Joel Sherman - Citizendia

Joel Sherman (1962- ), nicknamed "GI Joel," is a top American Scrabble expert who has been chronicled in Stefan Fatsis's book Word Freak as well as Eric Chaikin's film Word Wars and mentioned in Collins Gem's reference book. The verb "to scrabble" also means to scratch scramble or scrape about see Wiktionaryscrabble. Word Freak is a Non-fiction narrative by Stefan Fatsis published in 2001 (ISBN 0-618-01584-1 Word Wars is a 2004 Documentary film directed by Eric Chaikin and Julian Petrillo about competitive Scrabble playing He was born in The Bronx, New York and is an alumnus of the Bronx High School of Science. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The Bronx High School of Science (commonly called Bronx Science, Bronx Sci, or just Science, and officially known as H

His nickname is derived from a health problem, gastrointestinal reflux syndrome. Gastroesophageal reflux disease ( American English and Canadian English) or Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease ( British English, Hiberno-English

Sherman's major Scrabble tournament victories include:

World Scrabble Championship - Washington, DC (1997)
National Scrabble Championship - San Diego, CA (2002)
Thailand International in 1998

Since beginning his career in 1988, he has played at least 3,400 tournament games, winning about 64%, and earning at least $102,000 in prize money. Format The World Scrabble Championship 1997 was held in the Stouffer Renaissance Mayflower Hotel, Washington, and was the second to be held in The National Scrabble Championship is the largest Scrabble competition in the United States. The Thailand International is the Thai national Scrabble competition in the English language. He is director of N. S. A. club #56, which meets weekly in New York, NY. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous

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World Scrabble Championship winners

This article is about the tournament in English For other uses see World Scrabble Championships. The World Scrabble Championship 1991 was the first World Scrabble Championship Peter Morris (from Michigan is a Scrabble player who represents the United States in international competition The World Scrabble Championship 1993 was the second World Scrabble Championship Mark Nyman (born 14 October 1966) is a Scrabble player from Leeds England. The World Scrabble Championship 1995 was the third World Scrabble Championship. David Boys is a top Canadian Scrabble expert He won the World Scrabble Championship (WSC in London UK in 1995, and the Canadian Format The World Scrabble Championship 1997 was held in the Stouffer Renaissance Mayflower Hotel, Washington, and was the second to be held in The World Scrabble Championship 1999 was the fifth World Scrabble Championship and was held at the Carlton Crest Hotel Melbourne Australia Joel Wapnick (1946- is a Scrabble player from Montreal, Canada. The World Scrabble Championship 2001 took place at The Venetian on the Las Vegas Strip, USA Brian Cappelletto (born 1969 is a Scrabble player who represents the United States in international competition The World Scrabble Championship 2003 was held in the Corus Hotel Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Panupol Sujjayakorn (born 1984) is a Thai Scrabble player and an Economics student at university The World Scrabble Championship 2005 was held in the Marriott Regent's Park Hotel London England between 16 November and 20 November. Adam Logan (born 1975 in Kingston Ontario) is a research mathematician and a top Canadian Scrabble player The World Scrabble Championship 2007 was held in the Taj President Hotel Mumbai, India between 9 November and 12 November. Nigel Richards is a Scrabble player who represents New Zealand in international competition

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