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To find out how the PKFs were killing the parasites, scientists exposed braconid wasp larva to beet armyworm and infected northern armyworm plasma.

“And then in the final game, I drew the letters for braconid — through an I — which scored me 176 points.”

Following three rounds of heated linguistic jousting, Brett Smitheram, 37, a recruitment consultant from East London, was crowned the World Scrabble Champion Sunday after he drew the letters for the word “braconid.”

Brett Smitheram, 37, from east London, won the top prize at the 2016 final held at the Grand Palais in Lille, with ‘Braconid’, meaning a small, parasitic wasp.

The 37-year-old's highest scoring word was BRACONID, meaning a parasitic wasp, which earned him 176 points.