Sunday’s winner of the World Scrabble Championship 2016 at the Grand Palais in Lille, France, gets 7,000 euros (about $7,818) in prize money.

Braconid wasps play an important role in organic pest control. Braconids are beneficial insects that lay their eggs inside or on host insects and the maggot-like wasp larvae weaken the host pest.

A braconid is a parasitic wasp, and because Brett Smitheram knew the word and how to spell it, he’s 7,000 euros richer and the World Scrabble Champion AlArabiya Cancel ...

Each species of braconid wasp has its own specific bracovirus, but they all do the same thing: They suppress the caterpillar’s immune system and tweak its metabolism to favour the growing wasp.

A braconid, or a parasitic wasp, is a cause for celebration for one East Londoner. That word helped Brett Smitheram triumph in the World Scrabble Championship final. Braconid ended up being a 181 ...

Braconid, to which he’ll now cop knowing the definition, scored him 176 points. It earned another five points, the Guardian reported, after a doubtful opponent challenged its legitimacy.

It pays to enrich your word power — $7811 bucks, to be precise. That’s the tidy sum Brett Smitheram, 37, of London, took home by winning the World Scrabble Championship. His victory was… ...

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Photo: Tobacco hornworm on a tomato plant that has been attacked by a parasitic Braconid wasp. The white capsules on its back are the pupal stage of the tiny wasp. Braconid larvae fed on the insides ...

René Eisenbart/The OregonianA tomato hornworm covered by cocoons of the braconid wasp. If you see a hornworm with cocoons, leave it undisturbed to allow the wasps to emerge and increase the ...