For World’s Newest Scrabble Stars, SHORT Tops SHORTER
Nigerian players are dominating Scrabble tournaments with the surprising strategy of playing short words even when longer ones are possible, in an extreme form of rack management.
Hasnain says:
"Across the developing world, more governments are funneling money and organization into the sport. In Pakistan, 700-plus people competed in last year’s national championship, which was televised live. A Gabonese man’s second-place finish in the French-language world championship sparked a national Scrabble league in that African state."
Posted on 2016-05-23T07:21:47+0000