Newly-Crowned Scrabble World Champion Wins With This 176-Point Word

A man has been crowned World Scrabble Champion after he defeated his opponent with an incredible 176-point word.

Brett Smitheram, 37, from east London, won the top prize at the 2016 final held at the Grand Palais in Lille, with 'Braconid', meaning a small, parasitic wasp.

He beat fellow Brit Mark Nyman, who was one of his “Scrabble idols” when he was growing up, The Guardian reports.