World Scrabble Championship 2018

The main event was preceded by a Junior World Scrabble Championship that was won by Pakistani Moiz Ullah Baig.

[1] The World Scrabble Championship 2018 took place at the Riveria International Centre in Torquay, Devon, England from 23 to 27 October, with the finals being held at a "clearview cube" in the Westfield Shopping Centre in London a day later, as part of Scrabble's 70th anniversary celebrations.

[4] There were also concurrent events played in five different languages including Catalan, Spanish, French, Norwegian, and German.

[6] Source:[6] Source:[7][8] Malaysia-based Nigel Richards, who was born in New Zealand, defeated American data-scientist Jesse Day in the best-of-five finals; Richards had previously won the world championship in 2007, 2011, and 2013, as well as the French world championship in 2013 and 2018.

[11][12] Notable plays by Richards included GROUTIER for 64 points, ZONULAR (100) and PHENOLIC (84), while Day managed a 95-pointer MALEDICT.