Scenes from the Northern Ireland Championships 2012

Toh Weibin's record 850 pt game (left) was the highlight of the Northern Ireland Scrabble Championship 2012 in Belfast, which was won by Paul Gallen (top right: the top four finishers)


The World English-language Scrabble Players' Assocation (WESPA) represents the interests of international competitors and national Scrabble bodies worldwide.

It was formed in October 2003 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and formally constituted on 17 November 2005 at its first biennial general meeting.

Top 10

1NIGEL RICHARDS 2094
2Brett Smitheram 2079
3Paul Gallen 2079
4David Wiegand 2075
5Pakorn Nemitrmansuk 2074
6David Eldar 2074
7Adam Logan 2074
8Conrad BB 2067
9Chris May 2066
10Panupol Sujjayakorn 2064


 Tournaments

After a hectic 2011 we look forward to an even busier 2012, with many more international tournaments expected to be rated.

You can view WESPA-rated tournaments on our calendar here.

The complete international standings can be found here.

 Rules

The updated international world list and dictionary, from Collins and WESPA, will feature 1532 additions and 145 deletions of words of eight or fewer letters. The list and dictionary are now available, for adoption by local player associations early in 2012.

Click here to view the CSW2012 initiation kit and other useful documents.

 Features

There's a pile of Anagrams, Puzzles and Words of the Weeks in the Features page. Check them out. Have fun while improving your word knowledge — ahead of the many international tournaments coming up this year.

Any suggestions or comments, email Craig Beevers at webmaster@wespa.org.