Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — 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 ...

(CNN) — A New Zealand man hailed as a Scrabble phenom dominated the Spanish World Scrabble Championships – despite reportedly not speaking the language. Nigel Richards claimed victory at this ...

NEW YORK (AP) — 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 ...

London (CNN) — Scrabble, one of the world’s best-loved word games, is to get a new “collaborative” and “accessible” version. The game has been around for more than 75 years ...

He won the Spanish Scrabble championships, yet he doesn’t speak Spanish. By CNN Newsource. Published December 11, 2024 12:35 AM ...

But his Scrabble talents have long extended beyond the board of his native tongue. Richards gained international fame in 2015 for winning the French-language title , when he reportedly knew little ...

Fagerlund met Richards when he joined the Christchurch Scrabble club in 1996 in New Zealand. “He started playing Scrabble with his mom because she got sick of him beating her at cards.