Great White Men: Nigel Richards the Scrabble Champion

Nigel Richards, a New Zealander, won the 2015 French Scrabble World Championship by memorizing the French dictionary in nine weeks, despite not speaking the language.

In 2024, he repeated this feat by winning the Spanish Scrabble World Championship after spending a year memorizing the Spanish dictionary, cementing his status as one of the greatest Scrabble players ever.