Winner of Spanish Scrabble Championship Doesn't Speak a Word of Spanish: 'An Incredible Humiliation'

Nigel Richards, a professional Scrabble player from New Zealand, won the Scrabble world championships in Grenada, Spain, despite not knowing Spanish. (Credit: John Thys/AFP via Getty Images)

The winner of the Spanish World Scrabble Championships beat out more than 150 competitors, and he does not even speak Spanish.

Nigel Richards, a professional player from New Zealand, won the championships in Granada, Spain, after memorizing the official Scrabble list for the language, a friend of his told the Associated Press.