When was the Scrabble World championship first held?
World Scrabble Championship World Scrabble Championship The World Scrabble Championship (WSC) is the most-prestigious title in competitive English-language Scrabble. It was held every second year after 1991 until 2013 when it began to be held annually. It has been an open event since 2014. Although the official brand name and organizations of the event have changed over recent years, many Scrabble enthusiasts from more than 30 countries compete to become World Scrabble Champion. The reigning World Scrabble Champion is Nigel Richards, who won his fourth title at the 2018 Mattel World Scrabble Championships by winning the final in London in 2018. Sponsorship of
World Scrabble Championship 1997 consonants. Sherman won the game and was crowned World Scrabble Champion, after losing in the final two years earlier. World Scrabble Championship 1997 The World Scrabble Championship 1997 was the fourth World Scrabble Championship. The winner was Joel Sherman of the United States. The World Scrabble Championship 1997 was held in the Stouffer Renaissance Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C., and was the second to be held in the United States. Eighty players played a Swiss tournament of twenty-one games each, with each player playing seven games on each of the first three days. The two top players from this tournament then