Mark Nyman - 1993 World Scrabble Champion 

Mark Nyman is the only English Scrabble player to have won the World Scrabble Championship, becoming the world champion in 1993.

Mark Nyman has come closer than anyone to winning two World Scrabble Championships. After becoming the 1993 World SCRABBLE Champion, Mark Nyman lost the 1999 World Scrabble Championship by a mere 1 point.

The World Scrabble Championship

Mark Nyman is the only Scrabble player from the United Kingdom to win the World Scrable Championship. Mark Nyman accomplished this feat in 1993, becoming just the second World Scrabble Champion ever. The first event was held in 1991 and has been held bi-annually, in odd-number years, ever since.

Twenty Major Wins

Mark Nyman has won 20 "major" SCRABBLE tournaments. Numbered among these Scrabble victories are two wins of the Durham Scrabble tournament, the Easter Matchplay event, the Summer Matchplay event (twice) and the Winter Matchplay event (three times).

Also, Mark Nyman has won the Thailand Internation, as well as the ABSP Masters (five times), the National Championship 4 times and the British Matchplay Scrabble Championship three times.

Countdown

Countdown is a long-running game show in the United Kingdom. Countdown has run since 1982 and shows no sign of ending its broadcasts. In fact, when the original host of Countdown (Richard Whiteley) died in 2005, he was replaced by a new host, Des Lynam, and the show continued.

Countdown has three rounds. The first involves a Scrabble-type game, where a player is given nine random letters and asked to make the longest word possible with them. The second round involves arithmetic and numbers, while the final round requires a player to solve an anagram in the least amount of time.

Because Countdown is two-thirds a word game, many of the best Scrabble players in the U.K. have appeared as contestants on the show. Mark Nyman is connected to Countdown, because he was the producer of the show from 1990 to 2002.

Mark Nyman has appeared on-screen many times as a judge. Before his time as producer of Countdown, Mark Nyman was a contestant. In fact, he appeared on Countdown at the age of 16, in only Countdown's second year on air (1983).

Mark Nyman's Style

Mark Nyman is known for his ability to foresee opportunities that might occur later in the game. Nyman is known to lay down weak letters early in the game, setting up opportunities for high scores later in the Scrabble game. Mark Nyman is the master of the high scoring Scrabble word that his opponent hasn't foreseen.

Mark Nyman Biography

Mark Nyman lives in Leeds, England. He was born in England in October of 1967. Mark Nyman is married with two children, named Kizzy and Max.

Mark Nyman won the 1993 World Scrabble Championship final at the age of 26, making him the youngest world scrabble champion in history. Mark Nyman is also the only Englishman to have won the World Scrabble Championship.

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