New Zealander who doesn’t speak Spanish wins Spanish world Scrabble title

FILE - Scrabble games are displayed at a store in Palo Alto, Calif., on Feb. 9, 2009. FILE - Tournament favorite and five-time English-language scrabble world champion Nigel Richards looks across the board before the start of his final round, Aug. 13, 2014, at the National Scrabble Championships in Buffalo, NY.

A New Zealand man playing his first-ever competitive Scrabble game in Spanish, a language he doesn't speak, has won the board game's Spanish-language world title.