Total SCRABBLE®

Total SCRABBLE?

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) 1991 Worlds (London)

7 8 12 17 18 30 40 46 49 51 58 63 65 71 73 76 78 80 82 83 84 85 87 88 90 92 94 96 101 105 108 114 120 124 128 132 136 140 144 148 153 158 162 167 171 177

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