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Austin Shin

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Austin Shin
A grown-up Austin.

Austin Shin was a contestant in Series 49.

Aged 13, he lost to the eventual Series champion John Davies by just one point. This was Davies' smallest winning margin in any of his 11 Series 49 games. Despite not having won a game, Shin was invited back for a special against Beth Sutton and won with 98 points, scoring in every round but two.

He is also a Scrabble Grandmaster and came second in the inaugural World Youth Scrabble Championship (now the WESPA Youth Cup) in 2006. In 2017, he became both the North American Collins Scrabble Words Champion and the ABSP National Scrabble Champion.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
3475 5/05/2003 P John Davies 92 – 91 Austin Shin Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Jennie Bond Susie Dent 132
S23 30/05/2005 S Austin Shin 98 – 67 Beth Sutton Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Bernard Ingham Alison Heard 133