{"id":446,"date":"2011-10-22T00:00:28","date_gmt":"2011-10-22T00:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/Wordpress\/?p=446"},"modified":"2011-10-22T00:00:28","modified_gmt":"2011-10-22T00:00:28","slug":"alphabet_bereft_as_letter_g_goes_awol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/articles\/alphabet_bereft_as_letter_g_goes_awol","title":{"rendered":"Alphabet Bereft As Letter &#8216;G&#8217; Goes AWOL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" src=\"\/images\/NewsImages\/2011\/missing-letter-g.jpg\" alt=\"Missing letter 'G'\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The world of Scrabble was thrown into confusion last week when a letter &#8216;G&#8217; went missing during the sport&#8217;s most prestigious English-language event.<\/p>\n<p>A World Scrabble Championship match between England&#8217;s Ed &ldquo;The Speller&rdquo; Martin and Thai word-conjurer Chollapat Itthi-Aree was interrupted when a &#8216;G&#8217; tile went missing. The absence prompted a search on and under the playing table and both athletes were asked to empty their pockets.<\/p>\n<p>Itthi-Aree succumbed to paranoid fury, demanding that his opponent be taken to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/janitorial\/toilet-rolls-dispensers\/toilet-roll\/l-1535\">toilet<\/a> and-strip searched. Judges refused the Thai&#8217;s request, another &#8216;G&#8217; was added to the game and Martin won the match by a mere point.<\/p>\n<table class=\"image\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" src=\"\/images\/NewsImages\/2011\/Scrabble-legends.jpg\" alt=\"Scrabble \" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"caption\" style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Legends past and present: The stars that the sport of Scrabble has bestowed upon us<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The Championship, which took place in Warsaw between 12 and 16 October, was eventually won by large-bearded New Zealander Nigel Richards, taking the world title for a second time. Richards secured victory after scoring 95 points with &#8216;omnified&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world of Scrabble was thrown into confusion last week when a letter &#8216;G&#8217; went missing during the sport&#8217;s most prestigious English-language event. 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