Unabridged
Stefan FatsisWords about words and sometimes more
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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...
"so glad I am not crazy!"
Last Sunday, apparently for the first time since its crossword puzzle debuted in 1942, the New York Times printed the wrong grid accompanying the day’s clues. Olds like me who prefer doing the puzzle on paper rather than online were flummox...
Crossplayed
At the end of 2025, the New York Times announced that it was adding to its market-crushing arsenal of time-sucking fun a two-sided game with “players taking turns building words off one another to earn points.” On social media, commenters t...
POOF!
Note: This story includes discussion of offensive words.
The 2026 North American School Scrabble Championship in downtown DC last weekend was a banger. More than 80 kids competed, from nine states, one should-be state, one Canadian provinc...
JAKE, JAKER, JAKEST
Screenshot courtesy Let’s Play Scrabble
This story also was published in Defector.
UNDER AN OAK-BEAMED CEILING on the top floor of one of Washington, D.C.’s coolest museums, Planet Word, more than 90 kids gathered last April to vie for $5...
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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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