Winner of Spanish Scrabble championships doesn’t speak Spanish

Nigel Richards is a professional Scrabble player from New Zealand who won this year’s Spanish-language Scrabble world championship despite two obvious handicaps: It was the first time he’d entered the tournament and, more importantly, he doesn’t speak Spanish. Richards is a global phenom and has also won the French-language Scrabble world championship twice in recent years despite not knowing French. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with 2024 North American Scrabble champion Mack Meller about how Richards does it and the fascination he has inspired among Scrabble players around the world.