A New Zealand man playing his first-ever competitive Scrabble game in Spanish, a language he doesn’t speak, has won the board game’s Spanish-language world title.

A New Zealand man hailed as a Scrabble phenom dominated the Spanish World Scrabble Championships – despite reportedly not speaking the language.

A renowned speller known as the "Tiger Woods of Scrabble" took the top spot at the Spanish World Scrabble Championships in Spain, despite not speaking Spanish.

Nigel Richards, known as the 'Tiger Woods of Scrabble,' has claimed victory in the Spanish Scrabble World Championships — which were held in Grenada on Nov. 16 — even though he doesn't actually speak Spanish.