In the end, victory came down to a parasitic wasp. Following three rounds of heated linguistic jousting, Brett Smitheram, 37, a recruitment consultant from East London, was crowned the World Scrabble ...

A braconid is a parasitic wasp, and because Brett Smitheram knew the word and how to spell it, he’s 7,000 euros richer and the World Scrabble Champion. Smitheram, 37, is a British recruitment ...

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World-class marathoners rack up more than a hundred miles a week. Competitive eaters stretch their guts by chugging several gallons of water in seconds. Prior to the Beijing Olympics, Michael Phelps ...

Thirty-seven-year-old Brett Smitheram from London has been named the new World Scrabble champion. He was behind until he scored 176 points for the word "braconid," a kind of parasitic wasp. Photo: AP.

North America is home to nearly 2,000 species of these non-stinging wasps, which are also found in Europe and other temperate climates. Adults are less than half an inch long, with narrow abdomens and ...

In the Jonathan Swift tale Gulliver’s Travels, a man is captured by a swarm of tiny people who overpower him by their sheer number. While the story is meant to be taken satirically rather than ...

A braconid is a parasitic wasp, and because Brett Smitheram knew the word and how to spell it, he’s 7,000 euros richer and the World Scrabble Champion. Smitheram, 37, is a British recruitment ...