A former weightlifter has exercised his brain power to be crowned National Scrabble Champion 2006.
Retired Jake Jacobs, 57, from Ely in Cambridgeshire, who taught sports stars how to lift weights for 1980s show Superstars, won the "war of words".
He has been playing competitive Scrabble since 1997 - and won the accolade despite having to give up his passion for some time in 2002 following a heart attack.
This is the first time he has reached the National Scrabble Championships final, although he was highly ranked in 2002.
Mr Jacobs taught Geoff Capes and swimmer David Wilkie how to lift weights for the TV programme.
He beat Christian Brown, 32, a relative newcomer to the Scrabble world, who has only played competitively for two years.
Mr Brown lives in Nottingham and until recently he was a civil servant for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Wannabe Scrabble champions may take inspiration from some of the words used in the semi-finals.
These included: Daystar - a poetic word for the sun, Ctenidia - one of the comb-like respiratory gills of molluscs and Epinasty - an increased growth of the upper surface of a plant part resulting in it bending.
The National Scrabble Championships final was held at The Cavendish Conference Centre in central London.
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