Scrabble star wins Spanish world title – despite not speaking Spanish

There are some previous incidents of English Scrabble champions who didn't speak English (by the same approach of memorizing dictionaries without necessarily knowing the meaning of the words).

Here's a documentary about Thai Scrabble experts who often don't speak English:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyFJTEOHdi4

I believe there were also non-English-speaking competitors from other countries who had turned in world champion-level performances!