He won the Spanish Scrabble championships, yet he doesn’t speak Spanish
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Nigel Richards, a professional player who holds five English-language world titles, won the Spanish world Scrabble championships in Granada, Spain, in November.
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By Lex Harvey, CNN (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 year’s tournament in Granada, Spain last month, Reuters reported, showcasing once again h…
Nigel Richards, a professional player who holds five English-language world titles, won the Spanish world Scrabble championships in Granada, Spain, in November.
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, known as the 'Tiger Woods of Scrabble,' has claimed victory in the Spanish Scrabble World Championships — which were held in Grenada on Nov. 16 — even though he doesn't actually speak Spanish.
Nigel Richards is a professional Scrabble player from New Zealand who won this year’s Spanish-language Scrabble world championship despite two obvious handicaps: It was the first time he’d entered the tournament and, more importantly, he doesn’t speak Spanish.
A renowned speller known as the "Tiger Woods of Scrabble" took the top spot at the Spanish World Scrabble Championships in Spain, despite not speaking Spanish.
