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A New Zealand scrabble player who, despite not speaking French, won the French World Scrabble Championships twice by studying the French dictionary for 9 weeks

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Fun Fact: A New Zealand scrabble player who, despite not speaking French, won the French World Scrabble Championships twice by studying the French dictionary for 9 weeks

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