A New Zealand man playing his first-ever competitive Scrabble game in Spanish has won the board game’s Spanish-language world title.

Nigel Richards is the reigning world champion of Scrabble in Spanish. Just don’t ask him to order a coffee in Madrid. The 57-year-old New Zealander doesn’t speak a lick of Spanish. During the ...

Nigel Richards, arguably the best Scrabble player ever, previously won French tournaments without speaking the language.

Nigel Richards could barely exchange pleasantries in Spanish when he arrived at a Scrabble tournament in Spain last month, his competitors recalled.

A New Zealand man hailed as a Scrabble phenom dominated the Spanish World Scrabble Championships – despite reportedly not speaking the language.

In the world of competitive Scrabble, Nigel Richards is a name that commands awe. The 57-year-old New Zealander, often described as the greatest Scrabble player of all time, has done it again ...

Nigel Richards, a professional Scrabble player from New Zealand, has won the Spanish-language Scrabble world championship—despite not speaking the language.

A Scrabble champion left an entire tournament confused after he won the Spanish World Scrabble Championships despite not speaking any Spanish.

A New Zealand man playing his first-ever competitive Scrabble game in Spanish, a language he doesn’t speak, has won the board game’s Spanish-language world title.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A New Zealand man playing his first-ever competitive Scrabble game in Spanish, a language he doesn’t speak, has won the board game’s Spanish-language world title ...

Nigel Richards is the reigning world champion of Scrabble in Spanish. Just don’t ask him to order a coffee in Madrid. The 57-year-old New Zealander doesn’t speak a lick of Spanish. During the ...