2024 North American Scrabble Championship: Final | USA’s Joshua Winner; Pak’s Waseem Runner-up

Joshua Castellano wins the best-of-five final of 2024 North American Scrabble Championship hosted at South Bend, Indiana. The two scrabble mastros – Pakistan’s Waseem Khatri and USA’s Joshua Castellano displayed their skills through out the five day event by occupying and switching the top slot between themselves.

On the final day depite Waseem maintaining his skills and scoring some wins, the luck seemed to be shinning upon Joshua.

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The five day event was an engaging minds competition moreover between Pakistan and American scrabblers. With fluctuating fortunes the main three slots mostly rotated between USA’s Joshua, Alec and Pakistan star Waseem Khatri.

The Final Day ranking table of 2024 North American Scrabble Championship is presented below:

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Division CSW1 Round 31 Standing on Final Day

1. Joshua Castellano WINNER

2. Waseem Khatri RUNNER-UP

3. Alec Sjoholm

Rank	Name	Home	Won-Lost	Spread
Winner	Joshua Castellano	Vienna, VA	24.0-7.0	+1634
Runner-up	Waseem Khatri	Pakistan	23.0-8.0	+1113
3	Alec Sjoholm	Lynnwood, WA	20.0-11.0	+1095
4	Austin Shin	Metairie, LA	20.0-11.0	+964
5	Matthew Tunnicliffe	Ottawa ON	20.0-11.0	+958
6	Brian Bowman	Villa Hills, KY	19.0-12.0	+510
7	Ben Schoenbrun	New Rochelle, NY	18.0-13.0	+853
8	Charles Reinke	Madison, WI	18.0-13.0	+532
9	Joel Wapnick	Albuquerque, NM	18.0-13.0	+437
10	Mohammad Sulaiman	Shreveport, LA	18.0-13.0	+344
11	Winter	Houston, TX	18.0-13.0	+260
12	Thomas Reinke	Middleton, WI	17.0-14.0	+876
13	Sam Kantimathi	Sacramento, CA	17.0-14.0	+487
14	Will Anderson	Lawrenceville, NJ	17.0-14.0	+412
15	Josh Sokol	Montreal QC	17.0-14.0	+327
16	Moiz Ullah Baig	Pakistan	17.0-14.0	+237
17	Robert Linn	Potomac, MD	17.0-14.0	+2
18	Tony Leah	Toronto ON	17.0-14.0	-4
19	Jason Keller	Princeton, NJ	16.0-15.0	+816
20	Wenwa Akinyi	Kenya	16.0-15.0	+13
21	Tim Weiss	Lewes, DE	16.0-15.0	+5
22	Emily Brodeur	Nashville, TN	16.0-15.0	-363
23	Bradley Whitmarsh	Attleboro, MA	15.0-16.0	+776
24	Jason Ubeika	Mississauga ON	15.0-16.0	+368
25	Kaia	Weston, WV	15.0-16.0	-209
26	Leslie Charles	Trinidad and Tobago	14.0-17.0	+129
27	James Porter	Mazeppa, MN	13.0-18.0	-402
28	Jacob Bergmann	Lexington, MA	13.0-18.0	-487
29	Terry Kang	Slingerlands, NY	13.0-18.0	-836
30	Paula Catanese	Mountain View, CA	12.0-19.0	-865
31	Caroline Polak Scowcroft	Australia	12.0-19.0	-2277
32	Joe Roberdeau	Cincinnati, OH	11.0-20.0	-987
33	Roger Cullman	Toronto ON	11.0-20.0	-1386
34	Kaveri Warriar	Dyer, IN	10.0-21.0	-1075
35	Cheryl Melvin	Grand Rapids, MI	8.0-23.0	-2107

2024 North American Scrabble Championship: Day 4 | Joshua Maintains No. 1 Slot ; Waseem Follows

The 2024 North American Scrabble Championship (also known as Scrabble Players Championship) is being held from 20th till 24th July, 2024 at the Century Center, South Bend, Indiana. Held every 1-3 years since 1978 it is the largest Scrabble championship in North America.

The day 4 remained a test of nerves for three scrabbler minds – Joshua, Waseem and Alec. The gainer was Pakistan’s Waseem who after occupying the No 1 position for first two days slide to 3rd position and regained a level and moved to 2nd position. During next few hours the Day 5 will determine the 2024 American scrabble mind.

The complete Day 4 ranking table of 2024 North American Scrabble Championship is presented below:

Division CSW1 Round 28 Standing on Day 4

1. Joshua Castellano

2. Waseem Khatri

3. Alec Sjoholm

Rank	Name	Home	Won-Lost	Spread
1	Joshua Castellano	Vienna, VA	20.0-7.0	+1314
2	Waseem Khatri	Pakistan	20.0-7.0	+963
3	Alec Sjoholm	Lynnwood, WA	19.0-8.0	+1085
4	Winter	Houston, TX	17.0-10.0	+481
5	Will Anderson	Lawrenceville, NJ	16.0-11.0	+653
6	Austin Shin	Metairie, LA	16.0-11.0	+649
7	Matthew Tunnicliffe	Ottawa ON	16.0-11.0	+577
8	Joel Wapnick	Albuquerque, NM	16.0-11.0	+496
9	Brian Bowman	Villa Hills, KY	16.0-11.0	+208
10	Mohammad Sulaiman	Shreveport, LA	16.0-12.0	+218
11	Jason Keller	Princeton, NJ	15.0-12.0	+932
12	Thomas Reinke	Middleton, WI	15.0-12.0	+702
13	Sam Kantimathi	Sacramento, CA	15.0-12.0	+693
14	Ben Schoenbrun	New Rochelle, NY	15.0-12.0	+671
15	Charles Reinke	Madison, WI	15.0-12.0	+392
16	Josh Sokol	Montreal QC	15.0-12.0	+278
17	Moiz Ullah Baig	Pakistan	15.0-12.0	+275
18	Tony Leah	Toronto ON	15.0-12.0	+234
19	Robert Linn	Potomac, MD	15.0-12.0	+109
20	Tim Weiss	Lewes, DE	14.0-13.0	+12
21	Wenwa Akinyi	Kenya	14.0-13.0	-50
22	Bradley Whitmarsh	Attleboro, MA	13.0-14.0	+458
23	Jason Ubeika	Mississauga ON	13.0-14.0	+298
24	Emily Brodeur	Nashville, TN	13.0-14.0	-675
25	Leslie Charles	Trinidad and Tobago	12.0-15.0	+51
26	James Porter	Mazeppa, MN	12.0-15.0	-151
27	Jacob Bergmann	Lexington, MA	12.0-15.0	-399
28	Kaia	Weston, WV	12.0-15.0	-423
29	Paula Catanese	Mountain View, CA	11.0-16.0	-775
30	Roger Cullman	Toronto ON	11.0-16.0	-983
31	Terry Kang	Slingerlands, NY	11.0-17.0	-810
32	Caroline Polak Scowcroft	Australia	10.0-17.0	-1928
33	Joe Roberdeau	Cincinnati, OH	9.0-18.0	-1069
34	Kaveri Warriar	Dyer, IN	8.0-20.0	-1144
35	Cheryl Melvin	Grand Rapids, MI	6.0-21.0	-1942

2024 North American Scrabble C’ship: Day 3 | USA’s Joshua Moves to Slot 1; Pak’s Waseem Slides To Slot 3

The 2024 North American Scrabble Championship (also known as Scrabble Players Championship) is being held from 20th till 24th July, 2024 at the Century Center, South Bend, Indiana. Held every 1-3 years since 1978 it is the largest Scrabble championship in North America.

USA’s Joshua Castellano on Day 3 moved up from 5th position to occupy the No. 1 slot which was being held for two consecutive days by Pakistan’s Waseem Khatri who dropped down to the 3rd slot. Alec Sjoholm also from USA maintained his 2nd slot position. The complete Day 3 ranking table is as follows:

2024 North American Scrabble Championship

Division CSW1 Round 21 Standing on Day 3

1. Joshua Castellano

2. Alec Sjoholm

3. Waseem Khatri

Rank	Name	Home	Won-Lost	Spread
1	Joshua Castellano	Vienna, VA	16.0-5.0	+1071
2	Alec Sjoholm	Lynnwood, WA	15.0-6.0	+1105
3	Waseem Khatri	Pakistan	14.0-7.0	+674
4	Ben Schoenbrun	New Rochelle, NY	13.0-8.0	+861
5	Thomas Reinke	Middleton, WI	13.0-8.0	+669
6	Will Anderson	Lawrenceville, NJ	13.0-8.0	+563
7	Brian Bowman	Villa Hills, KY	13.0-8.0	+348
8	Charles Reinke	Madison, WI	12.0-9.0	+458
9	Wenwa Akinyi	Kenya	12.0-9.0	+398
10	Austin Shin	Metairie, LA	12.0-9.0	+361
11	Joel Wapnick	Albuquerque, NM	12.0-9.0	+317
12	Winter	Houston, TX	12.0-9.0	+101
13	Tony Leah	Toronto ON	12.0-9.0	+90
14	Moiz Ullah Baig	Pakistan	12.0-9.0	+63
15	Robert Linn	Potomac, MD	12.0-9.0	-1
16	Mohammad Sulaiman	Shreveport, LA	12.0-9.0	-31
17	Jason Ubeika	Mississauga ON	11.0-10.0	+572
18	Sam Kantimathi	Sacramento, CA	11.0-10.0	+557
19	Bradley Whitmarsh	Attleboro, MA	11.0-10.0	+478
20	Leslie Charles	Trinidad and Tobago	11.0-10.0	+259
21	Matthew Tunnicliffe	Ottawa ON	11.0-10.0	+201
22	Jacob Bergmann	Lexington, MA	11.0-10.0	+81
23	Tim Weiss	Lewes, DE	11.0-10.0	+58
24	Josh Sokol	Montreal QC	11.0-10.0	-155
25	Jason Keller	Princeton, NJ	10.0-11.0	+382
26	James Porter	Mazeppa, MN	10.0-11.0	-184
27	Emily Brodeur	Nashville, TN	9.0-12.0	-647
28	Kaveri Warriar	Dyer, IN	8.0-13.0	-415
29	Roger Cullman	Toronto ON	8.0-13.0	-569
30	Paula Catanese	Mountain View, CA	8.0-13.0	-763
31	Kaia	Weston, WV	8.0-13.0	-765
32	Caroline Polak Scowcroft	Australia	8.0-13.0	-1191
33	Terry Kang	Slingerlands, NY	6.0-15.0	-1040
34	Joe Roberdeau	Cincinnati, OH	6.0-15.0	-1199
35	Cheryl Melvin	Grand Rapids, MI	4.0-17.0

2024 North American Scrabble Championship: Day 2 | Pakistan’s Waseem Khatri Maintains Lead

On Day 2, Waseem Khatri from Pakistan maintains his No. 1 position. It was day of mixed fortunes with the top positions being switched between Pakistan and USA scrabblers.

2024 North American Scrabble Championship

Division CSW1 Round 13 Standing on Day 2

1. Waseem Khatri

2. Alec Sjoholm

3. Brian Bowman

Rank	Name	Home	Won-Lost	Spread
1	Waseem Khatri	Pakistan	10.0-3.0	+1078
2	Alec Sjoholm	Lynnwood, WA	10.0-3.0	+712
3	Brian Bowman	Villa Hills, KY	10.0-3.0	+304
4	Joel Wapnick	Albuquerque, NM	9.0-4.0	+505
5	Joshua Castellano	Vienna, VA	9.0-4.0	+452
6	Moizullah Baig	Pakistan	9.0-4.0	+328
7	Ben Schoenbrun	New Rochelle, NY	8.0-5.0	+788
8	Austin Shin	Metairie, LA	8.0-5.0	+565
9	Will Anderson	Lawrenceville, NJ	8.0-5.0	+523
10	Charles Reinke	Madison, WI	8.0-5.0	+144
11	Tony Leah	Toronto ON	8.0-5.0	-262
12	Jason Keller	Princeton, NJ	7.0-6.0	+508
13	Thomas Reinke	Middleton, WI	7.0-6.0	+299
14	Matthew Tunnicliffe	Ottawa ON	7.0-6.0	+156
15	Josh Sokol	Montreal QC	7.0-6.0	+134
16	Robert Linn	Potomac, MD	7.0-6.0	-93
17	Emily Brodeur	Nashville, TN	7.0-6.0	-94
18	Mohammad Sulaiman	Shreveport, LA	7.0-6.0	-254
19	Jason Ubeika	Mississauga ON	6.0-7.0	+318
20	Leslie Charles	Trinidad and Tobago	6.0-7.0	-71
21	Wenwa Akinyi	Kenya	6.0-7.0	-110
22	James Porter	Mazeppa, MN	6.0-7.0	-114
23	Winter	Houston, TX	6.0-7.0	-147
24	Tim Weiss	Lewes, DE	6.0-7.0	-172
25	Jacob Bergmann	Lexington, MA	6.0-7.0	-275
26	Paula Catanese	Mountain View, CA	6.0-7.0	-444
27	Sam Kantimathi	Sacramento, CA	5.0-8.0	+263
28	Bradley Whitmarsh	Attleboro, MA	5.0-8.0	+213
29	Kaveri Warriar	Dyer, IN	5.0-8.0	-233
30	Roger Cullman	Toronto ON	5.0-8.0	-309
31	Kaia	Weston, WV	5.0-8.0	-527
32	Joe Roberdeau	Cincinnati, OH	5.0-8.0	-741
33	Caroline Polak Scowcroft	Australia	5.0-8.0	-824
34	Cheryl Melvin	Grand Rapids, MI	3.0-10.0	-968
35	Terry Kang	Slingerlands, NY	2.0-11.0	-1002