The World Scrabble Championship is the sport's premier English-language event, first held in London in 1991 with 48 players. It ran on a biennial cycle in odd-numbered years from 1991 to 2013, then became an annual event, and is organized today under the World English-language Scrabble Players Association (WESPA).
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Founding Year Founding DateThe inaugural World Scrabble Championship ran 27 to 30 September 1991 in London; Peter Morris, playing for the United States, won the first title. FrequencyBiennial (odd years) from 1991 to 2013, annual from 2013 onward. 1 Host HistoryLondon hosted the inaugural 1991 championship and hosted again in 1995 and 2005. Other hosts have included New York (1993), Washington DC (1997), Melbourne (1999), Las Vegas (2001, 2023), Kuala Lumpur (2003), Mumbai (2007), Johor Bahru (2009), Warsaw (2011), Perth (2015), Lille (2016) and Torquay, England (2018 and 2019). 3 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Five-time English-language champion (2007, 2011, 2013, 2018, 2019).
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