Adam Logan is a Canadian-American mathematician and tournament Scrabble player born in Kingston, Ontario. He won the World Scrabble Championship in 2005, defeating Pakorn Nemitrmansuk of Thailand 3 to 0, and won it again in 2025, defeating Nigel Richards of New Zealand 4 to 2, making him one of only three players to win the title more than once. He holds a PhD in mathematics from Harvard University, earned in 1999, and works in arithmetic and algebraic geometry.
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Career HighlightTwo-time World Scrabble Champion (2005 and 2025), one of only three players to win the title more than once. 1 Classification
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Adam Logan is a Canadian-American mathematician and tournament Scrabble player. His work is primarily in arithmetic geometry and algebraic geometry. In Scrabble, he has won the World Scrabble Championship in 2005 and 2025.
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Logan is one of three players who have won the World Scrabble Championship more than once. In 2005, he won the championship against Pakorn Nemitrmansuk of Thailand, 3-0 in the final, and in 2025, won against Nigel Richards of New Zealand, 4-2 in the final.
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Adam Logan is a Canadian-American mathematician and tournament Scrabble player.
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