Helen Gipson (born 27 September 1961) is a Scrabble player. On 4 December 2005 her

ABSP The Association of British Scrabble Players oversees competitive Scrabble in the UK. It was formed in 1987 by agreement with J W Spear & Sons, the game's trademark owner, who were subsequently bought out by Mattel in 1993. It currently has around ...

rating peaked at third in Britain, making her the highest rated woman, and she is consistently rated as the top female player in the world. In January 2009 she won the UK Open beating a strong field including the world champion Nigel Richards. A software engineer by trade, Gipson represented

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in the

World Scrabble Championship 1999 The World Scrabble Championship 1999 was the fifth World Scrabble Championship and was held at the Carlton Crest Hotel, Melbourne, Australia. The winner was Joel Wapnick of Canada. This was the second time a player representing Canada has won, ...

(where she finished 49th),

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(11th),

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(29th and again the top-rated woman),

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(15th),

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(10th) and

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(18th). Her titles also include British Matchplay Scrabble Championship in 1998. In 2012 Gipson was the first British player to win th
Brands King's Cup in Bangkok, Thailand
She lives in Scotland.

References

External links

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* World Scrabble Championshipbr>official website entry
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