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Eric Chaikin is known for Word Wars (2004), A Lawyer Walks Into a Bar... (2007) and Ceremony (2015).
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The challenge was first publicly issued in The Times of London on March 11, 1975, when the Diary section expressed a fear that a “new game” invented by Phoebe Winch of Sherborne might prove compulsive. They were right. Hers was the first published Scrabblegram: Not bad for “first fruits,” though her hunch that the Times readership might up the ante...
In 1989, Pete Stickland of Ontario, Canada advanced the art form, publishing 120 of what he called “babblegrams” in his “Tower of Babble” pamphlet. The journal Word Ways reported some high-quality 100-letter examples (blank tiles again indicated in bold): The last is a remarkably spot-on adaptation of Antony’s speech from Julius Caesar, and opens u...
With time and tiles on their hands, some in the Scrabble tournament community have taken on the Scrabblegram challenge, when not busy studying word lists or managing their game clock. Dan Stock of Medina, OHbecame known for his “Scrableaux,” Scrabblegrams designed for artful display on the board. At the 2000 National Scrabble Championship, he and I...
Jun 19, 2020 · Eric Chaikin, producer/director of the documentary “Word Wars,” goes on a quest for the Greatest Scrabblegram of All Time.
May 26, 2022 · Eric Chaikin. ·. Follow. Published in. Beyond Wordplay. ·. 9 min read. ·. May 25, 2022. Streaming some of our favorites on “ABC-TV” It’s been a while since we’ve posted in this space, but that doesn’t mean we haven’t been enjoying our own brand of alphabetical entertainment.
Word Wars: Tiles and Tribulations on the Scrabble Circuit is a 2004 American documentary film directed by Eric Chaikin and Julian Petrillo about competitive Scrabble.
Oct 4, 2016 · Eric Chaikin, producer/director of the documentary “Word Wars,” goes on a quest for the Greatest Scrabblegram of All Time.
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Jun 11, 2004 · And the champions in ''Word Wars,'' a documentary by Eric Chaikin and Julian Petrillo, see a rack of seven letters and can find obscure game-changers like retsina, a Greek wine, or wadi, a dry...
