Braconid: Briton wins Scrabble world title with 181-point word
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Brett Smitheram, from east London, beat fellow Briton Mark Nyman in the 2016 final held in Lille, France
The new world Scrabble champion has described his elation after a word for a type of wasp secured victory in an all-British showdown.
Brett Smitheram, 37, from Chingford in east London, was crowned the winning wordsmith after beating Mark Nyman, 49, from Knutsford in Cheshire, in the World Scrabble Championship 2016 final at the Grand Palais in Lille.
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