Josh Sokol

Joshua Sokol-Rubenstein (born March 24, 1994) is a Canadian competitive Scrabble player and influencer. He won the 2023 Scrabble Players Championship.

Career

Sokol has said Scrabble was his parents' "favourite board game" and began memorizing obscure words for the game as a child. He excelled at the Scrabble Players Championship in Las Vegas in 2023, with a 23–5 record going into the finals (four games ahead of anyone else), where he then won 3–2.

Sokol has described himself as a "Scrabble influencer". He started livestreaming on Twitch in 2020 and has uploaded hundreds of YouTube videos under the username axcertypo. He has also commentated for Scrabble tournament livestreams.