‘Tiger Woods of Scrabble’ Wins Spanish Championships Even Though He Doesn’t Speak the Language
Benjamín Olaizola, who came second to New Zealander Nigel Richards, called his opponent a “gifted guy” with “very particular ...
A New Zealander studied for a year to win the Spanish world Scrabble title. He doesn’t speak Spanish
A New Zealand man playing his first-ever competitive Scrabble game in Spanish, a language he doesn’t speak, has won the board ...
How the Spanish Scrabble world champion beat competitors — without speaking the language
A New Zealand man playing his first-ever competitive Scrabble game in Spanish has won the board game’s Spanish-language world ...
New Zealander Wins Spanish World Scrabble Title Without Knowing Language
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-language world title — ...
Man who doesn't speak Spanish wins Spanish Scrabble Championships
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.
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Winner of Spanish Scrabble championships doesn’t 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 ...
Scrabble Genius Wins Spanish Scrabble Title—Without Speaking Spanish
Nigel Richards from New Zealand has won Scrabble titles around the world, including in France, despite not speaking the ...
Spain’s new Scrabble champion doesn’t speak Spanish
A man playing his first-ever competitive Scrabble game in Spanish, a language he doesn’t speak, has won the board game’s ...
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World language studies finding new ways to maintain programs
While world language enrollments have increased at some campuses since the COVID-19 pandemic, some language departments are trying to immerse themselves deeper into the overall curriculum to survive ...
How the Spanish Scrabble world champion won beat competitors without speaking the language
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.
New Zealander who doesn’t speak Spanish wins the Spanish-language world Scrabble title
Nigel Richards, a professional player who holds five English-language world titles, won the championships in Granada in ...