Welcome to Chicagoland!

The stage is set, the playing rooms are open, and players have been steadily trickling in all day. Word Cup is here. The main event gets underway tomorrow morning, and we're raring to go.

It's been a pleasure getting settled into our new digs at the Hilton. The playing areas are nice and spacious, and they're lit by beautiful chandeliers above. Plus, we've sprinkled little bits of CoCo flair all around - keep your eyes peeled, and you'll see our banners, signs, bookmarks, and other paraphernalia all over the Collins playing room.

Oh, and also: You'll see a pretty sick broadcast studio. Scrabble streamer extraordinaire Christian Kay is on site today, and he's getting us set up to air all 31 rounds of this week's tournament. Starting tomorrow morning at 9:30 Central, you can tune in and watch all the action live.

Here's where to catch all 31 rounds of Word Cup...

Standings and pairings:

cocoscrabble.org/word-cup-2022-live

Live broadcast:

twitch.tv/Scrabble

Photos:

instagram.com/cocoscrabble

All of the above will be up and running tomorrow morning. Until then...