Nits Chagti and Jennifer Clinchy 3/23/26 Nits Chagti and Jennifer Clinchy 3/23/26

Learning words with Anki, a powerful flashcard study tool

For many players, learning words is a core part of the Scrabble tournament experience. There are tools from A to Z to help you build your vocabulary: Aerolith, Quackle, Xerafin, Zyzzyva. For the two of us, our tool of choice is Anki.

Evans Clinchy 3/16/26 Evans Clinchy 3/16/26

Recapping a Sunday 1-day in Providence, RI

On Sunday, four Scrabblers met up at the 50 Sims building in Providence, RI for an afternoon of Scrabble. Matthew O'Connor took home the title, his second CoCo tournament victory of 2026, with a very solid 5-1 performance.

Evans Clinchy 3/9/26 Evans Clinchy 3/9/26

Recapping an epic 9 rounds of Scrabble in Sterling, VA

All parties involved agreed to tweak the schedule and play 9 games instead of 8, which allowed each player to enjoy 3 matchups against each of their 3 opponents. Ah, yes. The dreaded triple round robin.

Evans Clinchy 3/2/26 Evans Clinchy 3/2/26

Saying goodbye to Twitter

Twitter used to be an incredible platform - enabling people to connect with one another in real time, share information, find information, engage in the marketplace of ideas. Nowadays... it just isn't that. So we're gone.

Evans Clinchy 2/23/26 Evans Clinchy 2/23/26

Recapping this weekend's 1-day tournament in Somerville, MA

Hey - everything went off as scheduled! The tournament happened where it was supposed to happen, and the people who were supposed to play, played. Much Scrabble was enjoyed by all.

Evans Clinchy 2/18/26 Evans Clinchy 2/18/26

Recapping an absolutely ridiculous Hood River Open

It was a chaotic weekend of Scrabble. More chaotic than just about any I can remember. This was our eighth annual Hood River, and we've been through a lot over these eight years... but this one was something else.

Jennifer Clinchy 2/9/26 Jennifer Clinchy 2/9/26

Previewing the 8th annual Hood River Open

We can't wait to welcome everyone to Hood River this week. It promises to be another wonderful weekend of fun, friends, food, and prizes. Let's do this!

Jennifer Clinchy 2/2/26 Jennifer Clinchy 2/2/26

On reducing barriers and increasing accessibility to Scrabble tournaments

It's time for a broader, more standardized approach to player accommodations. That's why, to design a policy that is fair and consistent, we convened a team of players to draft the first-ever CoCo Accommodations Policy.

Evans Clinchy 1/26/26 Evans Clinchy 1/26/26

Recapping a snowy weekend in Providence, RI

This Sunday, we had a 1-day CoCo tournament on the docket in Providence, RI, courtesy of director Matthew O'Connor and organizer Niel Gan. Unfortunately, the other thing on the docket for Providence this Sunday was the blizzard of the century.

Evans Clinchy 1/21/26 Evans Clinchy 1/21/26

Recapping the 14th annual Crescent City Cup

We were thrilled to have 42 Collins players descend upon New Orleans this weekend for the Crescent City Cup.

Evans Clinchy 1/12/26 Evans Clinchy 1/12/26

Previewing Crescent City Cup - and the rest of 2026

We are all super excited for New Orleans. The action gets underway this weekend, and we're looking forward to it. And you know what else we're excited for? The rest of 2026!

Evans Clinchy 1/5/26 Evans Clinchy 1/5/26

Word Cup 2026 is now open for registration

On behalf of our whole team, I'm excited to announce that Word Cup 2026 is open for registration. This championship event will be held the week of July 31 - Aug. 5, 2026 at the 4-star Williamsburg Lodge.

Evans Clinchy 12/29/25 Evans Clinchy 12/29/25

Laying out New Year's resolutions for 2026

Here are a few of our organizational New Year's resolutions for 2026. Our plan is to put these in writing now, embark on them in January, and keep plugging away at them into the spring months, then summer, and thereafter.