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Darryl Francis is a well-known author of books on Scrabble.

He was a co-compiler of Chambers' original Official Scrabble Words publication in 1988 and consultant on all future editions, along with current ABSP chairman Allan Simmons.

Darryl Francis co-hosted a series of five short programmes for the BBC on the World Scrabble Championship in 1991, alongside TV presenter Alan Coren. He has also ghost-written many Scrabble books for well known personalities, most notably MP Gyles Brandreth.

In 1986, he was the series 6 champion for the UK gameshow Countdown.

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