List of tournament Scrabble players
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This list of tournament Scrabble players includes people who have played Scrabble at the tournament level and have an article on English Wikipedia.
| Name | Country | First tournament year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Will Anderson |  United States |
2009 | 2017 National Scrabble Championship winner (NWL)[1] |
| Ganesh Asirvatham |  Malaysia |
1998 | 2007 World Scrabble Championship runner-up;[2] former Guinness World Record holder for playing the greatest number of simultaneous Scrabble games (2007)[3] |
| Moiz Ullah Baig |  Pakistan |
2012[4] | 2013 World Youth Scrabble Championships winner; 2018 World Junior Scrabble Championships winner[5] |
| Conrad Bassett-Bouchard | United States |
2004 | 2014 National Scrabble Championship winner (NWL)[6] |
| Craig Beevers |  United Kingdom |
2009 | 2014 World Scrabble Championship winner[7] |
| Hervé Bohbot |  France |
2003 | |
| Germain Boulianne[8] |  Canada |
2003 | |
| David Boys | Canada |
1985 | 1995 World Scrabble Championship winner;[9] 2003 Canadian National Scrabble Championship winner |
| Brian Cappelletto | United States |
1985 | 1991 World Scrabble Championship runner-up; 2001 World Scrabble Championship winner; 1998 National Scrabble Championship winner; 2008 and 2010 National Scrabble Championship runner-up[10] |
| Barry Chamish |  Israel |
1980s[11] | |
| Evan Cohen | Israel |
1991 | |
| Michel Duguet | France |
1982 | |
| Joe Edley | United States |
1978 | 1980, 1992, and 2000 National Scrabble Championship winner[12] |
| David Eldar |  Australia |
2005 | 2006 World Youth Scrabble Championships winner; 2016 North American Scrabble Championship winner (CSW);[13] 2017 World Scrabble Championship winner[14]; 2023 World Scrabble Championship[15] winner |
| Stefan Fatsis | United States |
1997 | |
| Robert Felt | United States |
1982 | 1990 National Scrabble Championship winner; 1991 National Scrabble Championship runner-up[16] |
| Andrew Fisher | Australia |
1991 | |
| Darryl Francis | United Kingdom |
1999 | |
| Roxane Gay | United States |
2011 | |
| David Gibson | United States |
1986 | |
| Helen Gipson | United Kingdom |
1999 | |
| Matt Graham | United States |
1991 | 1997 World Scrabble Championship runner-up[17] |
| Eric Harshbarger[18] | United States |
2001 | |
| Deen Hergott | Canada |
2008 | |
| Stewart Holden | United Kingdom |
2003 | |
| Wellington Jighere |  Nigeria |
2002 | |
| Cheryl Kagan | United States |
2008 | |
| W. P. Kinsella | Canada |
1998 | |
| Jim Kramer | United States |
1983 | 2006 US Scrabble Open winner[19] |
| Harshan Lamabadusuriya | United Kingdom |
1999 | |
| Adam Logan | Canada |
1985 | |
| Michael McKenna | Australia |
2013 | 2012 World Youth Scrabble Championships winner[20] |
| Mack Meller | United States |
2010[21] | |
| Andrea Carla Michaels[22] | United States |
1990 | |
| Antonin Michel | France |
1987 | |
| Peter Morris | United States |
1980 | 1989 National Scrabble Championship winner; 1991 World Scrabble Championship winner[23] |
| Pakorn Nemitrmansuk |  Thailand |
1992 | |
| Rita Norr | United States |
1980 | 1987 National Scrabble Championship winner[24] and only woman to ever win a national championship in North America[25] |
| Mark Nyman | United Kingdom |
1983 | 1993 World Scrabble Championship winner;[26] 1999 World Scrabble Championship runner-up;[27] 2016 World Scrabble Championship runner-up[28] |
| Annette Obrestad | United States |
2022 | |
| Trip Payne | United States |
1995 | |
| Paul Phillips | United States |
2002 | |
| Christian Pierre |  Belgium |
1990s | |
| Sal Piro | United States |
1992 | |
| Chris Reslock | United States |
1979 | |
| Nigel Richards |  New Zealand |
1997 | |
| Chrystal Rose | United Kingdom |
2008 | |
| Eric Rosen | United States |
2024 | |
| Joel Sherman | United States |
1988 | 1995 World Scrabble Championship runner-up;[9] 1997 World Scrabble Championship winner; 1998 Brand's Crossword Game King's Cup winner; 2002 National Scrabble Championship winner; 2018 North American Scrabble Championship winner (NWL)[29] |
| David Shulman | United States |
1977 | |
| Allan Simmons | United Kingdom |
1988 | |
| Brett Smitheram | United Kingdom |
1999 | 2016 World Scrabble Championship winner[26] |
| Josh Sokol | Canada |
2005 | |
| Clive Spate | United Kingdom |
1991 | |
| Panupol Sujjayakorn | Thailand |
2001 | 2003 World Scrabble Championship winner;[30] 2005 Brand's Crossword Game King's Cup winner; 2005 National Scrabble Championship runner-up |
| Dario De Toffoli |  Italy |
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| Joel Wapnick | Canada |
1977 | 1983 National Scrabble Championship winner; 1993 World Scrabble Championship runner-up; 1999 World Scrabble Championship winner;[31] 2001 World Scrabble Championship runner-up |
| Robert Watson | United States |
1979 | 1988 National Scrabble Championship winner[32] |
| Dave Wiegand | United States |
1985 | |
| Winter | United States |
2003 | |
| Trey Wright | United States |
1993 | 2004 National Scrabble Championship winner[33] |
References
- ↑ Terruso, Julia (2018-05-14). "Champ's secret to Scrabble word play? Math". Retrieved 2024-09-01.
- ↑ Fernandez, Petrina (11 September 2019). "World's No. 1 Scrabble player: Malaysian Ganesh Asirvatham on his love for the game". Options. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
- ↑ "Oxford University student's Scrabble world record bid". BBC. 11 June 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
- ↑ "Scrabble: Khatri defends ranking title". The Express Tribune. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
- ↑ "Pakistan's Moiz crowned world junior scrabble champion". The Nation. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
- ↑ Michalik, Maddie (16 August 2014). "Conrad Bassett-Bouchard Spells Success at 2014 National Scrabble Championship". Toy Book. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
- ↑ Brooks Pollock, Tom (24 November 2014). "Craig Beevers becomes second-ever English world Scrabble champion". The Telegraph. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
- ↑ Roy, Sébastien (23 May 2018). "Championnat québécois de Scrabble: un sixième titre en neuf ans pour Francis Desjardins". L’Éclaireur Progrès (in French). Québec. Archived from the original on 9 November 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
- 1 2 Lyall, Sarah (12 November 1995). "Linguistically Glaived, the Victor Pejorated Matters for His Foe". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
- ↑ Ford, Anne (14 October 2010). "The Scrabble Prodigy". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
- ↑ Matt Bellan, "Former Winnipegger Israeli Scrabble Whiz," The Jewish Post and News, February 1, 1989, pg. 5.
- ↑ "For Scrabble Champ, Port Jeff is H-O-M-E". Port Jefferson, NY Patch. 2011-08-15. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
- ↑ Pricener, Zac (11 July 2022). "Scrabble Championship Winners and Famous Facts". WordFinder. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
- ↑ "World Scrabble champ crowned after 74-point 'carrels'". BBC. 28 August 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
- ↑ "Melbourne man wins $10k in world Scrabble championship showdown". ABC News. 2023-07-29. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
- ↑ Chicago Tribune (1991-10-07). "Tournament spells loss for Scrabble champ from Chicago". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Publishing. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
- ↑ Tierney, John (1998-05-24). "Humankind Battles for Scrabble Supremacy". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
- ↑ Brooks, Brychelle (9 May 2024). "Eric Harshbarger: From Lego builder to lecturer". The Auburn Plainsman. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
- ↑ "Scrabble: It's man vs. machine". The Seattle Times. 2006-11-18. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
- ↑ Reporter, The Newspaper's Sports (2012-12-11). "Aussie McKenna wins WYSC". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
- ↑ "Mack Meller Reaches 2000 at BAT". The Last Word. No. 28. May 2013. p. 18. Retrieved 2026-03-16.
- ↑ Pine, Dan (7 February 2003). "Yiddish for Scrabble: Wordsmith in S.F. spells it out". J. The Jewish News of Northern California. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
- ↑ Putnam, Judy (13 September 2016). "Putnam: Epic Scrabble battles recalled". Lansing State Journal. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
- ↑ Demattia, Robin F. (9 February 1997). "Let's See, If Xi Hits Triple Word Score". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
- ↑ Fatsis, Stefan (25 August 2005). "A Beautiful Endgame". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
- 1 2 "Brett Smitheram wins World Scrabble Championship". BBC. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
- ↑ Nyman, Mark (19 September 2015). "The UK National Scrabble Championship is not for the faint-hearted". The Independent. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
- ↑ Bilefsky, Dan (5 September 2016). "At World Scrabble Championship, 'Braconid' Carries the Day". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
- ↑ Klein, Melissa (2018-12-22). "Joel Sherman fights Scrabble's move to add 'OK' to its list". New York Post. News Corp. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
- ↑ Cowell, Alan (21 November 2005). "Scrabble Kings Vie for Linguistic Superiority". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
- ↑ "True Girt". Wired. 9 November 1999. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
- ↑ Paul McCarthy (2008-05-01). Letterati. Internet Archive. Ecw Press. p. 116. ISBN 978-1-55022-828-1.
- ↑ Wachtell, Dan (2004-08-19). "You Can't Spell That on Television". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
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