Total SCRABBLE

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SCRABBLE

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The (Un)Official SCRABBLE?

Record Book

Jan 2009 Update

Compiled by

Keith W. Smith

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Copyright 2003, 2005, 2009 Keith W. Smith

HASBRO is the owner of the registered SCRABBLE? trademark in the United States and Canada. ?

2005 HASBRO. All rights reserved. The SCRABBLE? trademark is owned by J.W. Spear and Sons,

PLC, a subsidiary of Mattel, Inc. outside of the United States and Canada.

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Acknowledgements

This work would not have been possible without the support of the following people who

provided information, suggestions and support:

Steven Alexander, Paul Avrin, Mike Baron, Lynn Cushman, Bruce D'Ambrosio, Darrell Day,

Jan Dixon, Mike Early, Joe Edley, Dave Engelhardt, Paul Epstein, Stefan Fatsis, Mady Garner, Stu

Goldman, Bernard Gotlieb, Ren¨¦ Gotfryd, John C Green Jr, Ron Hoekstra, Joel Horn, Robert Kahn,

Sam Kantimathi, Carol Kaplan, Zev Kaufman, Jim Kramer, John Luebkemann, Joey Mallick, Lloyd

Mills, Louie Muller, Philip Nelkon, Rita Norr, Steve Oliger, Jim Pate, Trip Payne, Bryan Pepper, Dan

Pratt, Mark Przybyszewski, Mary Rhoades, Ann Sanfedele, Bob Schoenman, Peter Schwartzman,

Dee Segrest, Joel Sherman, David Stone, Geoff Thevenot, Graeme Thomas, Ron Tiekert, Susi

Tiekert, Joel Wapnick, Dave Wiegand, and Ben Withers.

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A Plea

The first thing you need to know about the book you are holding is that it's incomplete. As

much as I'd like to have used complete data for every tournament ever played, I just don't have it (and

in many cases it may not exist). Future editions will include more complete information and I hope to

eventually have complete information. In addition, given my lack of an editor or proofreaders, errors

have no doubt crept in, whether through my own mistakes, or those in my original sources.

If you would like to send me tournament results, issues of Matchups, or any other information,

or if you want to send me corrections to information or updates to records presented herein, you may

do so at the addresses listed below. Data sources are listed in Appendix A, so please check there

first before sending information:

Send information to:

e-mail address: Astrp3@

mailing address: Keith Smith

4210 Red River #217

Austin, TX 78751

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Table of Contents

Introduction

A Brief History of Tournament SCRABBLE? - The Early Years

SCRABBLE? Timeline

Records and Statistics

Single Game Records

Tournament Records - Players

Tournament Records - Ratings and Expert Points

Tournament Records - Tournaments

Majors Records

Nationals Records

Worlds Records

International Title Records

Hypothetical Records

Odds and Ends

The 14 Greatest SCRABBLE? Performances

The 11 Greatest SCRABBLE? Career Accomplishments

he First 100 SCRABBLE? Clubs

10+ Letter Bingos

NSA Mike Wise Director/Person of the Year Award

Matchups SCRABBLE? Hall of Fame

English Language SCRABBLE? Periodicals

English Language SCRABBLE? Films and Television Broadcasts

Ratings and Rankings

A Brief History of SCRABBLE? Ratings

Historical Peak Ratings

Historical Peak Rankings

The Majors

1978 Nationals (New York City)

1980 Nationals (Santa Monica)

1983 Nationals (Chicago)

1985 Nationals (Boston)

1987 Nationals (Las Vegas)

1988 Nationals (Reno)

1989 Nationals (New York City)

1990 Nationals (Washington D.C.)

1992 Nationals (Atlanta)

1994 Nationals (Los Angeles)

1996 Nationals (Dallas)

1998 Nationals (Chicago)

2000 Nationals (Providence)

2002 Nationals (San Diego)

2004 Nationals (New Orleans)

2005 Nationals (Reno)

2006 Nationals (Phoenix)

2008 Nationals (Orlando)

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