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Re:Scrabble star wins Spanish world title – despite not spea... by michaelt on Thursday December 12, 2024 @07:56PM (#42405003)
Many players do indeed memorise groups of related words and patterns of word formation.

But Nigel Richards? He's on another level: https://youtu.be/35rqRFXPWJo?t=143 knowing even exceptions to patterns and differences between dictionaries, for 9-letter words, in a game where players only have 7 letter-tiles.

Re:Scrabble star wins Spanish world title – despite not spea... by BarryMilo on Thursday December 12, 2024 @08:10PM (#42405091)
I guess he really is a world champion!
Re:Scrabble star wins Spanish world title – despite not spea... by brookst on Friday December 13, 2024 @09:27AM (#42408678)
“Patterns” is the key there. Knowing that *OOD has 6ish options is more useful than memorizing each word.