Nigel Richards is the reigning world champion of Scrabble in Spanish. Just don’t ask him to order a coffee in Madrid. The 57-year-old New Zealander doesn’t speak a lick of Spanish.
Nigel Richards, a professional player who holds five English-language world titles, won the Spanish world Scrabble championships ... t think he’s ever read a book, apart from the dictionary ...
Nigel Richards is the reigning world champion of Scrabble in Spanish ... creativity and sangfroid,” author Stefan Fatsis, whose book “Word Freak” looked at the world of competitive Scrabble ...