Nerd Wins Scrabble Championship With Word You’ve Never Heard Of
As you probably already know, the World Scrabble Championship 2016 final took place on Saturday. Brett Smitheram, a 37-year-old east Londoner took home the grand prize of €7,000, which is equivalent to about $7,815 USD. The 176-point word that led to his victory? Braconid, meaning “any of numerous wasps of the family Braconidae, the larvae…