Let's Play Scrabble

10/21/2025

Congrats to the winners of the 2025 Lake George Scrabble Tournament, and to everyone who played or watched the live stream! If you missed any of the action, you can catch up by visiting lets play scrabble dot com / stream.

WOW Division A

🥇 Jason Li 11.5-3.5 +909
🥈 David Spargo 10.5-4.5 +628
🥉 Zachary Ansell 10-5 +1312
4th: Michael Thelen 10-5 +541
5th: Jackson Smylie 10-5 +422
Class B 1st: Ben Lam 8-7 +69
Class B 2nd: Wallace Schultz 8-7 -159
High Win Rd 1-3: Jackson Smylie 573
Low Win Rd 4-7: Michael Wolfberg 353
High Loss Rd 8-11: Joey Mallick 430
Best Record Lower Half Rd 12-14: Travis Carlson 2-1 +304

WOW Division B

🥇 Brian McCarthy 11-4 +1209
🥈 Sary Karanofsky 10-5 +538
🥉 Sara Corbin 10-5 +515
4th: Chuck Abbate 10-5 +363
5th: Gary Moss 10-5 +278
Class B 1st: Frances Shaw 9-6 +308
Class B 2nd: Linda Tilley 9-6 -122
High Win Rd 1-3: Kathy Hooper 497
Low Win Rd 4-7: Kathy Hooper 305
High Loss Rd 8-11: Susan Bertoni 449
Best Record Lower Half Rd 12-14: Julia Bogle 3-0 +331

WOW Division C

🥇 Foster Tom 11-4 +735
🥈 Portia Zwicker 11-4 +494
🥉 Sharon Dalgliesh 10-5 +580
4th: Lauren Fitch 10-5 +510
5th: Betsey Wood 10-5 +289
Class B 1st: Alice VanDoren 9-6 +25
Class B 2nd: Diane Sleek 9-6 -69
High Win Rd 1-3: Sid Lashley 514
Low Win Rd 4-7: Dianne Franz 295
High Loss Rd 8-11: Judi Boviard 400
Best Record Lower Half Rd 12-14: Jane Kay 3-0 +437

CSW Division A

🥇 Josh Sokol 12-3 +1010
🥈 Matthew O’Connor 11-4 +236
🥉 Ben Schoenbrun 10-5 +391
4th: Stefan Rau 9-6 +457
Class B 1st: Daniel Blake 9-6 -431
High Win Rd 1-3: Jason Keller 580
Low Win Rd 4-7: Matthew O’Connor 357
High Loss Rd 8-11: Tim Weiss 476
Best Record Lower Half Rd 12-14: Bradley Whitmarsh 2-1 +223

CSW Division B

🥇 Justin Morris 12-3 +1119
🥈 Terry Kang 11-4 +1349
🥉 Zachary Dang 11-4 +1086
4th: Ayotunde Adeyeri 11-4 +798
Class B 1st: Sophia Ozorio 9-6 +24
High Win Rd 1-3: Justin Morris 542
Low Win Rd 4-7: Sophia Ozorio 348
High Loss Rd 8-11: Justin Morris 428
Best Record Lower Half Rd 12-14: Iliana Filby 3-0 +98

09/02/2025

Congratulations to the Toronto Tile Slingers who played and were live streamed this weekend. Two one days, with a $0 entry fee and no prizes, built for streaming. Morris Greenberg finished on top both days, besting a string of top rated opponents including Robin Po***ck Daniel, Christopher Sykes, Arie Sinke, Maxim Panitch, Shan Abbasi, Heather McCall, Max Pan, Caleb Pittman, Mad Palazzo, and Dave Krook.

At Let's Play Scrabble, we're constantly working to improve our live streams, and getting opportunities to practice more often is a key part of that growth. Special thanks to commentators Josh Sokol, Evan Chester, David Spargo, Brian Garnett, Heidi Robertson, and the Brosowsky brothers Emmett and Gideon. While an end of summer long weekend may not be the optimal time to stream, we were happy to see a peak audience over 100 viewers, almost 3000 views and over 1200 hours of watch time.

One of the best parts of these broadcasts was Josh Cough's incredible work on LPS Advanced Stats. Thanks to him (and to Seth Lipkin and Cross-Tables) we can now show player's career stats instantly, with no pre-show research required.

If you missed the streams, you can catch them on the Let's Play Scrabble YouTube channel:

Day One: https://youtube.com/live/UJlNHUjXBv0
Day Two: https://youtube.com/live/U53Xw_AZqfM

You can find the tournament results here:

Day One: https://www.cross-tables.com/tourney.php?tourneyid=12891
Day Two: https://www.cross-tables.com/tourney.php?tourneyid=12896

We'll be live streaming again in two weeks in Galesburg, Il for what promises to be a really cool tournament. Hope to see you there!

Thanks and Let's Play Scrabble!

08/26/2025

Announcing the next two Let's Play Scrabble live streams!

🎥 Toronto Tile Slingers (Aug 30–31)
From clever racks to tight endgames, Toronto players know how to put on a show. This special streaming event brings together Toronto's top talent for two days of strategy, wordplay, and plenty of great Scrabble moments.

🎥 Galesburg Double Decker Tournament (Sep 13–14)
I’m heading to Illinois to bring you this one-of-a-kind event! Hosted by expert player and Galesburg’s own Mayor Peter Schwartzman, this tournament brings together players, businesses, and the local community for a true celebration of Scrabble.

📺 Watch every match live on the Let’s Play Scrabble YouTube channel - starting this weekend!

07/09/2025

Congrats to all the winners of the 4th of July Scrabble Tournament and Bob Linn Superstars division. Special thanks to Bob Linn and WGPO for their sponsorship of the event. If you missed the stream, you can catch up on all the action on the Lets Play Scrabble YouTube channel under ‘past streams’. Full prize tables in comments.

Bob Linn Superstars (CSW Division A)
🥇 Matthew Tunnicliffe 25-7 +1997
🥈 Harshan Lamabadusuriya 22-10 +2071
🥉 Wellington Jighere 22-10 +855
4th: Matthew O’Connor 21-11 +740
5th: Sammy Okosagah 20-12 +1078
6th: Will Anderson 20-12 +1058
7th: Josh Castellano 20-12 +911
8th: Adam Logan 19-13 +1010
9th: Austin Shin 19-13 +686
10th: Josh Sokol 19-13 +518
Class B 1st: Noah Slatkoff 18-14 +881
Class B 2nd: Nwali Enoch 18-14 +626
Class B 3rd: Jason Keller 17-15 +744
Class C 1st: Winter 18-14 +76
Class C 2nd: Jason Carney 18-14 -24
Class C 3rd: Sohaib Sanaullah 17-15 +92
Class D 1st: Jason Ubeika 17-15 +211
Class D 2nd: Niel Gan 16-16 -638
Class D 3rd: Carson Ip 15-17 -203
High Win Rd 1-4: Jason Keller 631
High Win Rd 5-8: Dennis Ikekeregor 585
High Loss Rd 9-12: Will Anderson 487
High Loss Rd 13-16: Sammy Okosagah 474
Low Win Rd 17-20: Charles Reinke 359
Low Win Rd 21-24: BJ Premore 345
Best Record Lower Half Rd 25-28: Amit Chakrabarti 4-0 +509
Best Record Lower Half Rd 29-31: Jason Ubeika 3-0 +166

Lite (CSW Division B)
🥇 Terry Kang 23-9 +1461
🥈 Eric Fox 23-9 +1309
🥉 Ayotunde Adeyeri 23-9 +1205
4th: Noel Livermore 21-11 +1615
5th: Heidi Robertson 20-12 +1010
6th: David Nwabor 20-12 +870
7th: Lindsay Shin 20-12 +646
8th: Rebecca Soble 19-13 +1113
9th: Zachary Dang 19-13 +468
10th: Elise Bickford 19-13 +331
Class B 1st: K Kaia 19-13 +316
Class B 2nd: Nitya Chagti 18-14 +802
Class B 3rd: Randi Goldberg 18-14 +309
Class C 1st: Tom Chang 17.5-14.5 +43
Class C 2nd: Danny Panganiban 17-15 +385
Class C 3rd: Paula Catanese 17-15 +235
Class D 1st: Lea Shin 17.5-14.5 -520
Class D 2nd: Ather Sharif 16.5-15.5 -570
Class D 3rd: Anna Magavern 16-16 +229
High Win Rd 1-4: Heidi Robertson 572
High Win Rd 5-8: Anna Magavern 528
High Loss Rd 9-12: Judy Cole 470
High Loss Rd 13-16: Thomas Stumpf 489
Low Win Rd 17-20: Glenn Housley 311
Low Win Rd 21-24: Glenn Housley 361
Best Record Lower Half Rd 25-28: Elise Bickford 4-0 +568
Best Record Lower Half Rd 29-31: Danny Panganiban 3-0 +480

WOW Division A
🥇 Joey Krafchick 22-10 +1750
🥈 Seth Lipkin 22-10 +1481
🥉 David Spargo 21-11 +1849
4th: Karl Higby 21-11 +1270
5th: Jason Li 21-11 +1252
Class B 1st: Jeffrey Nelson 19-13 +531
Class B 2nd: Evan Chester 19-13 +210
Class C 1st: Keith Hagel 15-17 -778
Class C 2nd: Noah Goldstein 14-18 -108
High Win Rd 1-4: Joey Krafchick 668
High Win Rd 5-8: Karl Higby 574
High Loss Rd 9-12: Benjamin Ansell 419
High Loss Rd 13-16: David Gremaud 438
Low Win Rd 17-20: Mike Baron 358
Low Win Rd 21-24: Paul Avrin 374
Best Record Lower Half Rd 25-28: Benjamin Ansell 3-1 +283
Best Record Lower Half Rd 29-31: Cameron Siegal 3-0 +340

WOW Division B
🥇 Jessica Mercatante 23-9 +1187
🥈 Cheryl Kagan 21-11 +979
🥉 Bennett Jacobstein 21-11 +813
4th: Susan Blanchard 20.5-11.5 +700
5th: Sally Scalzo 20-12 +664
Class B 1st: Dalton Hoffine 19-13 +559
Class B 2nd: Jim Fonti 18-14 +546
Class C 1st: Deb Mulrooney 16-16 -179
Class C 2nd: Les Hipenbecker 15.5-16.5 -141
High Win Rd 1-4: Katya Lezin 514
High Win Rd 5-8: Cheryl Kagan 500
High Loss Rd 9-12: Amika Gair-MacMichael 422
High Loss Rd 13-16: Diane Sleek 421
Low Win Rd 17-20: Olinga Flisock 290
Low Win Rd 21-24: Les Hipenbecker 301
Best Record Lower Half Rd 25-28: Judi Boviard 3-1 +347
Best Record Lower Half Rd 29-31: Linda Wancel 3-0 +350

05/30/2025

Congrats to the winners of Montreal Scrabblefest and thanks to everyone who came out to compete or watched the live stream! If you missed it, you can catch up on all the action at Lets Play Scrabble dot com / stream.

Wow Division A
🥇 Jason Li 12-3
🥈 Jackson Smylie 10-5
🥉 David Spargo 10-5
Class B 1st: Michael Thelan 10-5
Class B 2nd: Annette Obrestad 8-7
Gas & Bagels: Michael Thelan 10-5
High Win Rd 1-3: David Spargo 520
Low Win Rd 4-7: Michael Fagen 375
High Loss Rd 8-11: Sam Hollington 437
Best Record Lower Half Rd 12-14: Jeffrey Nelson 3-0

Wow Division B
🥇 Ben Lam 11-4
🥈 Richard Kirsch 11-4
🥉 Fran Silver 10-5
Class B 1st: Letitia Sears 8-7
Class B 2nd: Sary Karanofsky 8-7
Gas & Bagels: Judy Horn 10-5
High Win Rd 1-3: Fran Silver 491
Low Win Rd 4-7: Ben Lam 343
High Loss Rd 8-11: Fran Silver 423
Best Record Lower Half Rd 12-14: Sary Karanofsky 2-1

Wow Division C
🥇 Caleb Pittman 14-1
🥈 Amika Gair-MacMichael 10-5
🥉 Robin Dick 10-5
Class B 1st: Derek Godin 9-6
Class B 2nd: Julia Szwet 8.5-6.5
Gas & Bagels: Derek Godin 9-6
High Win Rd 1-3: Amika Gair-MacMichael 492
Low Win Rd 4-7: George Sladowski 329
High Loss Rd 8-11: Ricky Zurif 391
Best Record Lower Half Rd 12-14: Ricky Zurif 2-1

CSW Division
🥇 Adam Logan 13-2
🥈 Winter 11-4
🥉 Josh Sokol 10-5
Class B 1st: Kyle Fellahi 8-7
Class B 2nd: Terry Kang 6-9
Gas & Bagels: Bradley Whitmarsh 10-5
High Win Rd 1-3: Adam Logan 625
Low Win Rd 4-7: Cheryl Melvin 380
High Loss Rd 8-11: Josh Sokol 479
Best Record Lower Half Rd 12-14: Matthew Tunnicliffe 3-0

Early Bird 1 Wow Division A
🥇 David Spargo 6-1
🥈 Jackson Smylie 5-2
🥉 Winter 4-3

Early Bird 1 Wow Division B
🥇 Connor Sell 5-2
🥈 Marwan Saadi 5-2
🥉 Caleb Pittman 4-3

Early Bird 1 CSW Division
🥇 Josh Sokol 6-1

Early Bird 2 Wow Division A
🥇 Jackson Smylie 5-0
🥈 David Spargo 4-1

Early Bird 2 Wow Division B
🥇 Kevin Black 5-0
🥈 Caleb Pittman 3-2

Early Bird 2 Wow Division C
🥇 Andrew Rosen 4-1
🥈 David Nelson 4-1

Early Bird 2 CSW Division
🥇 Winter 5-0

Late Bird Wow Division
🥇 Karl Higby 5-0
🥈 David Spargo 3-2
🥉 Joel Horn 3-2
Class B: Christine Cardinal 3-2

Late Bird CSW Division
🥇 Winter 4-1
🥈 Cheryl Melvin 3-2

Other Prizes:
- Best Word to Describe Bernard Sign-up Prize: Ben Lam “Heart”
- 50/50 Draw to support Montreal Scrabble Club: David Nelson
- Bernard Gotlieb Memorial Poker Game: 1st Joel Horn, 2nd Josh Greenway

04/20/2025

🔠 The Biggest School Scrabble Showdown of the Year – LIVE from D.C.!

Join us for the 2025 North American School Scrabble Championship, streaming live from the Planet Word Museum in Washington, D.C., on April 26–27 — with expert commentary from Scrabble stars Will Anderson and Chloe Fatsis!

🆕 New this year: The broadcast will stream on the Let’s Play Scrabble YouTube channel.
📍 Find the link in the comments below!

🟢 Livestream Schedule:
• Saturday, April 26 – 9:45 AM to 5:30 PM ET
• Sunday, April 27 – 8:50 AM to 1:00 PM ET

🏆 Finals Schedule – Sunday, April 27
• Elementary/Middle Final: 1:15 PM ET
• High School Final: 2:30 PM ET

Don’t miss a single play — from the first tile to the final bingo — as the next generation of Scrabble champions battles it out live!

04/18/2025

They didn’t seem to care at all when I told them about how bad my tiles were

02/22/2025

Don't miss Scrabble Showdown: Annette Obrestad vs. Agnes Kramer, streaming LIVE this Thursday Feb 27!

Let’s Play Scrabble presents Scrabble Showdown, proudly sponsored by NASPA Games—an electrifying best-of-seven battle between two rising stars of the game: Annette Obrestad (1779) and Agnes Kramer (1784).

Both players are currently at peak ratings, knocking on the door of 1800+ expert status—but only one will emerge victorious in this NWL23 Scrabble Showdown!

With expert commentary from Josh Sokol and Chloe Fatsis, this high-stakes showdown is a must-watch for Scrabble fans everywhere!

📅 Date: Thursday, February 27th | 🕒 Time: 3 PM ET
📍 Where: Live on the Let’s Play Scrabble YouTube Channel

🔥 Part of the 2025 Canadian Scrabble Classic! 🔥
The Scrabble Showdown kicks off the 2025 Canadian Scrabble Classic Live Stream! See the full streaming schedule at lets play scrabble dot com / stream

🔴 Don't miss a move! Subscribe now and get notified when we go live - link to the channel in the comments

02/09/2025

🎆 Don’t miss the SUPERSIZED 4th of July Scrabble Tournament in Albany, NY!
🔥 32-game Main Event (July 3–6) & 7-game Early Bird (July 2)
🏨 Great Deal! $115/night Marriott Room Rate
💰 CSW Players: $50,000+ Prize Pool sponsored by Bob Linn – largest in North American history!
💡 New to CSW? Tons of sign-up and prize incentives!
💲 WOW Players: $3,700 Prize donation sponsored by WGPO
📍 Register now & get all the details: lets play scrabble dot com

Registration is now open for the 4th of July Scrabble Tournament. Whether you’re a WOW (TWL) player, a CSW (Lite) player, or will play CSW in the Bob Linn Superstars division, there’s lots of fun to be had and lots of prize money to be won.

Better yet, if you’re New-to-CSW, or would like to be, there are some very generous incentives both to help cover the cost of participation, and multiple $1000 prizes available to be won. The earlier you sign up, the bigger the incentive. Got questions? Please ask.

🔠 We can’t wait to see you in Albany!

10/27/2024

Don’t miss the First Tournament of the Year! You’re invited to the 19th annual Albany New Year’s Scrabble Tournament. Ring in the New Year with your extended Scrabble family from Dec 29-Jan 1, 2025!

What can you expect:
28 Game Main Event + 7 Game Early Bird
$106 (USD) Marriott Room Rate
Door prizes every day! (last year: hotel stay, board, clock, racks, tiles, gift cards)
Team Trivia (participation is free, prizes provided)
After hours game play with fun prizes
Full entry fee refunds up until the day of tournament

>>>Get in touch with us at Let’s Play Scrabble dot com, or comment below

07/03/2024

Today at 2:30 PM ET / 11:30 AM PT / 7:30 PM UK time it's North American Champion Will Anderson vs World Champion Wellington Jighere in a head-to-had best-of-7 match. Don't miss this showdown between two of the best! Brought to you by Let's Play Scrabble and sponsored by NASPA Games.

Get ready for the Scrabble spectacle of the year, sponsored by NASPA Games! On Wednesday, July 3rd, at 2:30 PM ET / 11:30 AM PT / 7:30 PM UK time, witness an...