11 of the most bizarre words played at the national Scrabble championship by Mark Abadi on Sep 2, 2017, 12:59 PM Advertisement
 In Scrabble, words are valuable resources — the more you have, the greater your chances of success. And while most of the 200,000 words in the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary are relatively useless in everyday life, expert Scrabble players dedicate hundreds of hours to memorizing them to increase their chances of winning. There's no better place for serious players to show off their expansive word knowledge than on the game's biggest stage: the North American Scrabble Championship, the most recent of which wrapped up in New Orleans in July. The five-day, 31-game event drew 400 of the top Scrabble players in the country, and their games featured some of the most bizarre words in the dictionary and from every corner of the English language. Here are 11 of the craziest words played during the tournament: SEE ALSO: I played in the biggest Scrabble tournament in the country — and it was nothing like the game you grew up playing atemoya  "Atemoya" is a hybrid fruit originally grown in Central and South America. It's a cross between the sweetsop — known as "ate" in Tagalog — and the cherimoya. How to pronounce atemoya »
wahine  The word "wahine," borrowed from the Maori language of New Zealand, refers to a Polynesian woman. In the mid-20th century, people starting using the word to describe female surfers. The word is also used in the Hawaiian and Tahitian languages, where it's spelled vahine — also acceptable in Scrabble. How to pronounce wahine »
sthenia  "Sthenia" is defined as "a condition of abnormal strength or vitality." It's a great Scrabble word because of its common letters and its well-known "hook" — you can tack on an A to make "asthenia," the loss of strength. How to pronounce sthenia »
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