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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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1 week, 5 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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1 week, 5 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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2 weeks, 5 days ago

With board games, it’s not the winning that counts – it’s the cheating

The Independent

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. As Tolstoy so nearly said: “All …

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4 weeks, 1 day 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 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, 1 week 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, 1 week 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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8 months, 1 week 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, 1 week 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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8 months, 2 weeks ago

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

The Independent

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8 months, 2 weeks 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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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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1 year, 5 months ago

It’s just like Scrabble — except all the words are fake

LA Times

The Yu family always loved playing word games like Scrabble, but siblings Olive and Adrian had an advantage over their parents, immigrants from Hong Kong. “This game really resonates with creative people, especially those who don’t play games, because there’s a different sort of satisfaction,” he said. She even managed to turn a consonant-heavy hand into “xvarjvin,” meaning “fashion’s worst …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Akshay Kumar is Twinkle Khanna's 'scrabble master'; you cannot miss this adorable birthday post

India TV News

Akshay Kumar, who is known as 'the Khiladi of Bollywood’ turned 55 on Friday. Several actors from the glamour galore including Kareena Kapoor, Tiger Shroff, Kriti Sanon, Sara Ali Khan, Rakul Preet Singh, Vaani Kapoor, Katrina Kaif among others took to their social media platforms to wish the actor. Now, the actor’s better half, Twinkle Khanna, has dropped a special …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Best 2 player board games 2022: From Scrabble to a Harry Potter chess set

The Independent

Sure, big rowdy board games full of interruptions and participated in by people with varying degrees of interest are fun, but there’s something particularly exciting about the intensity of two-player combat from the comfort of the kitchen table. From traditional classics like chess to modern and often off-the-wall innovations, the market for two-player board games is large. Other games are …

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3 years ago

Inside Satyajit Ray's little known corner of life as an aficionado of board games, from Scrabble to chess

Firstpost

“Father was deeply interested in word games, quizzes, and anagrams. Of course, sporadically, his deep interest in pastimes like word games and alliteration had also entered his films," says Sandip Ray, filmmaker and Satyajit’s son. “It happens that Scrabble, which is an age-old invention, formed part of father’s life, too, in our earlier home on Lake Temple Road, and migrated …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Film time, family time: Sandip Ray on Satyajit Ray

The Hindu

Sandip Ray announcedhis arrival as a film-maker with the release of Phatik Chand in 1983. Excerpts: When you were growing up, Satyajit Ray was publishing one classic story for children after another in ‘Sandesh’. A fairy tale for children You were 13 when Satyajit Ray made ‘Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne’ in 1969, at a time when there were not many …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Best board game for adults 2021: From classics like Scrabble to newer card games

The Independent

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3 years, 7 months ago

Juhi Chawla On Why Rishi Kapoor Could Never Do Advertisements

The Quint

Juhi Chawla: With Chintuji we started playing Scrabble between shots and he was very good at it. In between fans would come and say, “Please, we want to take a picture with you.” If they wanted to take a photo that’s okay, but invariably they would push their children on our laps and the children would start bawling in front …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Britney Spears sparks search for hidden meaning with Scrabble board post

The Independent

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3 years, 11 months ago

Nigeria: the country that loves to overachieve

BBC

Nigeria: the country that loves to overachieve peeterv/Getty Images Nigeria is home to more than 370 tribes and 500 languages Africa's most-populated country is a cultural powerhouse. For Nigerians like myself, a competitive streak is as natural as spicy jollof rice at a wedding In fact, excelling in all circumstances is so deeply entrenched in the Nigerian psyche that the …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Racist Man Assumed Indian Girl Cheated at Scrabble for Knowing English. Reddit Put Him in Place

News 18

There are racists, there are white supremacists and there are Trump supporters. When I told her I was being honest, and that there’s no way Priya could’ve beaten me without cheating, She told me I’m a racist and that she’s reconsidering her relationship with me.” While we can argue that this man absolutely has no idea the kind of IELTS …

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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

With board games, it’s not the winning that counts – it’s the cheating

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

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

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

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

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

Problematics | Wordle deduction with Scrabble tiles

It’s just like Scrabble — except all the words are fake

Akshay Kumar is Twinkle Khanna's 'scrabble master'; you cannot miss this adorable birthday post

Best 2 player board games 2022: From Scrabble to a Harry Potter chess set

Inside Satyajit Ray's little known corner of life as an aficionado of board games, from Scrabble to chess

Film time, family time: Sandip Ray on Satyajit Ray

Best board game for adults 2021: From classics like Scrabble to newer card games

Juhi Chawla On Why Rishi Kapoor Could Never Do Advertisements

Britney Spears sparks search for hidden meaning with Scrabble board post

Nigeria: the country that loves to overachieve

Racist Man Assumed Indian Girl Cheated at Scrabble for Knowing English. Reddit Put Him in Place