Nigel Richards from New Zealand is the reigning World Scrabble Champion.
Travis Chaney from Ashland, Ore. was the first Scrabble player to get expert ratings in English and Spanish Scrabble simultaneously.
Adam Logan from Ottawa, Ont. won the World Scrabble Championship in 2005.
Robin Pollock Daniel from Toronto, Ont. is the highest-rated female Scrabble player in North America.
Joel Wapnick from Montreal, Que. has written three books on Scrabble.
Jeremy Hildebrand from Ottawa, Ont. is both an elite Scrabble player and a huge fan of heavy metal.
Jesse Day from Berkeley, Calif. is the 12th-highest rated player in North America.
Diane Firstman from New York, N.Y. is an elite Scrabble player and a baseball writer for ESPN.
Marlon Hill from Baltimore, Md. was featured in the 2004 Scrabble documentary "Word Wars." Apparently he is excellent at anagrams.
Cecilia Le from Cambridge, Mass. was the only 20-something woman out of 850 players at a National Scrabble Championship in New Orleans. She is the 75th-highest ranked player in North America.
John O'Laughlin from Madison, Wisc. is the co-creator of wordplay site Quackle. He is the 49th-highest rated player in North America.
Maxim Panitch from Toronto, Ont. is the 68th-highest rated played in North America.
James Leong from Vancouver, B.C. won an international Scrabble championship at age 22, beating a veteran player.
David Boys from Dorval, Que. won the World Scrabble Championship in 1995.
Eric Tran from Calgary, Alta. has the 14th-highest rating in North America.
Jeffrey Nelson from Burlington, Vt. averages about 400 points per game.
Tony Leah from Ajax, Ont. is a certified Scrabble tournament director.
Jason Keller from Highland Park, N.J. is ranked 46 in North America.
Joe Edley from Long Island, N.Y. was the first person to win the National Scrabble Championship three times.
Stefan Fatsis from Washington, D.C. wrote the book "Word Freak" and is a regular guest on NPR's "All Things Considered."
Winter from Houston, Tex. is the 72-highest rated player in North America.
Mack Meller, 13, from Bedford, N.Y. is the 8th-highest rated player in North America (this picture was taken last year).
Matthew O'Connor, 13, from DeWitt, N.Y. is the 40th-highest rated Scrabble player in North America (this picture was taken last year).
Kate Fukawa-Connelly from Lawrenceville, N.J. has memorized every five-letter word in the English language. She is the 82nd-highest rated player in North America.
Benji Schoenbrun from Ardsley, N.Y. is the 30th-highest rated Scrabble player in North America.
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