It says the world's biggest scrabble tournament in Bangkok. So it's the biggest scrabble tournament. It's

in Thailand. About 450 players, 30 countries competing. So we have Bloomberg's Thailand reporter Randy Thang

Thang Thang Thang Night. He talked about why this board game is so popular in the

Southeastern Asian country. Listen up. I mean

Part of Thailand's success can be traced back to the classroom. The country's English teaching has

long been criticized for focusing heavily on memorization and exams. Lots of learning words and grammar

and not much conversation, but those exact skills translate surprisingly well to Scrabble. There's also a

broader pattern here. Thailand has long punched above its weight in sports like boxing and weightlifting,

areas where smart training can outweigh the advantages of bigger nations, and Scrabble has become one

of those arenas. The game was introduced through Thai schools in the eighties, And over time,

it evolved into something much bigger, a pathway to scholarships and elite universities. So despite ranking

relatively low in global English proficiency, Thailand has produced multiple world scrabble champions and remains the

only Asian country to ever do so. And now a new generation is emerging. Among the

youngest competitors this weekend are nine year old Thai twins who only started playing a little

over a year ago and are already competing internationally. At the highest level, Scrabble isn't just

about knowing words or having good memory. It's also about strategy and psychology and sometimes pure

luck in the draw of the tiles.

Oh, I love me a good score. I love it. I do. I get competitive. I

get nasty. First, shout out to Randy. He shot and did that whole thing for us

on very little notice. It was awesome. Randy, that was great. Yeah. Great. Second of all,

I am not I'm dyslexic, so I'm not playing Scrabble. That's not happening.