SPC 2025: Will Nitsch [4-36]

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On this page, you will find information about Will Nitsch, who is competing at the 2025 Scrabble Players Championship. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. This player currently has a record of 18-13, -142, and is ranked #14 in Division 4.

Lower on this page, you can find brief self-reported biographical details of the player, statistics on the player’s past several years of rated tournament play in North America, a graphic showing the player’s ups and downs at this tournament, and a round-by-round report on the player’s opponents and games.

Background Information
	Given name(s): Will Surname(s): Nitsch Home: West Hartford, CT, United States

Round by Round
High score: 472 Average for: 374 Average against: 379
Round 1		Nitsch played #19 Peter Filandro (Wilmington, DE) and tied at 305. Current ranking: #30. Current record: 0.5-0.5, +0.
Round 2		Nitsch played #13 George Borsuk (Melville, NY) and won 375 to 371 (a spread of 4). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 1.5-0.5, +4.
Round 3		Nitsch played #50 Nick Abbate (Unknown city NB) and won 382 to 329 (a spread of 53). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 2.5-0.5, +57. Nitsch is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 4		Nitsch played #9 Nick Coffey (Winston-Salem, NC) and won 424 to 311 (a spread of 113). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 3.5-0.5, +170. Nitsch is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 5		Nitsch played #6 Kayla Zochowski (Unknown city, MI) and won 431 to 394 (a spread of 37). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 4.5-0.5, +207. Nitsch is mentioned in this round’s commentary (3 hits).
Round 6		Nitsch played #11 Bob Hart (Vienna, VA) and won 361 to 318 (a spread of 43). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 5.5-0.5, +250.
Round 7		Nitsch played #8 Sarah Bowe (Salt Lake City, UT) and lost 348 to 482 (a spread of -134). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 5.5-1.5, +116.
Round 8		Nitsch played #2 Diana Bowen (Fairfax, VA) and lost 423 to 438 (a spread of -15). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 5.5-2.5, +101. Nitsch is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 9		Nitsch played #29 Lea Shin (Metairie, LA) and lost 299 to 358 (a spread of -59). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 5.5-3.5, +42. Nitsch is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 10		Nitsch played #15 Ross Fidler (Providence, RI) and won 410 to 288 (a spread of 122). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 6.5-3.5, +164.
Round 11		Nitsch played #18 Marie Filandro (Wilmington, DE) and won 413 to 398 (a spread of 15). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 7.5-3.5, +179.
Round 12		Nitsch played #4 Paul Rickhoff (Saugus, CA) and won 462 to 267 (a spread of 195). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 8.5-3.5, +374.
Round 13		Nitsch played #35 Stephanie Waite (Pittsburgh, PA) and won 458 to 370 (a spread of 88). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 9.5-3.5, +462.
Round 14		Nitsch played #5 Nolan Miranda (Unknown city, NC) and lost 291 to 579 (a spread of -288). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 9.5-4.5, +174.
Round 15		Nitsch played #7 Amika Gair-MacMichael (West Harford, CT) and won 368 to 291 (a spread of 77). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 10.5-4.5, +251.
Round 16		Nitsch played #32 Joyce Stock (Medina, OH) and won 397 to 324 (a spread of 73). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 11.5-4.5, +324.
Round 17		Nitsch played #50 Nick Abbate (Unknown city NB) again and won 346 to 307 (a spread of 39). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 12.5-4.5, +363. Nitsch is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 18		Nitsch played #2 Diana Bowen (Fairfax, VA) again and tied at 416. Current ranking: #4. Current record: 13-5, +363. Nitsch is mentioned in this round’s commentary (2 hits).
Round 19		Nitsch played #8 Sarah Bowe (Salt Lake City, UT) again and lost 404 to 462 (a spread of -58). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 13-6, +305.
Round 20		Nitsch played #7 Amika Gair-MacMichael (West Harford, CT) again and lost 354 to 405 (a spread of -51). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 13-7, +254.
Round 21		Nitsch played #29 Lea Shin (Metairie, LA) again and lost 325 to 376 (a spread of -51). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 13-8, +203.
Round 22		Nitsch played #25 Marlena Tremont (Santa Rosa, CA) and lost 314 to 407 (a spread of -93). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 13-9, +110. Nitsch is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 23		Nitsch played #14 Nina Klee (Hamburg, PA) and won 372 to 364 (a spread of 8). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 14-9, +118.
Round 24		Nitsch played #16 Agnes T Tarpeh (Upper Chichester, PA) and won 380 to 378 (a spread of 2). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 15-9, +120. Nitsch is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 25		Nitsch played #27 Richard Savitt (Miami, FL) and lost 262 to 353 (a spread of -91). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 15-10, +29.
Round 26		Nitsch played #1 Don Drumm (Clinton, NY) and won 472 to 373 (a spread of 99). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 16-10, +128.
Round 27		Nitsch played #24 Anjelina Noh (Parma Heights, OH) and lost 370 to 464 (a spread of -94). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 16-11, +34.
Round 28		Nitsch played #34 Donna Anderson (Evans, GA) and won 403 to 384 (a spread of 19). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 17-11, +53.
Round 29		Nitsch played #1 Don Drumm (Clinton, NY) again and lost 340 to 493 (a spread of -153). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 17-12, -100.
Round 30		Nitsch played #12 Betsey Wood (Concord, MA) and won 435 to 325 (a spread of 110). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 18-12, +10.
Round 31		Nitsch played #19 Peter Filandro (Wilmington, DE) again and lost 261 to 413 (a spread of -152). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 18-13, -142.

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