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Scrabble Player Demands Strip-Search Of British Opponent After Letter 'G' Goes Missing At World Championships


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A slew of four-letter words was narrowly avoided at this year's World Scrabble Championships when a competitor demanded his opponent be strip-searched after the disappearance of a letter 'G'.

Furious Chollapat Itthi-Aree, from Thailand, demanded officials take Ed Martin, an IT consultant from London, to the toilet and search him believing he had the missing tile about his person.

But judges at the tournament in Warsaw, Poland, disagreed with Mr Itthi-Aree, a 24-year-old maths teacher.

They refused to carry out the search, enabling Mr Martin, 35, to go on to win the game by a single point.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2050089/Scrabble-player-demands-strip-search-opponent-letter-G-goes-missing-world-championships.html#ixzz1b3Z9JjpH

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