14-Year-Old Wins National Scrabble Championship

Magnolia, TX-A 14-year-old boy is a Scrabble superstar and has taken the title of national champion in the game.

 

Jacob Sass from Texas has been playing the popular game since first grade.

 

Sass averages 10 hours a week in playing time, growing his vocabulary by studying word lists.

 

He rose as a champion on regional, state and national levels.

 

The boy says he just enjoys the game and beating other people in it.

 

His mother says it’s a multi-skill game.

 

“It’s not really only a game of words, it’s a math game and Jacob is very strong in math,” said his mother, Patricia Sass.

 

Sass says he also loves to indulge in scrabble games with less experienced players.

 

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