honestly that is quite sad, imagine being the other players where the other players speak the french language all the life to lose to someone who only saw the french dictionary for only 9 weeks
It is rumored that he once ate all of the pieces on the board, causing the judges to scratch their heads in bewilderment as he sneakily took the trophy right out from under their noses
I remember at the tourney after that, he needed a Q for "sesquipedalian". He gave a cheeky little grin, then shat right on the board. And right there in the middle of the turd was one "Q", the cheeky bastard was holding it ever since! Truly an unrivaled genius
I thought it was crazy how this man relentlessly insults his entire fanbase nearly constantly, yet we keep watching. Then I remembered we all enjoy it.
Thats just cause we are all thinking “Ha! Those other guys watching are so dumb! I’m glad he doesn’t mean me. I’m his real fan that he would like cause I’m smart!”
I'm disappointed the WORLD Scrabble championship doesn't let you use words in any language you want. Imagine a board filled with French, Spanish, and English. That's what should happen
I'm pretty sure the letter point values are based on their frequency in English words. They'd probably have to reassign those values if all languages were allowed.
@@J3rs3y_G1rl While that would be a cheat, I feel like in some smaller tourneys they’d let it slide because it would be funny, like if he entered one with no to very little monetary reward at the end
Ones ungodly talented at what he does and doesn't care and doesn't use it for publicity The other is kinda ok at best at what he does so he cheated and used that infamy for immense publicity and cares so dearly about his reputation he will falsely accuse people of literally anything for calling him out.
Nigel is the “You think this is my final form!?” guy but actually cool. His power is so unfathomable that he has to hide his power and play scrabble because no one can match him in combat. He is the reason why the Greek gods abandoned this world. With out a doubt, Nigel is the ultimate life form in the Omni verse, and we are lucky that he can protect us from any cringe that may strike the Earth
Let me get something straight- This man went to France, and played French scrabble, which is almost TWICE as hard as scrabble already is. And-despite not knowing French- he dominated twice? AND HE DOESNT EVEN CARE FOR SCRABBLE?!
My favorite nigel story is he was in 2nd place in going into the last game of the North American scrabble championship against David Gibson (another scrabble GOAT, arguably the best player in north america at the time). If he won the game they'd be tied in record, with the tie breaker being spread (highest cumulative score differential). However, because Nigel was already behind in spread, not only did he need to win the game, but he needed to win by at least 170 points. Keep in mind David Gibson is not only one of the greatest to ever play, but also notorious for his defensive style and was trying his best to lock down the board and keep Nigel from scoring, since a low scoring game would ensure he wins the championship even if he loses the game. Nigel won by 177.
okay but have you ever thought about eating the scrabble tiles before they place them down so you win instantly EDIT: looking at this again, you could do this better by bringing a hammer of sorts so the opponent couldnt just perform the heimlich and get the tiles back
@@Guhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i couldnt tell if my scrabble oppent was aggressively eating the scrabble tiles and i wouldnt know if i was confused angry or down right impressed by he his ability to swallow every single scrabble tiles
i love how Huggbees will make a fun and interesting video that's very silly and entertaining, but before he'll end the video he will give an introspective outlook on the contents of the video. my man can really make a video about the goofiest thing and still make it thought-provoking by the end. love it.
You can literally just listen to his videos without watching it… but, for some reason, i watch this guy stand in front of a green screen and wave his hands around…
You forgot the fact that he is so good that it’s impossible for him to be cheating due to the best scrabble AI actually making more mistakes than he does.
I'm in the middle of sanding and refinishing an electric guitar body, when at about 2:50, your rebuttal to the nerds, made me drop what was in my hands and laugh so hard, I doubled over, clinching my workbench, producing tears, only to have my wife come downstairs, ask what's so funny, then call me an idiot as soon as I was able to gather myself and show her... Thank you.
Apparently Magnus Carlsen basically plays to draw instead of win. I can't quite remember the reasoning, but I think it was because it's easier to force a drawn position and he doesn't need the credits from actually winning to retain his world champion title. But a 75% win rate in scrabble is kind of insane.
Lmao, I IMMEDIATELY thought when you made the magnus comparison, "wait magnus win rate sounds insanely high if you account for draws" and then you called specifically me an egghead, and, fuck specifically me 😂
I also like that in Scrabble, playing words that don't exist is actually completely allowed, and it remains on the board unless your opponent calls you out on it, then you have to take it back and skip your turn. I have 2 things to share about Nigel Richards related to this fact. 1. When Nigel went to play in the French World Scrabble competition, French players refused to take him seriously at first and tried playing words that didn't exist to get extra points because they didn't think he'd catch it since he doesn't speak French. Not a single one got past him. So not only did he memorize every word in the French Scrabble dictionary in 9 weeks, but he could also tell you with 100% certainty if a word wasn't even in the book. 2. Nigel sometimes misspells words by accident, Like one time when he tried to spell "Hairnets" but accidentally played "Hiarnets," or when he tried to play "Bhgee"(I have no clue what this word means either, but it IS in the Scrabble dictionary) but accidentally played it in the wrong column, spelling "Bygee," which isn't a word. However, these rarely ever get called out because Nigel Richards is so unbelievably dominant in the Scrabble world, that his opponents are too scared to even try suggesting that something he played isn't a word.
I’ve heard this absolute UNIT of a scrabble player’s story before. But Huggbees presented it in such a humorous and interesting way that I just had to finish watching.
Heres the thing, his main method of practice is free recalling his scrabble practice list on his bike. Scrabble literally is just a side hobby for him.
I think one of the best things that summarizes Nigel is, whenever people or scrabble engines disagree with him, everybody goes 'Nigel played it we are all wrong'
I don’t know this man. I didn’t know he existed till I watched this video. I didn’t even know there was competitive Scrabble. However……..any man who learns the entire French dictionary just to utterly humiliate the French at their own game is a fucking super hero in my mind I don’t care who he they are they have my utter respect.
As well as being the God of Scrabble Nigel is apparently also an expert at computing, security systems and cycling. He keeps his personal life pretty secret though.
[Fi] is not an acceptable word in Scrabble, but he probably played his opponent in that situation, because [fa] and [fe] are also words and he played it with a blank tile and the Nigel Richards pokerface. I manage to get away with a 200+ point play in a tournament, winning a prize for the highest point play, for the word [Arachnes] as a triple-triple. [Arachnes] is not a word, but sounds like one because a lot of suffixes are in themselves words, like [Pseudo]. But it was not challenged, and I brought home $100 and a prize plaque. Good Game.
I can't say I would be nearly as good at Scrabble as Nigel, but the quote about hearing a word once and recalling an image of it is relatable. I feel like I hear a word once, and five years later, I can remember to use it in a similar context. Like, how many people can randomly remember "fortitudinous" is a word? Being a walking thesaurus hasn't helped me once ever since I left high school and stopped being forced to write pointless English essays, but who knows, maybe I could've been a world professional Scrabble player if I cared.
My problem is that while I know the word, I can't recall it out of context. I might consider fortitudinous when describing the digestive tract of one who has recently ingested Taco Bell with no apparent ill effect, but I wouldn't recall it in scrabble. I also don't know the 'loan words' competitive scrabble allows like suq/souq, which google says is a type of market in Arabic. I would not generally consider such words 'valid' English personally, as they are neither Anglo-Saxon or Norman derived, such as Heath or Progeny, respectively, nor are they in common usage like Taquito.
Does anyone have a source for 8:43? Obviously he didn't actually play "I am Nigel Richards go fuck yourself" but I'm really curious what he actually did to make someone resign turn 1.
It was just a joke. Resignation is tournament Scrabble isn't actually a thing, generally speaking, unless you're playing in a bracket style tournament, but those are less common than standard round robins.
Fun Fact: Most Scrabble players have no clue what the words they play mean. High-level Scrabble becomes a test of memorization and probability rather than vocabulary, one where the words act as a giant rulebook. If you’re interested in learning more Will Anderson is a great Scrabble channel to learn from. Also, Huggbees has an amazing one-off video about the greatest Scrabble player of all-time, Nigel Richards.
Playing just AU in AUF to block the opponent's possible last bingo. Not only that, based on unseen to go with his leave, he had a chance to win if he drew the right combination to hit SILIQUA or SILIQUAE in separate spot. This was just insane mind! Watch it in Will Anderson Vlog, entitled like "My favourite play of Nigel Richards is AUF."
Ultimate gamer, he's the best at Scrabble and he's not even trying, he's just so bored that a Scrabble tournament is the only entertainment option for him, and he doesn't even try... And yet he's still not just the best in the world but the best of all time. And again he's not even trying
Me: ah, yes, scrabble, the greatest choice of gamers. My singular braincell looking at the thumbnail, slamming a table with the force of a thousand suns: NO!! YOU BUFFOON!! *CRBL SABE!!!*
My dad is a fan of Phonetic Scrabble. As long as the word pronounced is a real word, and your spelling of it can be justified phonetically, it’s playable.
I’ve never played scrabble so maybe this is just me, but being able to rotate tiles or clap two next to each other to make a different letter seems like something that shouldn’t be allowed. But hey, I didn’t write the rule book so…
13:05 + Me too. Here's a relatable example. I walk into a Walgreens, and I never know wtf I want. My objective is to browse and find the best deals and usually walk away with the bare minimum of my needs. Something to shove in my mouth and take care of when it leaves my body. They have pizza rolls there, and it was priced at $7 for 40ozs. That was it, I walked out with that and a roll of $1 toilet paper. Not because I'm poor, not because I don't appreciate finer things, but because wtf else was finer and worth its price in a Walgreens? Seriously, I could have spent twice the amount, for the same product, and the same product would only be %25 more palatable. Why not save my money and just deal with John Wayne one-ply. TO MY SUPRISE...the Pizza Rolls are fucking delicious. Totinos actually is shit compared to NICE! brand. I'm not easily impressed, but when 40 pizza rolls cost $3.50, and something that is supposed to be a name brand costs $4 more than that for the same amount...I am a bit cynical about the rat meat they were produced from, but ever so slightly impressed with this low-rent company. I think what really impressed me, was to know that there were at least a few people working at one of the factories that put this slop together...who actually care about their job enough to make them edible.
He’s like the Bobby Fischer of scrabble, doesn’t care so much for the game but he’s maybe the best to ever play it. Weird how that happens, I wonder how many talented people go unnoticed because how little they care about the things they’re amazing at.
Something more you need to realize is that although Nigel's win rate is "only" 75%, that isnt talking about the win rate of tournaments, thats just his average games. He Wins WAY MORE tournies than just 75% lmao
He learned the French dictionary not to speak it, but to humiliate the French at their own game. What a man
Quite honestly the lonely valid reason to do so.
honestly that is quite sad, imagine being the other players where the other players speak the french language all the life to lose to someone who only saw the french dictionary for only 9 weeks
@@animeguy6752 It's okay, it's the French. They barely count as people.
We welcome Nigel with open arms as french haters.
nOT EXACTLY. hE LEARNED A LITST OF fRENCH WORDDS.
It is rumored that he once ate all of the pieces on the board, causing the judges to scratch their heads in bewilderment as he sneakily took the trophy right out from under their noses
The pro strats
The kind of ingenuity that separates legends from men
True story
Hes the reason why you have to square out the board at the end of every game. And he ate the q tile bc the gamr was soo close
I remember at the tourney after that, he needed a Q for "sesquipedalian". He gave a cheeky little grin, then shat right on the board. And right there in the middle of the turd was one "Q", the cheeky bastard was holding it ever since! Truly an unrivaled genius
I thought it was crazy how this man relentlessly insults his entire fanbase nearly constantly, yet we keep watching. Then I remembered we all enjoy it.
how could you not "enjoy" it 🥵🥵
we all have a shame kink
Thats just cause we are all thinking “Ha! Those other guys watching are so dumb! I’m glad he doesn’t mean me. I’m his real fan that he would like cause I’m smart!”
It's basically my last girlfriend, except Hugbees lets us finish.
Hes like the Chaotic Good idubbbz lmfao
Beats the French at Scrabble.
Refuses to speak French.
Based
Sigma mindset
If you can beat ‘em, don’t join em.
Hehe Le French lost again
Doesn't elaborate
I'm disappointed the WORLD Scrabble championship doesn't let you use words in any language you want. Imagine a board filled with French, Spanish, and English. That's what should happen
That would be SOOOO cool!!
german too! i discovered when i was an exchange student that i have a natural skill in german scrabble despite never playing it before
Everyone gangsta until some guy starts pulling out Chinese characters
I'm pretty sure the letter point values are based on their frequency in English words. They'd probably have to reassign those values if all languages were allowed.
And Nigel would come in and rock thier freaking world as he proceeds to use every language while steadfastly not speaking them! What a legend.
With how unbelievably wild his life is, I can't tell if the ending is a joke, or factual.
I'm not going to lie, kind of had me for a second 😂👌🏽
It has to be a joke. Cause in reality; that would be cheating.
@@J3rs3y_G1rl While that would be a cheat, I feel like in some smaller tourneys they’d let it slide because it would be funny, like if he entered one with no to very little monetary reward at the end
Well what is it? Is it a joke??? I'm losing my effin mindddd
The ending is fake but it’s funny af. Also there can only be 2 blank tiles in the bag no matter what
"I am Nigel Richards go fuck yourself" is probably the most godly power move to have ever happened and nothing will ever top it
Is that real?
@@exotic1405 I figured it was a joke
N I G E L
N I G H T M A R E
(Or at least that's how I see it.)
@@exotic1405 a paraphrasing of the actual play, most likely
no that literally just didn’t happen
Nigel is literally the perfect counter to billy mitchell.
Like brothers separated at birth, ones a hero, and ones a villain
Nigel is good, Billy sucks
Literally the d'arby brothers from jojo
@@namesurname8474 fr!
Ones ungodly talented at what he does and doesn't care and doesn't use it for publicity
The other is kinda ok at best at what he does so he cheated and used that infamy for immense publicity and cares so dearly about his reputation he will falsely accuse people of literally anything for calling him out.
they're gonna fight like pops and anti pops and reset the universe
Nigel is the “You think this is my final form!?” guy but actually cool. His power is so unfathomable that he has to hide his power and play scrabble because no one can match him in combat. He is the reason why the Greek gods abandoned this world. With out a doubt, Nigel is the ultimate life form in the Omni verse, and we are lucky that he can protect us from any cringe that may strike the Earth
Ah yes another prophecy
Fun fact: Elo rating isn't an acronym, it's just named after its creator Arpad Elo.
Which was short for Arpad Electric Light Orchestra
Which actually stand for Air Rotating Placenta Activation Device for the Electric Light Orchestra
Which actually stands for Amazing Indoor Random Rotating Placenta Activation Device for the Electric Light Orchestra
I hate this fact. Reality is lame asf some times
@@patstaysuckafreeboss8006 wtf, I always thought it was some cool acronym.
Nigel would’ve cracked the enigma like a morning crossword
Nigel is undoubtedly a stand user.
Oh, of course
Nigel could eazy clap dio
he is a bored demigod i love him
Is that a Jojo reference
@@tryntip8497 no we're talking about granite bar stands
Let me get something straight-
This man went to France, and played French scrabble, which is almost TWICE as hard as scrabble already is.
And-despite not knowing French- he dominated twice?
AND HE DOESNT EVEN CARE FOR SCRABBLE?!
My jaw dropped lmao
Him to the French: sucks to suck
he spelled out PERNOCTATED. The successor play to CHLORODYNE.
My favorite nigel story is he was in 2nd place in going into the last game of the North American scrabble championship against David Gibson (another scrabble GOAT, arguably the best player in north america at the time). If he won the game they'd be tied in record, with the tie breaker being spread (highest cumulative score differential). However, because Nigel was already behind in spread, not only did he need to win the game, but he needed to win by at least 170 points.
Keep in mind David Gibson is not only one of the greatest to ever play, but also notorious for his defensive style and was trying his best to lock down the board and keep Nigel from scoring, since a low scoring game would ensure he wins the championship even if he loses the game.
Nigel won by 177.
Spelling "chlorodine" instead of "children" is the most gigachad energy I've seen in a very long time.
who would win?
a version of Scrabble that has more than twice as many words to play as English Scrabble
or
this man, who can't even speak French.
chlorodyne
@@SuperN57 pernoctated
@@probium2832 interviewer
the fact nigel is a casual is absolutely breathtaking
I am continuously impressed at how this man can take any concept and make it incredibly interesting.
okay but have you ever thought about eating the scrabble tiles before they place them down so you win instantly
EDIT: looking at this again, you could do this better by bringing a hammer of sorts so the opponent couldnt just perform the heimlich and get the tiles back
Bot above me
Also I tried that and apparently it’s “rude” or something
@@Guhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i couldnt tell if my scrabble oppent was aggressively eating the scrabble tiles and i wouldnt know if i was confused angry or down right impressed by he his ability to swallow every single scrabble tiles
Have they patched that bug yet?
you can actually counter that play by throwing up non digested alphabet soup on the table
@@Sebastian-gb3hs or extract all of the letters from the opponent by giving them an enema
I love that Nigel is the closest real life equivalent to one punch man, except he is just inhumanly good at scrabble
He is like if Komugi from HxH played scrabble instead
He is the akagi of scrabble
I literally just walked out the parlor from a haircut
@Slurpin some bepsi me leaving the building and looking at my phone triggered a quest to watch a new huggbees video? Sounds good
That's epic bro
That’s awesome dude
It pleases me to see this comment being so out of context, so random, but is also so appreciated by this community of online strangers
@@crocock3483 Gotta appreciate the homies sometimes yfm
You can tell how good he is by how little joy is in his face in that picture. Crop out the trophy and you've basically got a mugshot.
There is no joy where there is no sport, his smile will emerge when he feels challenged.
i love how Huggbees will make a fun and interesting video that's very silly and entertaining, but before he'll end the video he will give an introspective outlook on the contents of the video. my man can really make a video about the goofiest thing and still make it thought-provoking by the end. love it.
"introspective outlook" is my new favorite oxymoron.
@@TheJacklikesvideos lol yeah maybe introspective wasn't the word I was looking for, i think i moreso meant retrospective
Nigel’s memory is incredible! He once stated: "it’s like i can feel the words coming inside of me"!
Wow, I had no idea he loves the words THAT much. ☺️
The most surprising thing in the whole video is that you can rotate letters and have it count
Wait, that stuff at the end wasn't a joke?
is there like a website or something that says this, i looked for 5 minutes and came out empty handed
that part is a joke, along with several other portions. this is a huggbees video lmao
@@aquafinabottle tbh, after all this time of watching him, i should have immediately known
My counter to the chess player having a "higher % win rate" is that those were tied games tho. No one actually won.
But that's the expected outcome in a properly played game. In Scrabble, an optimal game likely has a decisive result
did you watch the video
also chess is a completely objectively different game, one is extremely complex and intense with quadrillions of outcomes and the others chess
Chess guy has both a lower percent of losses, and a lower percent of wins. Draws are pretty rare in Scrabble cuz it's point based. FWIW.
He didn’t say Magnus had a higher % win rate, he said he had a higher beneficial outcome rate.
0:04
You: Do you have a talent?
Me: No :(, damn bro, 4 seconds in and I already feel like a piece of shit.
Nothing drugs can't solve. Remember kids, your problems can always be drowned underneath cocaine.
It's okay, I don't have any talents either, and whenever I feel bad about it I take my anger out on my toddler baby. Hope this helps!
@@krispinwah2784hey you have a talent at beating infants
Good
The Huggbees fan base is fucking wild
I love when he is going through "real" moves Nigel made, he throws in OXO which is a valid and commonly played scrabble move 🤣
You can literally just listen to his videos without watching it… but, for some reason, i watch this guy stand in front of a green screen and wave his hands around…
Me watching Illiminaughtie videos instead of listening to her podcast
@@aryssamansfield9735this reply aged badly
@@CherryHotSauce yeah rip
Nigels dedication to not learning french is amazing.
You forgot the fact that he is so good that it’s impossible for him to be cheating due to the best scrabble AI actually making more mistakes than he does.
I wish I could watch it now, unfortunately I have a family event and have to pretend existing is fun for a couple hours.
Have you watched it yet?
@@thinefaithfulcrusader2829 not sure, probably. Even if I did, I would've forgotten completely by now...
@@thinefaithfulcrusader2829 if I hadn't before, I have now
I didn't know The Electric Light Orchestra was in charge of Scrabble rankings. That Jeff Lynne is a genius.
Nigel is actually second to Mr. Blue Sky for Scrabble.
Lowkey the win/draw ratio for Magnus is actually insane especially with the prevalence of draws
I'm in the middle of sanding and refinishing an electric guitar body, when at about 2:50, your rebuttal to the nerds, made me drop what was in my hands and laugh so hard, I doubled over, clinching my workbench, producing tears, only to have my wife come downstairs, ask what's so funny, then call me an idiot as soon as I was able to gather myself and show her... Thank you.
I’ve been talking about this man for a while, it is batshit insane how much talent he has and how many little fucks he gives.
Apparently Magnus Carlsen basically plays to draw instead of win.
I can't quite remember the reasoning, but I think it was because it's easier to force a drawn position and he doesn't need the credits from actually winning to retain his world champion title.
But a 75% win rate in scrabble is kind of insane.
you lose rating for drawing a weaker opponent. the majority of all high level chess games end in a draw. he does, however, play to not lose.
Man, the last couple days have been really rough, this is the only time i have managed to laugh in weeks. Thank you very much
i hope things get better for you soon
Best part of this channel, is it's literally just a comedic genius talking about whatever the fuck he wants. Me and my homies love this channel.
Lmao, I IMMEDIATELY thought when you made the magnus comparison, "wait magnus win rate sounds insanely high if you account for draws" and then you called specifically me an egghead, and, fuck specifically me 😂
Wait this is the guy who learned french vocabulary to win french scrabble but doesnt speak it? Absolute champion
He is gooder than us.
He is probably beter than him and you also.
I also like that in Scrabble, playing words that don't exist is actually completely allowed, and it remains on the board unless your opponent calls you out on it, then you have to take it back and skip your turn. I have 2 things to share about Nigel Richards related to this fact.
1. When Nigel went to play in the French World Scrabble competition, French players refused to take him seriously at first and tried playing words that didn't exist to get extra points because they didn't think he'd catch it since he doesn't speak French. Not a single one got past him. So not only did he memorize every word in the French Scrabble dictionary in 9 weeks, but he could also tell you with 100% certainty if a word wasn't even in the book.
2. Nigel sometimes misspells words by accident, Like one time when he tried to spell "Hairnets" but accidentally played "Hiarnets," or when he tried to play "Bhgee"(I have no clue what this word means either, but it IS in the Scrabble dictionary) but accidentally played it in the wrong column, spelling "Bygee," which isn't a word. However, these rarely ever get called out because Nigel Richards is so unbelievably dominant in the Scrabble world, that his opponents are too scared to even try suggesting that something he played isn't a word.
Wait, he's a kiwi?!
Always has been
Maybe the real kiwi is the friends we made along the way
@@theencolony5595 true
The theme of your channel seems to be finding greatness in the nichest places and im here forit
I am 100% convinced that every scrabble judge has decided that this man is legally allowed to do whatever he wants because it’s funny
I'm not sure whether I should be more surprised there's competitive scrabble or that there's a living being that's this good at Scrabble
It's almost like Nigel is the Huggbees of the Scrabble World. Or would be, if he could work up the sarcasm.
I’ve heard this absolute UNIT of a scrabble player’s story before. But Huggbees presented it in such a humorous and interesting way that I just had to finish watching.
9:58 every day I'm more convinced that huggbees is just Vaas wearing Grant's skin
That chlorodine 5th dimensional genius just made my jaw actually drop
i won a few local Scrabble tournaments back in my high school so this video is weirdly relevant to me
Huggbees has the best nerd impression
probably because he is one
@@dan_asd brun wny are vou replvinq to vourself?
@@himanbam bruh why are you replacing h with n and g with q and just two y's with v
@@himanbam that hurt to read
ELO? Why yes I do love me some electric light orchestra
‘He doesn’t kill himself practicing everyday’
- As he learns almost 400,000 French words in 9 weeks
Heres the thing, his main method of practice is free recalling his scrabble practice list on his bike. Scrabble literally is just a side hobby for him.
assuming he looked at it for 12 hours literally half the day he had to fully memorise a word every *slightly less than seven seconds...*
2:29 that one dude when he hears a person with a voice that sounds under 18
Huggbees’ thumbnails and video titles make me want to sleep to the video but he NEVER MISSES with this expectation shattering content, Love you bro
Imagine being such a gigachad that you learn how to spell the words of a different language just to win their World Championship not once but twice.
Memorizing all the two and three letter words is not hard and boosts your game immensely.
I think one of the best things that summarizes Nigel is, whenever people or scrabble engines disagree with him, everybody goes 'Nigel played it we are all wrong'
I don’t know this man. I didn’t know he existed till I watched this video. I didn’t even know there was competitive Scrabble. However……..any man who learns the entire French dictionary just to utterly humiliate the French at their own game is a fucking super hero in my mind I don’t care who he they are they have my utter respect.
I've never played Scrabble and kind of actively dislike it but Nigel is now my favorite person.
My favorite part is always when Huggbees brings it home with something serious.
I was halfway through typing "But chess has tie games" and then faced a barrage of abuse
This man is insane.
Which one???
Andrew or Nigel?
Both
As well as being the God of Scrabble Nigel is apparently also an expert at computing, security systems and cycling. He keeps his personal life pretty secret though.
There are 9 rings of hell which is what it feels like to play nigel in scrabble, this is also video 9 of asking for roasting every country's flag
Something different about this guy. Really puts his heart and soul into making us laugh while teaching us useless information. Legend!
long live nigel, best guy who lives life to the fullest
Honestly love hearing about incredible people I never otherwise would never have. Great video!
10:13 oh god that fact nearly made Huggbees remove his glasses which we all know is the first sign of the apocalypse
[Fi] is not an acceptable word in Scrabble, but he probably played his opponent in that situation, because [fa] and [fe] are also words and he played it with a blank tile and the Nigel Richards pokerface. I manage to get away with a 200+ point play in a tournament, winning a prize for the highest point play, for the word [Arachnes] as a triple-triple. [Arachnes] is not a word, but sounds like one because a lot of suffixes are in themselves words, like [Pseudo]. But it was not challenged, and I brought home $100 and a prize plaque. Good Game.
so youre saying good scrabble play is equal parts memorization and bamboozlery?
It's CHLORODYNE, and they were playing with the international lexicon which includes FY, which was the two-letter word he formed in making the play.
I can't say I would be nearly as good at Scrabble as Nigel, but the quote about hearing a word once and recalling an image of it is relatable. I feel like I hear a word once, and five years later, I can remember to use it in a similar context. Like, how many people can randomly remember "fortitudinous" is a word? Being a walking thesaurus hasn't helped me once ever since I left high school and stopped being forced to write pointless English essays, but who knows, maybe I could've been a world professional Scrabble player if I cared.
Nigel didnt care. Go br the next Nigel, young man.
My problem is that while I know the word, I can't recall it out of context. I might consider fortitudinous when describing the digestive tract of one who has recently ingested Taco Bell with no apparent ill effect, but I wouldn't recall it in scrabble. I also don't know the 'loan words' competitive scrabble allows like suq/souq, which google says is a type of market in Arabic. I would not generally consider such words 'valid' English personally, as they are neither Anglo-Saxon or Norman derived, such as Heath or Progeny, respectively, nor are they in common usage like Taquito.
Does anyone have a source for 8:43? Obviously he didn't actually play "I am Nigel Richards go fuck yourself" but I'm really curious what he actually did to make someone resign turn 1.
It was just a joke. Resignation is tournament Scrabble isn't actually a thing, generally speaking, unless you're playing in a bracket style tournament, but those are less common than standard round robins.
@@Zoogleas Got it, thank you for the answer!
I love the rebuttal you gave to the magnus-nigel counterargument. A valid point and well made.
The beginning speech destroyed me because I got nothing good
Please make a "How Its Actually Made - Babies" video. Provide visuals. I would thoroughly enjoy it.
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Fun Fact: Most Scrabble players have no clue what the words they play mean. High-level Scrabble becomes a test of memorization and probability rather than vocabulary, one where the words act as a giant rulebook.
If you’re interested in learning more Will Anderson is a great Scrabble channel to learn from. Also, Huggbees has an amazing one-off video about the greatest Scrabble player of all-time, Nigel Richards.
Great video as always.
Love the incredible plays summed up at the end 😂
Playing just AU in AUF to block the opponent's possible last bingo. Not only that, based on unseen to go with his leave, he had a chance to win if he drew the right combination to hit SILIQUA or SILIQUAE in separate spot. This was just insane mind! Watch it in Will Anderson Vlog, entitled like "My favourite play of Nigel Richards is AUF."
You need to appreciate this mans commitment to not learning fr*nch
Don't know if its actually valid, but surely a very common homerule (at least in Mexico), Oxo is actually the name of a store chain,.
I’ll use the same strategy on magic the gathering now!
I'm such an idiot. For a minute the ending actually had me questioning if I knew the rules of scrabble... double "u"
I feel like huggbee is that weird uncle that always shows up when they need money
Fun fact: His performance in the 2010 championships was so dominant that he won before the last day of competition began.
I genuinely love this video. Please make more similar. Great video keep it up!
“Here’s my rebuttal”
(Ad break)
“Fuck you.”
Comedy gold
Huggbees, you have inspired me to do a video essay in your style, I can’t wait till I can tweet it at you lol
Reply to this when you do❤
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@@SirRaio it’s a 6/10 for me lol
Ultimate gamer, he's the best at Scrabble and he's not even trying, he's just so bored that a Scrabble tournament is the only entertainment option for him, and he doesn't even try... And yet he's still not just the best in the world but the best of all time. And again he's not even trying
The worst part is I'm not sure how much of that at the end Huggbees pulled out of his ass
"Do you speak French?" "No, but I know EVERY Trench word."
Me: ah, yes, scrabble, the greatest choice of gamers.
My singular braincell looking at the thumbnail, slamming a table with the force of a thousand suns: NO!! YOU BUFFOON!!
*CRBL SABE!!!*
My dad is a fan of Phonetic Scrabble. As long as the word pronounced is a real word, and your spelling of it can be justified phonetically, it’s playable.
I’ve never played scrabble so maybe this is just me, but being able to rotate tiles or clap two next to each other to make a different letter seems like something that shouldn’t be allowed. But hey, I didn’t write the rule book so…
You poor thing... that's Huggbees' humor.
“Well listen, here’s my rebuttal”
*Miller lite ad plays*
Ah I see, carry on.
13:05 +
Me too.
Here's a relatable example.
I walk into a Walgreens, and I never know wtf I want. My objective is to browse and find the best deals and usually walk away with the bare minimum of my needs. Something to shove in my mouth and take care of when it leaves my body.
They have pizza rolls there, and it was priced at $7 for 40ozs. That was it, I walked out with that and a roll of $1 toilet paper.
Not because I'm poor, not because I don't appreciate finer things, but because wtf else was finer and worth its price in a Walgreens? Seriously, I could have spent twice the amount, for the same product, and the same product would only be %25 more palatable. Why not save my money and just deal with John Wayne one-ply.
TO MY SUPRISE...the Pizza Rolls are fucking delicious. Totinos actually is shit compared to NICE! brand. I'm not easily impressed, but when 40 pizza rolls cost $3.50, and something that is supposed to be a name brand costs $4 more than that for the same amount...I am a bit cynical about the rat meat they were produced from, but ever so slightly impressed with this low-rent company.
I think what really impressed me, was to know that there were at least a few people working at one of the factories that put this slop together...who actually care about their job enough to make them edible.
So… You’re telling me he doesn’t even TRIES to win since he doesn’t even care that much?! Nigel is a monster! 😱
He’s like the Bobby Fischer of scrabble, doesn’t care so much for the game but he’s maybe the best to ever play it. Weird how that happens, I wonder how many talented people go unnoticed because how little they care about the things they’re amazing at.
Something more you need to realize is that although Nigel's win rate is "only" 75%, that isnt talking about the win rate of tournaments, thats just his average games. He Wins WAY MORE tournies than just 75% lmao
I thought this guy was some hack until I 11:13... yeah... I can confirm that this guy is legit. He just looks like he innocently hides deep secrets