Tower of Scrabble Babel

“Top players aren’t interested in words for communication, just for maximising their score. Indeed, believe it or not, some of the top players don’t speak very good English; they’re from Thailand or Malaysia and have memorised all these non-words with one goal in mind — winning tournaments.” The dark art of playing world-class Scrabble. (Queen’s Gambit, but for Scrabble, coming soon to Netflix.)