Nigel Richards is a Scrabble phenomenon! The New Zealand native claimed the recent Spanish World Scrabble Championships, despite not speaking the language. Richards, 57, battled more than 150 ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This could leave you at a loss for words. A New Zealand man has won the Scrabble world championship for Spanish words — despite ...

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 ...

Nigel Richards could barely exchange pleasantries in Spanish when he arrived at a Scrabble tournament in Spain last month, his competitors recalled. Despite hardly speaking the language, the New ...

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This could leave you at a loss for words. A New Zealand man has won the Scrabble world championship for Spanish words — despite not speaking the language. Nigel Richards — who now holds an impressive ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A New Zealand man playing his first-ever competitive Scrabble game in Spanish, a language he ...