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Scrabble star wins Spanish world title – despite not speaking Spanish
- vouaobrasil 2y agoWhoa he literally memorized the dictionary. That's impressive and freaky.
- schoen 2y agoThere are some previous incidents of English Scrabble champions who didn't speak English (by the same approach of memorizing dictionaries without necessarily knowing the meaning of the words). Here's a documentary about Thai Scrabble experts who often don't speak English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyFJTEOHdi4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyFJTEOHdi4 I believe there were also non-English-speaking competitors from other countries who had turned in world champion-level performances!