Joel Wapnick (born 1946) is a Scrabble player from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, best known for winning the 1999 World Scrabble Championship (WSC).
Since his career began in 1976, he has played in at least 2,688 tournament games, winning about 63%, and earning over $80,000 in prize money.
He has also published a novel, The View North from Liberal Cemetery (Wapiti Press, 2014).
Wapnick is a professor emeritus of music, McGill University, Montreal.
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