How a Massachusetts carpenter got the highest Scrabble score ever

There's definitely an interesting parallel to sports here: the 2 best teams facing each other are rarely part of the highest scoring games.

Of course, this doesn't make the games or records any less valid. I don't know much about the organizational structure of competitive Scrabble so I can't speak to the argument about "club sessions" vs tournaments but the record should be recognized regardless.

I think there's actually a bit of jealously involved here too. Top players probably wish they could play this way more often but they have rankings they need to keep.