Scrabble mad man becomes a 17 point word
Scrabble-mad Allan Simmons has finally scored the 17 point word he has wanted for over 30 years, Champion.
The 52-year-old Scot has realised his lifelong ambition of becoming the UK Scrabble champion after entering the contest every year since 1971.
So dedicated is Allan to Scrabble, he recently quit his job as a IT manager to become a 'scrabble consultant' (I have no idea what that is either) and his car registration reads W70RDS.
But this year his hard work (or craziness) paid off and with words including eggy, yutz, bogart and sheering, Allan scooped the title at the London finals
Beating Craig Beevers by three games to one the father-of-three won a trophy and a cheque for £1000.
Allan says he plays with an arsenal of 100,000 words including 434 eight-letter words that combine five vowels for maximum points.
I can think of another 17 point word to describe him ... actually no I can't that is too much like hard work.