List of tournament Scrabble players

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This list of tournament Scrabble players includes players who currently or previously played Scrabble at a tournament level.

Players

NameCountryFirst tournament yearRef
Will Anderson Flag of the United States.svg United States2009 [1]
Conrad Bassett-Bouchard Flag of the United States.svg United States2004 [2]
Craig Beevers Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom2009 [3]
Brian Cappelletto Flag of the United States.svg United States1985 [4]
Joe Edley Flag of the United States.svg United States1978 [5]
David Eldar Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia2005 [6]
Stefan Fatsis Flag of the United States.svg United States1997
Robert Felt Flag of the United States.svg United States1982 [7]
Andrew Fisher Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia1991
Darryl Francis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom1999
Roxane Gay Flag of the United States.svg United States2011
David Gibson Flag of the United States.svg United States1986
Helen Gipson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom1999
Matt Graham Flag of the United States.svg United States1991 [8]
Stewart Holden Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom2003
Cheryl Kagan Flag of the United States.svg United States2008
Jim Kramer Flag of the United States.svg United States1983 [9]
Michael McKenna Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia2013 [10]
Andrea Carla Michaels Flag of the United States.svg United States1990
Trip Payne Flag of the United States.svg United States1995
Paul Phillips Flag of the United States.svg United States2002
Christian Pierre Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium1990s
Sal Piro Flag of the United States.svg United States1992
Joel Sherman Flag of the United States.svg United States1988 [11]
David Shulman Flag of the United States.svg United States1977
Robert Watson Flag of the United States.svg United States1980s [12]
Dave Wiegand Flag of the United States.svg United States1985
Roger Wright Flag of the United States.svg United States1993 [13]

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