"Sometimes you just have to try things because you're in a desperate position but sometimes you just make mistakes." Logan won his first Canadian title 20 years ago — and went on to win the World Scrabble Championships in London, England in 2005. Ottawa mathematician Adam Logan earned the Canadian Scrabble championship for the fifth time this week with some obscure plays, including dragonet, chufa and cryolites, but he admits to making some "embarrassing mistakes" along the way. Adam Logan is a five-time Canadian Scrabble champion. "Although, Scrabble is a game that uses words, it's very much an analytical game," he said.

Source: CBC News May 22, 2016 03:30 UTC