An earlier version of this '''history''' of our '''Scrabble''' game appeared on the [[NSA]]'s website until 2009.
...each year in North America. And, of keen interest to legions of passionate players, over 120,000 words that may be used in their scoring arsenal.
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...Players Championship]], [[2010 World Players Championship | World Players Championship]] and [http://www.dallasopen.com Dallas Open]
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* Director of the [[National SCRABBLE Championship]], [[World Players Championship]] and many lesser events
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...enge]]. NASPA also selects teams for major championships such as the WESPA Championship and the Alchemist Cup.
** [[2023 Scrabble Players Championship (SPC) |2023 Scrabble Players Championship]]
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The '''2009 [[National SCRABBLE Championship]]''' took place on August 1–5, 2009 at the Dayton Convention Center a
...es, 3 of which will be available at the top three tables in Division 1 for players who would like to use them.
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...select the players who will represent Canada at the [[2013 World SCRABBLE Championship]] (WSC).
All players wishing to qualify must be NASPA members in good standing.
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The '''World SCRABBLE'''®''' Championship''' ('''WSC''') was
the world’s top international Scrabble championship
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NASPA members stream Scrabble content on Twitch, YouTube, and other online platforms. Be sure to tune in
If you stream or post Scrabble content, contact [mailto:info@scrabbleplayers.org us] here to be featured i
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# Consider including words from Webster's New World (5th edition)
New York chess club players adopted Funk & Wagnalls College Dictionary as
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...n organization formed in 2003 to represent the players of English-language Scrabble games worldwide.
The [[International Committee]] represents the specific interests of NASPA players who play at an international level.
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...plore ideas for including [[CSW]] play at the [[Canadian National SCRABBLE Championship |CNSC]]
...SPA players to garner their opinions on how the Canadian National Scrabble Championship tournament can be improved.
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'''Software''' plays a major role in organized Scrabble activities.
NASPA also [[Licensing |licenses]] the [[NASPA Word List]] and [[School SCRABBLE Word List 2018 | NASPA School Word List]] for use by developers. Please
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qualifying tournament for the [[World SCRABBLE Championship]].
Players pay $3 (discounts available for seniors and students) to play
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...players qualify for certain tournaments, for example the [[World SCRABBLE Championship]].
The K value, or sometimes called the Multiplier, is usually 20. However players with less than 50 tournament games will have a higher K value, the idea bei
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...select the players who will represent Canada at the [[2011 World SCRABBLE Championship]] (WSC).
All players wishing to qualify must be NASPA members in good standing.
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He also won the [[World SCRABBLE Championship]] in 2007, the
[[National SCRABBLE Championship]] in 2008, and the
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The '''Causeway SCRABBLE Challenge''' is an annual international team event organized by Michael Tan
...Challenge is being held in the same location as the [[2009 World SCRABBLE Championship]] in the week following
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What is '''competitive Scrabble play''' and what draws people to it?
about his personal experience entering the world of
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The '''2011 Canadian World SCRABBLE Championship Qualifying Tournament Venue Vote''' will be conducted as follows.
# The vote for the QT venue is determined on the basis of those players who have registered in the QS as of the voting deadline, do not have a bye
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This '''member news''' page contains notices about Scrabble [[players]] and links to articles about them in the press. Other articles may be fou
...tions from Directors Mary Rhoades, Kate Watson and Dee Segrest and Bedford Scrabble Club #248!
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If people would be interested, they'd be happy to host anagrams/speed scrabble, etc. tournaments on Sunday night, with some sort of prize to the winner. T
so players might miss some of it getting there. This features Jefferson Starship, John
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=== SCRABBLE Champions Tournament Update ===
...and the USA, the UK plays host to the first ever Mindsports International World Championships.
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The '''2010 [[National SCRABBLE Championship]]''' (NSC) will take place on August 7–11, 2010 at the Hotel InterCon
championship. You can see what has changed recently
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Here is a list of some of the more unusual or significant items of '''SCRABBLE Trivia''' that have come to our attention. Send your suggestions to us at i
...he [[World SCRABBLE Championship]] three times and the [[National SCRABBLE Championship]] five times (as of 2013).
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...endeavour, and to support English-language Scrabble players throughout the world as the need arises.
...ete internationally, and to represent North American players' needs on the world stage. The cost for membership is $150 per year.
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...NASPA can no longer be made through PayPal, as PayPal has determined that Scrabble is a form of illegal gambling.
Trial membership information for first-time tournament players added to the [[Tournaments]] page.
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...core]] was set today in the second early bird event of the 2010 West Coast Championship in Reno, NV. Edward De Guzman scored a whopping 771 points, besting the pr
...or the [[Records#Most_bingos_by_both_players_in_a_game|most bingos by both players in a game]]. Congratulations to both!
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She is a professional SCRABBLE game recorder
[[National SCRABBLE Championship]],
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'''Dee Segrest''' is a professional SCRABBLE game recorder
[[National SCRABBLE Championship]],
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This page lists various '''records''' achieved in competitive Scrabble play sanctioned by NASPA and its predecessor, the [[NSA]]. It also includes
See also our more general article about [[SCRABBLE History | Scrabble History]].
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The '''2010 World Players Championship''' (WPC) took place on
the return of international SCRABBLE players to North America,
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This '''schedule for the [[2010 National SCRABBLE Championship]]''' may be modified to add new events,
: [[2010 Tag-Team SCRABBLE Tournament|Tag Team Tourney]]: brief game demo followed by three rounds of
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...gible to compete for the U.S. at Causeway 2011 and the 2011 World Scrabble Championship.
...9. The qualification period ended with the conclusion of the World Players Championship on August 16, 2010.
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* [[Chris Cree]]: [[Executive Committee]], [[Championship Committee]], [[Advisory Board]]
* [[John Chew]]: [[Executive Committee]], [[Championship Committee]], [[Web Committee]], [[Advisory Board]], [[Dictionary Committee]
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...players who will represent the United States at the [[2011 World SCRABBLE Championship]] (WSC).
All players wishing to qualify must be NASPA members in good standing.
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I have been playing tournament SCRABBLE since 1975 and I have the distinction of playing more tournament games tha
...experience, spanning four decades, has given me a good perspective on how SCRABBLE has evolved through the years. I think that as a member of the Advisory Boa
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The 2011 [[Canadian National SCRABBLE Championship]] (CNSC)
[[2011 World SCRABBLE Championship]].
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...ical order important '''news''' from the [[2011 Canadian National SCRABBLE Championship]] (CNSC).
that it is possible to play a rotating game of SCRABBLE
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=== 2015-02-26 (Motion 64) [[2015 Can-Am SCRABBLE Challenge]] format ===
...[Josh Greenway]], referred to it by the [[Tournament Committee]] to permit players at a special memorial event to play with 26-minute time controls.
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...players who will represent the United States at the [[2013 World SCRABBLE Championship]] (WSC).
All players wishing to qualify must be NASPA members in good standing.
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At the Northeast SCRABBLE® Championship tournament
...he 1997 [[World SCRABBLE Championship|world]] and 2002 [[National SCRABBLE Championship|national]] champion, set the new
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The '''2013 [[Canadian National SCRABBLE Championship]]''' (CNSC), the eighth such event since its inception in 1996, will take p
...re customized materials for players, and to avoid unfairly favouring local players who do not need to make nonrefundable travel arrangements.
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...lifying Tournament''' is determined according to the [[2013 World SCRABBLE Championship Canadian Qualification System|qualifying system]] by a '''vote''', accordin
# The vote for the QT venue is determined on the basis of those players who have registered in the QS as of the voting deadline, do not have a bye
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...CRABBLE Champions Tournament]] (SCT), formerly known as the World SCRABBLE Championship (WSC).
<b>As the 2014 Mind Sports International World Championship has been organized with an open format, allowing entry to all paying entran
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* September: [[iContact 20140908|Enlisting and Maintaining New Players]]
* May: [[2013-05 Monthly Message|Production of the National SCRABBLE Championship]]
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The '''2014 [[National SCRABBLE Championship]]''' took place on August 9-13, 2014 at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Cent
...ttp://www.scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/reglist.pl?event=NSC2014">registered players</a> is available on this website
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Here is a bibliography of SCRABBLE-related scholarly '''research''' of which we are aware. To add to this list
...J. Jacobson. "[http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=42420 The world's fastest Scrabble program]." ''Communications of the ACM'' 31, no. 5 (1988): 572–578.
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This '''press release''' about the '''[[2014 National School SCRABBLE Championship]]''' was prepared by '''[[Hasbro]]'''.
...6-27 at the company's new Providence, RI facility, One Hasbro Place. Young SCRABBLE enthusiasts, in fourth through eighth grades, are invited to compete once a
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...e smaller and more frequent, as well as the now annual [[National SCRABBLE Championship]].
about SCRABBLE topics.
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=== March 11, 2015 New [[School SCRABBLE]] study word lists added to [{{SERVER}}/cgi-bin/services.pl Member Services
We have added three new School SCRABBLE study word lists to Member Services: 2s and 3s, 3-to-make-4s, and short JQX
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...] (MSI) made the following announcement about the '''[[2014 World SCRABBLE Championship|2014 WSC]]''' on '''March 7, 2014'''.
...pdates in regards to the highly anticipated 2014 Mind Sports International World Championships.<br>
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The following '''announcement''' about the '''[[2014 SCRABBLE Word Showdown]]''' was sent out to NASPA members on March 12, 2014.
== SCRABBLE Fans to Choose Newest Playable Word<br>in the SCRABBLE Word Showdown ==
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Here is a brief introduction to the '''[[2014 National SCRABBLE Championship]]
...ional SCRABBLE Championship|national championship]]. It features about 500 players and 31 rounds of NASPA- and [[WESPA]]-[[Ratings|rated]] play over five days
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...ost an informational session about competing in World Youth events. Youth players and their families/mentors are invited to bring their lunch to the boardroo
...rld Youth Scrabble Championship (Sri Lanka, August 2014) and the MSI Youth Championship (London, November)
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...[National SCRABBLE Championship|NSC]] was held in [[2013 National SCRABBLE Championship|Las Vegas]].
...events. Accordingly, there was no need to determine criteria for Canadian players to qualify for such events.
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...c., run at the time by Jim Houle, wondering where there might be organized SCRABBLE clubs and tournaments near Dallas, Texas.
...a dictionary edited from multiple college dictionary sources by tournament players dissatisfied with the idiosyncrasies of the Funk & Wagnalls Standard Colleg
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...ional]] (MSI), the organizers of last year's [[World SCRABBLE Championship|SCRABBLE Champions Tournament]] (SCT) in Prague.
...and we see working with them as a good way to reach out to a new group of players. We are confident, based on their handling of SCT 2013, that we have substa
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.... Already a legend then, he had earned national respect as one of the best players in New York City, before settling in the Bay Area with his wife, [[Joan Moc
...ibutes that players have posted in celebration of the life of this popular SCRABBLE® marvel. All together, they illustrate dramatically what a powerful, posit
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World Championships
...y anticipated 2014 Mind Sports International [[World SCRABBLE Championship|World Championships]].
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== SCRABBLE Word Showdown Announced ==
...e Word in the SCRABBLE Word Showdown Merriam-Webster’s Official SCRABBLE Players Dictionary to Be Updated with a Fan-Voted Word ===
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== SCRABBLE Word Showdown Winner ==
GEOCACHE will play a starring role in the next [[Official SCRABBLE Players Dictionary]] and the [[Official Tournament and Club Word List]].
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== 2014 National SCRABBLE Championship ==
=== 2014 National SCRABBLE® Championship Now History ===
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* October 26, 2020: [https://www.si.com/more-sports/2020/10/26/how-scrabble-blew-its-big-moment Sports Illustrated] looks at the tournament scene.
...ah News] reports on Iowan [[Mike Johnson]] being named a [[Player Titles | Scrabble Expert]].
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...ican SCRABBLE Championship''' (previously known as the [[National SCRABBLE Championship]]) will take place on August 1-5, 2015 at the Silver Legacy Resort, 407 N.
A list of registered players is available [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/reglist.pl?event=NSC20
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...will represent Canada at the [[2015 WESPA Invitational Masters|2015 WESPA Championship]] (WESPAC2015).
resembling those of the [[World SCRABBLE Championship]] (WSC).
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...elect the players who will represent the United States at the [[2015 WESPA Championship]] (WESPAC15) to be held in Perth, Australia November 4-8, 2015.
All players wishing to qualify must be NASPA members in good standing.
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...arrying forward the Advisory Board, originally established by the National SCRABBLE Association (NSA).
...E Association, decided that the Advisory Board would be a great way to get players involved with the organization, while providing a way for members to have t
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...he [https://www.chicagotribune.com/ Chicago Tribune] previewed an upcoming Scrabble tournament at Elmhurst, IL, held November 28 to 29, 2009.
...Press Herald] had an article about the tiles and tribulations of Scrabble players.
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...bership has been valid since the beginning of the [[2013 National SCRABBLE Championship]];
...hip will be valid at least through the end of the [[2015 National SCRABBLE Championship]]; and
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...Deutsch. Mike performed our wedding ceremony with 20 or so other Scrabble players, my Mom and Dad, my daughter, Kendall, and a couple of siblings in attendan
...home over that weekend. We stayed and played. What more could two Scrabble players want for the beginning of their honeymoon and life together?
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...Deutsch. Mike performed our wedding ceremony with 20 or so other Scrabble players, my Mom and Dad, my daughter, Kendall, and a couple of siblings in attendan
...home over that weekend. We stayed and played. What more could two Scrabble players want for the beginning of their honeymoon and life together?
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...bership has been valid since the beginning of the [[2014 National SCRABBLE Championship]] (in a special ruling by the Advisory Board on 2016-06-01, candidate Corne
...ll be valid at least through the end of the [[2016 North American SCRABBLE Championship]]; and
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...an [[Mack Meller]] who placed 2nd in this year's [[North American SCRABBLE Championship]].
* [[Marty Gabriel]] and Scott Garner set a Guiness record for the highest Scrabble score in 24 hours.
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== 2021 North American SCRABBLE Championship Canceled ==
...CRABBLE Championship]] (NASC) will be suspended for another year while the world continues to deal with the travel and assembly restrictions brought on by t
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...players who '''qualify''' to represent '''Canada''' at the '''[[2017 WESPA Championship]]''' (WESPAC2017).
resembling those of the [[World SCRABBLE Championship]] (WSC).
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select the players who will represent the '''United States''' at the
'''[[2017 WESPA Championship]]''' (WESPAC17) to be held in
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...pionship]], as well as at smaller events, clubs, and gatherings around the world.
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* September 30, 2016: [http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/serious-scrabble-weekend-1.3785783/ CBC] covers Shediac (NB) tournament.
...g/w/2016_North_American_SCRABBLE_Championship 2016 North American SCRABBLE Championship]
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I have been playing tournament SCRABBLE since 1975 and served on the first Advisory Board in the early 1980s. I’v
...experience, spanning four decades, has given me a good perspective on how SCRABBLE has evolved through the years. I think that as a member of the Advisory Boa
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=== July 26, 2017 [[Will Anderson]] wins [[2017 North American SCRABBLE Championship]] ===
Congratulations to the 2017 North American SCRABBLE Champion, Will Anderson!
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...players who '''qualify''' to represent '''Canada''' at the '''[[2019 WESPA Championship]]''' (WESPAC2019).
resembling those of the [[World SCRABBLE Championship]] (WSC).
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...'''qualify''' to represent the '''United States''' at the '''[[2019 WESPA Championship]]''' (WESPAC2019).
...be a Last Chance Qualifier on October 21, 2019 in Goa to select additional players.
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...'''qualify''' to represent the '''United States''' at the '''[[2019 WESPA Championship]]''' (WESPAC2019).
...be a Last Chance Qualifier on October 15, 2019 in Goa to select additional players.
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* [[2014 World SCRABBLE Championship]]
...in [http://romesentinel.com/county/local-scrabble-player-places-second-in-world/QBqnlh!8bJmTlrrvCgSyy7qVVVG3Q/ Rome Sentinel].
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...this from a former School SCRABBLE player who found his identity with the SCRABBLE community.
If the competitive, organized SCRABBLE scene is to grow in the future, we must address our basic concerns: numbers
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Here is a brief introduction to the '''[[2020 North American SCRABBLE Championship]]
...ly known as the [[National SCRABBLE Championship]]). It features about 500 players and 31 rounds of NASPA- and [[WESPA]]-[[Ratings|rated]] play over five days
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I help run virtual Ottawa club sessions; sing self-scribed SCRABBLE parodies with the best of you; and have the ear of all your favourite Grand
...my playing history, NASPA has awarded me the [[Player Titles |title]] of "SCRABBLE Expert" – although my rating has dropped a little since that title was ea
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...[[Austin Shin]], winner of the NASPA Tournament of Champions presented by Scrabble® GO.
...al online tournament. In this invitational event organized by NASPA, eight players competed in a bracket - Best of 5 quarterfinals followed by a Best of 7 sem
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Here is a brief introduction to the '''[[2022 Scrabble Players Championship]]
...is the 32nd Scrabble Championship in North America. It features about 400 players and 31 rounds of NASPA- and [[WESPA]]-[[Ratings|rated]] play over five days
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The '''2023 WESPA Championship (WESPAC)''' will take place on July 22 to 26, 2023 at the Westgate Las Vega
...eks of top-level Scrabble competition to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Scrabble - the [[2023 NASPA Double Down in Las Vegas]].
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NASPA will be celebrating the 75th anniversary of the game of Scrabble with two weeks of top-level competition in Las Vegas in July 2023 - the '''
*The '''[[2023 Scrabble Players Championship (SPC)]]''' - July 15 to 19, 2023 - The 32nd in a series of North American c
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...A has asked me to run the trivia contest at this year’s Scrabble Players Championship. The game is scheduled for Monday evening, July 17.
People can play in teams of up to five players. Entry fee is $10 per person. 90% of the total entry fees will be paid out
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