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. The winner was Panupol Sujjayakorn of

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. The format was notably different from previous WSCs. The tournament began with the Australian Draw system, with each player playing sixteen games over two days. On the third day the players played eight games in a King Of the Hill format. After this, the top two players competed in a best-of-five final to decide who would be the seventh World Scrabble Champion. Prize money started at $17,500 for the winner, with all the top twenty players receiving prizes down to $200.

Results

The winner was Panupol Sujjayakorn of

. This was the first time that a player won the WSC while representing a country for which

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is not the first language.

Complete Results

*FINALS: *Game 1: Panupol 418 – Pakorn 380 *Game 2: Pakorn 495 – Panupol 384 *Game 3: Pakorn 514 – Panupol 470 *Game 4: Panupol 446 – Pakorn 433 *Game 5: Panupol 444 – Pakorn 387

References

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