Play the word history during your friendly Scrabble game, and you're going to get a minimum of 11 points. Play the word obeisant, at least if you're Mikki Nicholson, and you'll not only get 86 points, but you'll be crowned one of the leading Scrabble players in all of the world.
Scrabble championships aren't usually known for breaking glass ceilings. But that's what makes Nicholson's story so unique: she took down one of the world's best Scrabble players during a championship tournament in the United Kingdom, and she did so wearing a pink wig and a PVC dress. She'll now move on to championships in Malaysia, where she'll continue her quest to become not only the world's first trans Scrabble champion, but the best darn player on the planet.
"A good Scrabble player is intuitive. They also need to be good with numbers," Nicholson said after her victory. "People think Scrabble is just about words, but it's the numbers that win the game so a sound mathematical brain is an advantage."
Nicholson's victory actually drew a statement from a Scrabble spokesperson, celebrating that the game could be a face of representation for all people in the world.
"Scrabble is a game for anyone to enjoy, loved by generations of families, men and women and anyone," the spokesperson said.
Incidentally, Nicholson's winning word, obeisant? It means deferential or respectful. Kind of an awesome word for a Scrabble champion to end on, eh?
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