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1st Bryan Benwitz reprised his first-place effort from last week, although this time he was slowed down a little bit with a 3-1 +225 record. A commanding win against Helen Flores in round one, 482-309, set him up nicely for future success. Helen's bingo of PLATTERS was bested by Bryan's BLOUSED, SATINIER, and EARSHOTS. Bryan continued to pile on bingos to his already sizeable pile of them with a 459-375 victory over Charles Reinke, getting down LEALTIES, DISTRAIN, and LOUNGIER to Charles' sole STEERAGE. A match against the other Reinke did not go as smoothly; Bryan's single bingo of PALATES represented a considerable reduction of his potent powers of bingoage, while Thomas had AUTISTIC and STRIDDEN to take the 444-367 win. The final game of the night saw Bryan fight Richard Lauder to a high-scoring 466-421 final total. This time, the bingos were evenly split, with Bryan getting CENTARES and BITTERS to Richard's NEAREST and BLOOMER.

2nd Thomas Reinke went 3-1 +162 to complete a top-two identical to last week's top two. Always eager to get some Collins games in, Thomas played a set of games against familiar opponent Charles Reinke (no relation), and split them, 440-500 in round one and 516-445 in round four. That round-one game saw Charles severely outbingo his brother (ORGEATS, PROTEANS, ODORISE#, SHETLAND vs. a lonely RESITING), but fortunes were swapped in the rematch and Thomas found it was his turn to bingo four times (NUGGETS, NAILSET, DEWATER, FINALIZE vs. KERATIN and TREATING). In between those games, Thomas picked up two additional wins with spookily similar scores, 441-367 against Sara McLaughlin and 444-367 against Bryan Benwitz.

Helen Flores received "Thanksgiving Word of the Week" with PLATTERS, which might be a stretch, but not as much of a stretch as the other candidates: Sara's HEARTILY and Bryan's PALATES. A $500 gift card for Yankee Candle, to be spent exclusively on pumpkin-spice-scented candles, is currently en route to Helen via carrier pigeon.

1st Bryan Benwitz conquered all with a flawless 4-0 +319 record, strengthening his hold on first place in the club standings with just four more sessions left in the year. His first game was also his best as he steamrolled Dennis Lloyd 503-309, finding bingos of VACATES, SIEVERT, and BARNIEST in the process. Success continued in round two with a convincing win over Thomas Reinke, 493-416. Thomas fought valiantly with three bingos: OUTGNAWS, HARLOTS, and ANTIPORN (those last two seem at odds with each other), but Bryan had three of his own: HERMETIC, BARRAGES, and BIRDERS. The bingo barrages came to an end when Bryan faced off against Sara McLaughlin; the final score was 382-344 in Bryan's favor, and only one bingo found its way onto the board: Bryan's 95-point EQUATOR. Andy Bohnsack was the final opponent standing between Bryan and a perfect evening, and it was a good fight, but Bryan eventually prevailed 434-424 despite being outbingoed two to three (NONARIES and AEDILES vs. ROASTER, OBVERTS, and ANTILOG).

2nd Thomas Reinke fared the snowy trip to the fabled Misty Mountain and found reward at the end of his trials, finishing 3-1 +230. A 452-407 win over Mark Kenas started things off nicely, as Thomas matched Mark's EBIONISE# and SATINIER with his own PANDERER and ENDOSOME (don't forget the anagram, MOONSEED). That success was short-lived as Thomas immediately ran into the not-quite-unstoppable-but-sometimes-it-sure-seems-like-it force of Bryan Benwitz, losing 416-493. Getting back to the Collins lexicon, Thomas matched up against a familiar face in Charles Reinke, and won that encounter, 447-417. Thomas had EPHEBOI (plural of EPHEBOS) and STADIUM, while Charles had FOLIOLES#, ROSEATE, and TOASTER. Thomas closed out the session with a 487-255 victory against Sara McLaughlin, marred by the phony GLITTED*, which was played in addition to the correctly-spelled WEASELS.

Dennis Lloyd's BOGGISH for 101 points was Word of the Week.

1st Charles Reinke was an unstoppable force encountering no immovable objects, going 5-0 +369. High-probability bingo knowledge once again proved useful as a set of two-on-one games against Helen Flores (462-396) and Ron Malzer (478-349) saw the following bingos played: NASTIER, LOMENTA, ORGANDIE, ANEROID, and SEPTORIA. The club's neverending quest to play every bingo in the dictionary was not futhered by this selection of bingos, as all of them are common enough to have been played before. Charles went on to defeat Mark Kenas in round two, 527-361, thanks to TARRING, PODIATRY, and ENTAILER (Mark had the useful SERIATE). In the third round, Charles pulled out NEEDIEST and TALMUDIC (note that TALMUD* is not valid, only TALMUDIC) to snag a tight five-point win over Bryan Benwitz, who had CRAALING, SHEETER (note, no SEETHER*), and WEASONS. The final score was 436-431. Charles decided that a five point win hadn't raised his blood pressure enough, so he proceeded to go undefeated by way of a three-point win against Mark Kenas, 442-439. RIGORIST and CREATES were his bingos in that crowning victory.

2nd Thomas Reinke unleashed a tsunami of bingos which overwhelmed most (but not all) of his opponents, making eighteen bonus plays across five games while finishing 4-1 +445 and averaging 508 per game. A round-one match against Mark Kenas saw the two Collins players burst through the 1000-points-combined barrier, the final being 558-463 in Thomas' favor. Mark supplied ODOGRAPH, AMITIES, and TSARDOM, while Thomas had ANTIGAY, ERUPTION, JAVELINS, and the nine-letter MOTELIERS#. In round two, despite being mildly handicapped by a two-on-one game, Thomas pulled out his 7th 600-point game of the club season with a 610-353 win against Richard Lauder. Thomas served up five bingos in his monstrous scoring showcase: SYNCOPE, TACKERS, MERGERS, ROBINIA, and PETTING. Richard had AUDILES and RETOTAL, meaning every bingo on the board was a seven-letter word. At the same time, Thomas escaped with a win against Bryan Benwitz, 396-382, getting down TOLUENES, FARINAS, and GOTHITES. Thomas received a taste of his own medicine when Mark beat him in a round-three rematch, 501-481, a game which Thomas lost despite his four bingos: TENENDA#, INFLATER, MEATLOAF, and ELOQUENT (Mark had POUNCETS# and MASHLIMS#). The volcanic bingo eruptions from Thomas' rack were marginally reduced by the final game, as Thomas "only" had two such plays (HELICES, PETIOLES) in a 495-396 win over Andy Bohnsack.

3rd Bryan Benwitz snuck into third place with a 2-2 +238 record. Things started off nicely as Bryan found SEEDING and HEROICS to beat Andy Bohnsack 449-332. But that success was short lived as the pairings conspired to have Bryan face off against both Reinkes in sequence, and the results were unfavorable for Bryan: 382-396 against Thomas, then 431-436 against Charles. But Bryan was able to make up some ground in the last game, playing bingos of RERACKED, SENARII, and TONGERS to defeat Sara McLaughlin 489-349. Bryan still maintains a comfortable lead in the club standings with a month and a half to go.