The Home of SCRABBLE® in Minneapolis-St Paul, Minnesota

Welcome to the Internet home of the twin SCRABBLE® clubs of the Twin Cites of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota.  The National SCRABBLE® Association's club number 42 is one the oldest and largest official SCRABBLE® clubs in North America and meets every Tuesday on the west side of the Mississippi River in south Minneapolis.  Club 651 is one of the NSA's newest clubs and meets every Thursday night on the east side of the Mississippi in the Saint Paul suburb of Roseville.  Read all About Us for an overview of the club's history and for information about about joining us.

Dennis Fenichel's New Book: See the News Media page for a link to a story about his new book.

Year-end Awards and Recognition: See the Club News page for links to year-end awards data and for a nine-year history of Minnesota player tournament performances.  Congratulations for 2007 Club Champions Lisa Odom (club #42) and Jim Kramer (club #651).

The King of the Redeye: Tim Adamson finished atop division one in the gruelling Redeye.  See the Director's Report for a colorful account of the weekend and for complete standings.  This tournament attracted an unusual amount of media interest, and links to three stories can be found on our News Media Links page.

Next up: See he Upcoming Tournaments page for information and for registration forms.

Congratulations to Lisa Odom who took first place in the 2007 Twin Cities Club Tournament in Minneapolis on December 8th.

Feeling Lucky? See Dennis Fenichel's essay "Luck in SCRABBLE® and Life as Viewed by One Hundred SCRABBLE® Players".

Twin Cities Fall 2007 Tourney: Joe Gaspard hogged division one honors, following his Friday Early Bird win with a first place finish in division one of the two-day Main Event.  Other winners: Cal Cooper (division two, Early Bird), Bob Prentiss (division two, Main Event), Niko Tomlinson (division three, Main Event), and Rhonda Sjodahl (division four, Main Event).  See Director's comments and tournament summary page for more.

2007 World SCRABBLE® Championship: Mumbai, India : Nigel Richards of New Zealand is the 2007 world champion after defeating Ganesh Asirvatham of Maylasia in the the best-of-five finals.  Twin Cities club members Tim Adamson and Jim Kramer were among fifteen U.S. representatives. Tim's 16-8, 8th-place finish topped the United States team.  Jim finished 24th of 100 players with a 14-10 mark.
See the official tournament site for full coverage of the event.

"Dells Spells" 2007: Joe Gaspard took division one in the 24th annual "Dells Spells" event.  Bob Prentiss, Aditya Kini, and Bob Antolak finished atop divisions two through four in the October 13-14 main event.  In a Friday night early bird tournament -- a NAST qualifier -- Lisa Slankard placed first in a field of eighteen.  See tournament results page for complete standings and links to cross-tables.

Minnesota 155, Wisconsin 109: Minnesota crossed the St. Croix to take on Wisconsin in their own backyard (Black River Falls, WI), and for the second year in a row brought back the travelling trophy.  Wisconsin's Andy Bohnsack took individual honors in division one, while Minnesota's Janice Kaye won eleven of twelve games to top division two.  Full results and the director's report are available here.

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The 2006 SCRABBLE® Open
CHAMPION! Club 42's own, Jim Kramer, is the 2006 U.S. SCRABBLE® Open Champion! His 21-7 record topped the Division One field by two full games in the 28-game tournament, and then in the best-of-five championship playoff, he swept three straight games from Geoff Thevenot to claim the title!  We couldn't be more proud of Jim.  See the USSO 2006 Live Coverage site for full coverage of this event.