English may be his third language, but Taschen Messer is the undisputed Scrabble King of Tampa Bay. He played hours of online head-to-head Scrabble in his early teens to practice and improve his English vocabulary, and he is an efficient and ruthless competitor. Holden Steady actually flipped the board once after Messer dropped 'syzygy' on a Triple Word Score when he was already 60 points ahead.