The World Scrabble Championship 1995 was the third World Scrabble Championship. The winner was David Boys of Canada.

A fifteen-round, Swiss-paired preliminary event was used to determine initial placement. The top four players then played a three-game round-robin (with the results of the first 15 games carrying over) to determine the finalists, who played a best-of-five final.

The first game of the finals was a close one with Sherman winning 431–421. Sherman missed a bingo (pENTROOF) but at that point, the game was already in the bag.

In the second game, many felt that Sherman blundered in his opening play while Boys cruised to an easy 404–278 victory despite missing ABOmASA early on.

Sherman and Boys traded wins again in games three and four, setting up a single game to decide the championship.

The final game was a bit of an anti-climax with Boys winning easily 432–300 (after challenging off Sherman's early phony TWINNERS) to take the World Championship. With two tiles in the bag, Boys chose to bypass a 98-point bingo (LADYBUGS) to block a triple-triple line that Sherman had a 1-in-18 chance of using for the game-winning 212-point PEJORATE. The blocking play left Sherman with no chance to win and left Boys as World Champion.

Complete results PositionNameCountryWin–lossSpreadPrize (USD)1Boys, DavidCanada17–6+115411,0002Sherman, JoelUnited States17–6+6798,0003Grant, JeffNew Zealand12–7+4533,5004Lipton, BobUnited States11–8+6452,0005Edley, JoeUnited States12–6+6689506Gruzd, StevenSouth Africa12–6+4228007Thobani, ShafiqueKenya12–6+3816508Logan, AdamCanada10–8+1495509Saldanha, AllanUnited Kingdom12–6+38945010Nderitu, Patrick GitongaKenya11–7+73435011Cappelletto, BrianUnited States11–7+47730012Appleby, PhilEngland9–9+19325013Onyeonwu, IfeanyiNigeria12–6+70122514Daniel, Robin PollockCanada11–7+48420015Wapnick, JoelCanada10–8+26417516Felt, RobertUnited States9–9-3515017Nyman, MarkWorld Champion11–7+25618Rosenthal, JoanAustralia11–7-20619Sigley, MichaelNew Zealand10–8+1120Fisher, AndrewUnited Kingdom10–8-9221Warusawitharana, MissakaSri Lanka10–8+70522Okosagah, SammyNigeria10–8+45123Fernando, Naween TharangaSri Lanka10–8-50024Scott, NeilScotland9–9+42625Simmons, AllanEngland10–8+37726Bhandarkar, AkshayBahrain10–8+4827Addo, JoshuaGhana9–9+11728Placca, ChrysGhana9–9-15529Sim, TonySingapore10–8+9430Byers, RussellEngland10–8-11431Tan, Teong-ChuanMalaysia9–9-14632Elbourne, PeterMalta9–9-26633Willis, MikeEngland10–8+36734Williams, GarethWales9–9+44435Widergren, JeffUnited States8–10+29436Blom, RogerAustralia7–11+11237Jackman, BobAustralia9–9+27238Polatnick, SteveUnited States9–9+23839Khoshnaw, KarlKurdistan-Iraq9–9+13340Orbaum, SamIsrael7–11-30141Awowade, FemiEngland9–9-16842Avrin, PaulUnited States9–9-33443Thorogood, BlueNew Zealand8–10-6944Norr, RitaUnited States8–10-11045Leader, ZeligIsrael9–9-32546Spate, CliveUnited Kingdom8–10+10247Nevarez, JohnnyUnited States7–11+5548Paolella, LiberoCanada7–11+2549Holgate, JohnAustralia8–10-6950Hale, GlennisNew Zealand8–10-13151Lao, ArmandoPhilippines8–10-24752Siddiqui, AnwarPakistan6–12-25553Lobo, SelwynUnited Arab Emirates8–10-554Romany, RodneyTrinidad and Tobago7–11-34955Hossy, DebbeSouth Africa7–11-65956Springer, RobertFrance6–12-97957Arreola, PepitoSaudi Arabia7–11-50358Harrison, TrevorUnited Kingdom7–11-54959Kuroda, KunihikoJapan6–12-102660Samarasundera, WimalOman6–12-140561Perez, GerardoKuwait6–12-54562Holmes, MichaelSeychelles6–12-104463Yeh, WinnieHong Kong5–13-92364Broderick, ChrisIreland3–15-810

FINALS: Game 1: Sherman 431 – Boys 421 Game 2: Boys 404 – Sherman 278 Game 3: Sherman 443 – Boys 398 Game 4: Boys 495 – Sherman 393 Game 5: Boys 432 – Sherman 300

References

External links Report from 1995 WSC, Day 1 Report from 1995 WSC, Day 2 Report from 1995 WSC, Day 3 Report from 1995 WSC, Day 4