Top Scrabble player caught cheating

Published: 6:35PM Wednesday August 15, 2012 Source: OEN News

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A top US Scrabble player has been kicked out of a national championship tournament for cheating.

The male, one of the top young players in the United States, was ejected from the 350-player, 28-round event in round 24.

AP reports that the unidentified player admitted the cheating after being spotted by another player concealing a pair of blank tiles by dropping them on the floor.

Blank tiles can be used as wild-card letters.

This is the first incident of cheating at a national tournament.

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