Ryan Snyder

Congratulations to James Leong, of Vancouver, B.C., Canada on being crowned the 2007 Scrabble Champ! What is most amazing to me is to look back and see the words that both people played during the game. I knew a number of the words, but Pagurid? Citola? Twae??? I mean, seriously?!?

Here are the plays from the game:

1. TOADY
2. VIVA
3. ALLOY
4. DUNT
5. PAGUrID
6. QUIETUDe
7. GAZED
8. ROQUE
9. YUP, OY, UP
10. LEZ, PE
11. FIRST, DUNTS
12. FORK
13. HAJ, HUP, AE
14. NEG, NE, GET
15. MEANT, EMe, DE
16. VILE
17. BINATE
18. ARSINES, VILER
19. FON, IF, NO, EN

This may interest only myself and a few select friends, but what the hey. The Scrabble National Championships are being held August 3-8 in Dayton, Ohio. I talked to a couple guys ranked in the top 200 or so, and they encouraged me to join the NSA and play at this tourney. It scares me though, getting all competitive with tiles... I respect the brains on many of these guys and gals, but man, you can tell they study the hell out of those words lists... and that they don't make time for much else.