Wellington
Jighere a 32-year-old has indeed made us proud for becoming the first African
to win the English-language World Scrabble Championship after beating Englishman
Lewis MacKay 4-0 in the final in Australia.
Wellington Jighere put down:
Dacoit - a member of a class of robbers in India and Burma
Yow - Australian slang for keeping a look-out
Katti - an alternative spelling for a weight used in China
Aah - an expression of surprise
Lewis MacKay put down:
Jomo - an alternative spelling for zhomo, an animal bred
from a yak and a cow
Yex - an Old English word for sobbing
Guiro - a musical instrument made from a gourd
Wemb - an obsolete alternative spelling of womb
Onely - an obsolete alternative spelling of only
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