Darryl Francis (born April 16, 1948) 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 ex ABSP chairman Allan Simmons. He is also co-compiler on the new Collins Official Scrabble Words publication in 2007, again along with ex ABSP chairman Allan Simmons.

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  • Darryl Francis (born April 16, 1948) 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 ex ABSP chairman Allan Simmons. He is also co-compiler on the new Collins Official Scrabble Words publication in 2007, again along with ex 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 ex-MP Gyles Brandreth. In 1985, he was the series 6 champion for the UK gameshow Countdown. He has also written extensively for the American journal "Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics". His articles on wordplay, word puzzles and all manner of word recreations have appeared regularly since 1968.
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  • Darryl Francis (born April 16, 1948) 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 ex ABSP chairman Allan Simmons. He is also co-compiler on the new Collins Official Scrabble Words publication in 2007, again along with ex ABSP chairman Allan Simmons.
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