Unabridged
Stefan FatsisWords about words and sometimes more
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Football is a simple game. But the Germans don't always win anymore.
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Germany lost to Paraguay on penalties on Monday, extending a national-crisis level of World Cup failure to 12 years. Since last lifting the trophy in 2014, the Germans have gone out in the group stage and now in the n...
Separated by a Common Language (Part 2)
To read Part 1, click here. Warning: This eventually gets very inside Scrabble.
When Scrabble went viral in America in the early 1950s, its international rights were acquired by a British toy company, J. W. Spear and Sons. When tournaments...
Separated by a Common Language (Part 1)
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If that’s not the most Scrabble players in one photo, it’s gotta be close.
The picture is from a tournament in Bangkok, Thailand, a few weeks ago: 439 players from 30 countries; 36 games over four days; $70,0...
Turkey? Türkiye?
After beating Australia 2-0 on Friday in Seattle–great game; I was there; it was a blast—the U.S. men’s national soccer team wraps up the group stage next Thursday against Turkey. Or is it Türkiye? Two years ago, during the Euro 2024 tourna...
DUUMVIRATE? DUUMVIRATE!
In one of the kajillion1 stories after the publication of Word Freak in 2001—or maybe it was during ESPN’s six-year run of tournament coverage—the then-head of tournament Scrabble’s then-governing body, the National Scrabble Association, wa...
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Author of Unabridged (2025), A Few Seconds of Panic (2008), Word Freak (2001), Wild and Outside (1995). Former newspaper reporter, radio commentator, podcast host. I play a lot of Scrabble but should study more.
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