Will Anderson
publication date: Saturday, August 5, 2017 (part of Summer 2017)
category: Competitions
clue: This recent champion's last name would be worth 27 points if he played it on a triple word score.
explanation: Anderson won the 2017 North American Scrabble Championship shortly before this goo was published. The letters in his last name would be worth 9 points as Scrabble letters, plus multiplier points. more…
difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Matthew Preston, Jesse King, and Elaine Beckland
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