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The Elite Game of Scrabble

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I ponder on the game of scrabble a lot when I sit outs at where people play it. Taken in Ghana Some people would be like: Scrabble is a game of love and happinesses; it helps one to think very fast; it's high level game for smart people; it's a game you develop self control... To mention.  We meet people of like-minds and share knowledge while we play scrabble  sometimes at sit outs, clubs and even at tourneys and moreso, the shared moments of happiness shows how lovely scrabble game is. Many at times when we play scrabble you notice that the level at which you reason at split of of seconds is second to nothing but focus. At this point you become pretty fast in your thinking. While you often do so playing scrabble, you basically build up the mind to think fast in your life technically.  No wonder people will say scrabble game is for thinkers. I remember my first visit to Agip in Port Harcourt to direct a competition, I noticed that most of the players were principal worke...

Scrabble Helps Brain Massage

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  Have you ever thought of relaxing your brain with Scrabble when you encounter heavy stress before?  Why do you think people play Scrabble daily?  We often see people play scrabble at homes and amusement parks, but we do not ask why the do so. When you really understand what the game does in the mind you will know that having a scrabble mind helps to ease stress. It enables you to process words that you would play on the board easing your tension and anxiety of the overloaded stress. Sooner or later you see that your mind becomes quickly settled for new task ahead of you. Play Scrabble a

MGI Scrabble Premier League Grand Finale

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It’s barely two weeks to the MSPL Finale 2022 and so many questions beg for answers. Can Sterling Bombers escape relegation? Will Airpop Alpha cruise to the finish line in style  or stumble?  Will the state government backed Maestros finish on the podium?  Can Aries OR Anagrammers overtake Southern Crown to clinch division B title? Who makes the final list of qualifiers for the MGI Scrabble Grand Slam 2022?  These questions and many more will be answered after 19 gruelling rounds of Scrabble at the MSPL Finale.  Finally another big win for MGI is in the offing...  From MGI

Ben Quickpen Vs Igali Precious

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Scrabble has taken new dimension in the South South of Nigeria. Many world class players like Jighere(World Champ 2015), Dennis, Umujose, Ben Quickpen, Nsikak, Karo, and more have taken different bouts amongst themselves.  This time it was the lion 🦁 Ben Quickpen(current world NO:10) Vs the tiger 🐯 a National gold medalist Igali Precious.  The bout was a best of 15 games.  Ben Quickpen  At the end of the 14th round, Ben won by 8 to 6.  We are hoping there be a rematch as the viewers were intrigued by their performance.

Wellington vs Tunde Word War II

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The word war II between Olatunde Oduwole 1644 and Wellington Jighere 1607 was held at the Capo Arena in Lagos, 5th September 2021. It was really intriguing as they fed us with loads of top notch scrabble words. The Word War II SCORES BREAKFOWN   Feeky 1 Welly 1 Feeky 2 Welly 2 Welly 3 Feeky 3 Welly 4 Welly 5 Welly 6 Feeky 4 Feeky 5 Feeky 6 Feeky 7 Feeky 8.   IN SUMMARY   Olatunde Oduwole 8 wins Wellington Jighere 6 wins HIGHLIGHTS 1st blank Welly  2nd blank Welly   1st chaff Welly EY  2nd chaff Feeky POGIE  3rd chaff Welly MAATJE  4th chaff Welly SALINIFY  5th chaff Welly WHAUF  1st Jones Welly TABOOLEY  2nd Jones Feeky MILKERS + N  3rd Jones Feeky SCRAIGH  4th Jones Feeky PENDENT  5th Jones Feeky BEARINE + B  6th Jones Welly FAWNLIKE  BEAUTIFUL PLAYS   Wellington XENIAL 54pts  Wellington (R)ERADIATE 43pts  Feekytah ZOFTIG 61pts  Feekytah CONY 63pts  Feekytah WEFTE 64pts...

Wellington Jighere Introduces Scrabbleverse to Nigerians

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  wellington Jighere introduces scrabbleverse to Nigerian. The scrabbleverse is all about creating avenue for a competitive scrabble and how futuristic it is in the game of scrabble. 

WESPA to announce date for the new edition of Collins Scrabble Words 2021

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 Chris Lipe wrote on Facebook: "An announcement from WESPA on the updated word list: The new edition of Collins Scrabble Words (CSW21) will be effective for tournament play starting January 1, 2022. Any WESPA-organized events, in person or online, after that date will use the updated list. A CSW21 Initiation Kit is being prepared for distribution soon to assist players in the transition. All application developers who have licensed the Collins Scrabble Words list for use in their apps, websites, and tools have been contacted with the new list, and should complete updates before this date. Publication of a paper edition will follow at a later date.  National associations should prepare implementation of the list for local events as soon as practicable after this date."  This is part of the usuals in the scrabble community to enable players know what is coming in order for them to also prepare their mind ahead of what is coming. 

Famous Birthday Tournament

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The Nigeria Scrabble Veterans jolly together in their usual way as Hon. Famous Daunemighan hosts them to celebrate with him on his birthday at Yenagoa in his residence. Famous birthday cake A scrabble competition was held tagged "Famous Birthday Tournament" that included only the Nigeria Scrabble Veterans with a standard prize band. A lot of merry and celebratory pleasantries were shared with him from family, friends and more.  The Nigeria Scrabble Veterans Famous Daunemighan The tournament was intriguing with word power show offs and wisdom moves from the elders of Nigeria scrabble. The President, Yenagoa Scrabble Club Timi with his captain Malas Below is the final results from the tournament.  Dokun 452 vs Ojior 399 rnd12 ________________________________________ FAMOUS BIRTHDAY TOURNAMENT Results from round 12 1 Dokun Esan 9 +860 2 Ojior Osikhena 9 +464 3 Olobatoke Aka 9 +316 4 Majemite Prince 8 +429 5 Adegbenro Segun 8 +271 6 Matthew E...

THE WESPA YOUTH CUP

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How prepared is your country and the youths for the WESPA YOUTH CUP 2021?  Are you ready to raise that cup up high above your head for your nation?  It is expectant that the WESPA YOUTH CUP 2021 is to be played on www.woogles.io this August. Age grade is from those born from 1st Jan 2004.  The youths shall intrigue us with powerful words log on to woogles 7th August to 22nd. 

Nigerian Scrabble Federation Professional Workshop For TDs, Adjudicators and Coaching

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Project Nigerian Scrabble Federation Training For TDs, Adjudicators & Coaching comes up this Friday 30th July 2021 at Abuja National Stadium. The use this medium to encourage the youths to participate in this workshop as it helps build professional tournament directors, Adjudicators, and prospective Coaches on scrabble matters.  Below is a guideline of the entire bulletin:  There shall also be a National Retreat after the workshop which will commence on the 31st. Prize money will be available for winners.