A Scrabble Champion Who Doesn't Speak a French Word

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Nigel Richard memorized the words of the reference dictionary and won the championship in 2015. He also won a Spanish championship, without talking about it.

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Ivory Coast is the world's scrabble champion after winning the first event of the 53rd edition of the French-language Scrabble World Championships in Trois-Rivières, Canada. For the third year in a row, the Scrabble Elephants imposed their law on the international scene, beating Benin in the final of the Internations tournament (national team event). This victory confirms Ivorian domination in a discipline where rigor, concentration and strategy…