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300bps on Aug 9, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Nigel Richards, The Best Scrabble Player

The article certainly doesn't sound like he has dedicated his life to professional play

Read the book "Word Freak" and you'll read all about the people that win Scrabble tournaments. It's really sad.

mertd on Aug 9, 2014 [–]

Why is it sad?

judk on Aug 9, 2014 | [–]

It's also on Netflix. Scrabble champs have no job and now money and scrape together funds to travel to events. It seems like a lifestyle that no one withing a few standard deviations of neurotypical would desire.

Elite Scrabble feels an unrewarding life goal.

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