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How the Spanish Scrabble world champion beat competitors without speaking the language
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 ...
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He won the Spanish Scrabble championships, yet he doesn’t speak Spanish
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 year’s ...
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Winner of Spanish Scrabble Championship Doesn't Speak a Word of Spanish: 'An Incredible Humiliation'
The winner of the Spanish World Scrabble Championships beat out more than 150 competitors, and he does not even speak Spanish. Nigel Richards, a professional player from New Zealand, won the ...
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Three climbers feared dead on New Zealand's tallest mountain
Police in New Zealand say they believe three men who went ... rough edges and sharp tongues so often exemplified by the hard scrabble ranks of mountain guides," read the statement on social ...
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Sulky word wins Scrabble championship
A Scrabble whizz has won his fourth world championship - playing the word "groutier" to win the title. Nigel Richards, 51 and from New Zealand, beat Californian Jesse Day in the final at the ...