Nigeria celebrates Africa's first English-language Scrabble win
November 11, 2015
Wellington Jighere won the final with words like aah, dacoit and ungifted[/caption]
Nigerians have been congratulating countryman Wellington Jighere, who has become the first African to win the English-language World Scrabble Championship.
The 32-year-old beat Englishman Lewis MacKay 4-0 in the final in Australia. Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari was among those to congratulate him, saying he has “done the country proud”. Mr Jighere said on his Facebook page that he felt he was playing with the “whole continent” behind him. He added that it “still baffles” him that he managed to win, given how tired he felt as he had “not slept well in about a week”. 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
- 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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