: Fox News lost its mind over new “woke” version. I played it.

Inside Gordon Ramsay’s ‘idea of hell’ as £13m kitchen turned into an art gallery by squatters

Meet the all-new Scrabble: less ‘intimidating’ and more ‘inclusive’ board game

Squabble over plan to make Scrabble less of a struggle for the young

How board games are being simplified for the TikTok generation

I Drove Cross-Country In Search Of Proof Of The Divine. I Found It In The Place I Least Expected.

Car review: Honda e:Ny1 Advantage

Scrabble word list controversy: The new list contains slurs and other words that aren’t words.

Problematics | Wordle deduction with Scrabble tiles