CoCo Blog
Check back every Monday for a new post featuring event coverage, tips on how to improve your Scrabble play, and the latest news from the CoCo’s club and tournament directors.
Word Cup Day 4: Can Karo close it out?
Eta Karo is now two games up on the field with three to play, which means he's almost certainly just one win away from the title.
Word Cup Day 3: Eta Karo surges into the lead
Eta ran the table in his last six games, including a crucial win in the last game of the day against fellow top contender Josh Sokol. He now stands alone - the only player at 15-6.
Word Cup Day 2: Jighere stands atop an (extremely) crowded field
Top Nigerian expert and former World Champion Wellington Jighere, one of the pre-tournament favorites, has opened up a lead after day 2. But it's a very slim lead, and there's a veritable horde of top players chasing close behind.
Word Cup Day 1: We're underway!
Well, it's about 93 degrees outside in Albuquerque, but the action inside the playing room here at the Sheraton is even more blazing hot.
Previewing Word Cup 2024
The wait is over; the Scrabble event of the year is here. Let's get after it.
Announcing an overhaul of the CoCo's Glicko-2 rating system
We've revised our rating system so it works as intended. We're going all the way back to our first tournament in early 2020 and rating every tournament from scratch.
Announcing 4 West Coast Scrabble tournaments in late 2024
Today, we're excited to announce four new West Coast tournaments, all set to take place later in 2024. So if you're looking for some Scrabble action out West later this year, head on over to our tournaments page and sign up now.
Remembering Steve Pellinen
We lost Steve on Tuesday morning, and it's a loss that hits particularly hard for all of us across the Scrabble world. Steve was a wonderful leader for our community and a wonderful all-around human.
Word Cup is now just 5 weeks away
Word Cup 2024 is a mere five weeks away. So now is a great time to give everyone - players, spectators back home, the entire Scrabble world at large - an in-depth look at what to expect.
Recapping the sixth Portland Pub Scrabble tournament of 2024
This event drew a diverse field of players including the usual Portland locals plus a couple of visitors. In the end, Dave Wiegand took home the victory.
Remembering Dan Milton
Two weeks ago Sunday, May 26, was a sad day for the Scrabble world, as we lost a beloved member of our community. Dan Milton, a fixture on the tournament circuit for over two decades, died at his home in Virginia at the age of 89.
Previewing the CoCo tournament calendar for late 2024 and early 2025
We're five-twelfths of the way through 2024, and we're just now getting started. There's a lot more exciting Scrabble action that still lies ahead.
Recapping this weekend's tournaments in Potomac and Seattle
We CoCo folks had two concurrent 3-day events happening this Memorial Day weekend, one on each coast. Out East, a group of eight players got together in Potomac, MD; in the West, we hosted a 13-player contingent in Seattle.
Reminiscing about (and looking forward to) Memorial Day weekend
We've got two fun events happening, two regions of North America where CSW play is thriving, and two little sub-communities where both the present and the future are bright.