The French-language Scrabble World Champion doesn’t speak French

[Rikimaru]

New Zealand native Nigel Richards memorized the entire French Scrabble dictionary, which has 386,000 words, in nine weeks to earn his title. He has also won the English World Scrabble Championship three times, the U.S. national championships five times, and the U.K. Open Scrabble tournament six times. This comes 20 years after a 28-year-old Richards first played the game.

 

[suga98]

Hello all! That’s impressive! I think it must’ve taken so much dedication, though it probably confused native speakers