Anniversary video

Wordy duel: Krone+ challenges Scrabble champ!

"Scrabble" is available in 30 languages, Krone+ tried to claim a champion in German.(Bild: Dworak/Wiesmeyer, stock.adobe.com, Krone KREATIV)

First the gender tile, now a simplified, collaborative version including helper cards - "Scrabble" is moving with the times! To mark the 76th anniversary of the cult game, Krone+ asked Timon Boerner and Ben Berger, two of the best letter acrobats in the DACH region, what they think of adaptations, why they are so fascinated by puzzling out words and why you don't have to understand a word of French to win a championship title in France.

What is a disease caused by hypothyroidism with severe skin swelling? Experienced "scrabblers" like top German players Timon Boerner and Ben Berger know the answer. Not because they have to be doctors - both are lawyers. But because "myxedema" is the word with a maximum of seven available letters that scores the highest possible number of points (_{M3Y10X8Ö8D1E1M3}).