Pakistan Shines at the WESPAC 2025
Pakistan is making headlines at the World Scrabble Championship as five Pakistani players deliver strong performances, led by the exceptional run of Waseem Khatri, who has surged into 2nd place after 24 rounds. With an impressive 18 victories, a towering +1001 spread, and a historic win over the world’s greatest Scrabble player, Nigel Richards, Waseem […]
Pakistan Team Selected for World Youth Scrabble Championship 2025
The Pakistan Scrabble Association (PSA) is proud to announce the selection of the national team that will represent Pakistan at the 20th World Youth Scrabble Championship (WYSC) 2025, to be held in Malaysia from August 30 to September 1, 2025. This year, Pakistan State Oil (PSO) has graciously sponsored the team, continuing their support for […]
Pakistani Players Shine at the World Youth Scrabble Championship
In an outstanding display of skill and strategy, Pakistani players have achieved remarkable success at the World Youth Scrabble Championship, held recently. Leading the pack with an impressive performance was Affan Salman, who clinched the championship title with a commanding record of 20 wins and only 4 losses, accumulating a staggering spread of +1793. This […]
Pakistan Dominates at the World Youth Scrabble Championship 2024
Day-One of the three day championship was completely dominated by Pakistani players with no less than 6 Pakistanis in the top ten at the end of the first day 12 years old Ahmed Salman was in scintillating form winning all his 8 games and occupying the top slot. He is the only unbeaten players out […]
Some Useful Tips for Beginners: By Mr. Tariq Pervez
I seriously doubt if a perfect strategy for playing scrabble does exist. I have never come across a player who has one. Watching top players you’ll observe that their strategy changes with almost every move. They shift gears from being highly offensive to ultra defensive depending on the situation of the game. Here are some […]
Pakistani misses out on top prize in US scrabble championship
KARACHI: Waseem Khatri of Pakistan came tantalisingly close to winning the US National Scrabble Championship when he lost the finals by a narrow margin to Austin Shin of the United States in Baltimore, Maryland, on Wednesday. In the end, it turned out to be a case of so near yet so far. Khatri lost the […]
SCRABBLE: NEVER AT A LOSS FOR WORDS
He is 15, going on 16, and he is this year’s World Youth Scrabble champion. In fact, he is the only scrabble player in the world to have won the World Youth title two times in a row. And since Syed Imaad Ali is still so young, there are chances of him even doing a […]
Pakistan to host second online scrabble championship
KARACHI: Eight Pakistani scrabble players, including two nine-year old kids, would be competing in second online World Youth Scrabble Championship, which is being hosted for the second time following Covid-19 pandemic between Aug 7 and 22, Pakistan Scrabble Association (PSA) announced on Thursday. “On the request of World English-Language Scrabble Players Association (WESPA), Pakistan is […]
Wonder kid Imaad bounces back to clinch scrabble event
KARACHI: Syed Imaad Ali, the brilliant 14-year-old wonder kid clinched the Gladiators 32nd Pakistan Scrabble Championship (masters category) after staging the most astonishing comebacks ever witnessed in the national championship history Waseem Khatri enjoyed a great run on day two and was looking very safe at the top with a healthy lead. After 20 rounds […]
Pakistan’s Waseem Khatri clinches online scrabble championship in style
KARACHI: Pakistan’s brilliant scrabble champion Waseem Khatri clinched the online Double-double Scrabble Championship this week in which 64 participants from around the world competed. The championship, organised in the USA, kicked off on Tuesday, May 12 and the final was played on July 22. Waseem was the sole representative of Pakistan in the high profile […]