David Eldar, a 27-year-old Scrabble player from Melbourne, Australia, last month beat players from 26 countries in a competition held in Nottingham, England, to take the title World Scrabble Champion. He won the title from Sri-Lankan-born Harshan Lamabadusurilya 3-0 in the best of five finals.

The winning game featured such words as asinicos, obvs and troelies, but the winning word was “carrels,” which gave Eldar 74 points, based on placement and honors, and about $10,000 in prize money. He told The Australian Jewish News that the most memorable word he ever laid down, not from that match, was badminton, a nine-letter word and a rare feat in the game.