Leanne Smith / Getty Images. Nigel Richards (right) with Chris Cree, co-president of North American Scrabble Players Association, after Richards won the 2012 national championship.

New Zealand's Nigel Richards, 48, competes in the Francophone Scrabble World Championships in Louvain-La-Neuve on July 21, 2015. Richards, already three time world champion in English Scrabble ...

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.

Update at 2:45 p.m. ET: 'Best Scrabble Player All-Time' "Nigel Richards is the best Scrabble player all-time, hands down," says Scrabble expert Stefan Fatsis, who has written a book about the game.

Nigel Richards, right, and his opponent Jesse Day of USA shake hands after Richards won the 2018 Scrabble World Championship. Jonathan Brady/PA Images via Getty Images.

In the world of competitive Scrabble, Nigel Richards is a name that commands awe. The 57-year-old New Zealander, often described as the greatest Scrabble player of all time, has done it again ...

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 ...

Nigel Richards claimed victory at this year’s tournament in Granada, Spain last month, Reuters reported, showcasing once again his remarkable abilities to outperform even native speakers in ...

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 ...

Nigel Richards, a professional player who holds five English-language world titles, won the Spanish world Scrabble championships in Granada, Spain, in November, losing one game out of 24.

Nigel Richards, a professional Scrabble player from New Zealand, has won the Spanish-language Scrabble world championship—despite not speaking the language.. Competing in Granada, Spain, in ...