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E M A I L S T O T H E E D I T O Rsupported National SCRABBLE® Association (the National Championship offers a first prize of$10,000!) In addition, the OSPD4 is used at many unrated SCRABBLE® events includingnumerous Literacy Volunteers tournaments and other fundraisers. It is also the dictionary of choicefor most North Americans for recreational play--which means more North Americans use theOSPD4 while playing SCRABBLE® than any other word source. While all the words in the OSPD4are included in TWL06 and SOWPODs lists, the OSPD4 words remain a distinct list, the mostwidely used in North American SCRABBLE®, so I would recommend supporting it on your web site.Cornelia Guest8
T O P 2 0 0 9 P L A Y E R S : I N A C T I V E L E A D E R STop Players by State or Province in 2009: Inactive LeadersIn the January issue of The Last Word we listed the top active players for the year by state orprovince. A reader brought to our attention that in some states and provinces, players who areinactive actually hold the top ranking. We’ve changed the heading in that issue--and also made acorrection: For the District of Columbia Ted Gest was the top active player for 2009 (although StefanFatsis played in 2009, he did not play in enough tournaments to qualify as an “active” player).Here we list those inactive players who hold the distinction of being the highest ranked players intheir states. The year after each name is that of the player’s last tournament as of 12/31/09.ALABAMA GEORGIA MISSISSIPPI NOVA SCOTIAAnna Chisling ’02OHIOAnna Chisling ’02Tracy Cobbs ’07 Ray Smith ’06 Marlene Milkent ’09 ONTARIOCALIFORNIA INDIANA MONTANAJerry Miller ’03 Michael Orford ’02KENTUCKYNEBRASKAPatrick Caulfield ’05 Steven Fisher ’92Charles Goldstein ’08 NEW BRUNSWICK PENNSYLVANIAMike Yowoske ’07WASHINGTON, D.C. Ted Blevins ’05 RHODE ISLANDRichard Lupo ’00MICHIGANChuck Abbate ’05 SOUTH DAKOTAMark Oppenheimer ’09NORTH CAROLINAStefan Fatsis ’09 John Attamack ’99 WYOMINGNORTH DAKOTA Martha Stearn ’05Peter Morris ’07 June Land ’09 9
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