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1st Dave Kinzer went 3-0 +248, nailing down his first undefeated record in over two years. He started off nicely with a 420-365 win over Lynda Finn, countering her DENGUES with his own bingo of REFROZE (no word on if it was ever extended to PREFROZE). That was followed up by a big win against Charles Reinke, 462-390; Dave's crafty find of LUMBAGO withstood Charles' bonus plays of PARECISM and TERRIES. Dave's flawless night finished with a 387-266 victory against Lynn McDonald, and with nothing left to prove, Dave wisely departed, guaranteeing that a fourth-round loss could not mar his impeccable scoresheet.

2nd Charles Reinke went 4-1 +165, reversing his 1-4 record from the previous week. He got revenge on Mark Kenas by winning their first match, 449-418; Mark found ELDRITCH (also spelled ELDRICH), but fell to Charles' EQUALIZE and PONTAGE#. Charles was tasked with a two-on-one match in round two, and saw partial success, beating Richard Lauder 414-296 despite playing no bingos, but losing to Dave Kinzer 390-462. Scores went into the stratosphere for round three, where a rematch against Mark ended with a 516-473 win for Charles; Charles bingoed with HOARILY, SEETHING, and ROTATING, while Mark had DEPONENT and TENTWISE# (Players of the American lexicon would need to find TWENTIES there). But those stratospheric scores fell short of the even-more-stratospheric (mesospheric?) scores that resulted from Charles' final game against Steve Hartsman. Steve fought valiantly (playing AGAMIDS and CASETTES) and got the highest loss of the year (so far) with a 477, but Charles (with IRONWOOD, TELEVIEW, and REBOOKED) came in at 522. Their combined 999 points is the second-highest combined total this year.

3rd Thomas Reinke went 3-1 +373. He got the first 600-point game of the year (well, maybe the first; more on that later) when he dropped 657 against John Bialek, bingoing with TENSORS, ARRIVALS, LOADING, and PECTIZE. That was "maybe" the first 600-point game of the year because Steve Hartsman scored 603 in the same round, and we're not sure which player finished their game first. Thomas' luck ran dry in round two, where he was felled by Mark Kenas, 392-484. It's possible that it never occurred to Thomas that scoring 600 points in every game, and not just some games, would be a reliable way to win more often. In the third game, Thomas barely escaped with the win against Andy Bohnsack, 394-384. Andy played BEARPAW for 109, while Thomas had SHARABLE. Thomas returned to his high-scoring ways for the final game, defeating Mark 532-440 thanks to EPINAOI, AUTOGIRO, OARSMEN, and MUTAGENS.

1st Thomas Reinke dominated with a 5-0 +487 record and fourteen total bingos. His domination was not quite as all-encompassingly dominant at the start of the night, as he won his first game by just a single point, 422-421 vs. Mark Kenas. The domination switch was conclusively switched to the "on" position for round two, where Thomas played Richard Lauder and Steve Hartsman in a two-on-one, winning both games handily: 466-353 against Richard (with ANURESES, RESIZING, GIROLLES) and 476-374 against Steve (with AEROSATS, TERGITES). He went up against Mark again for the following game, and spewed forth five bingos (TOOTLED, SHIFTILY, RAILHEAD, INOSINES, SAVAGER), and with Mark only getting one (MANRIDER#), it was a hefty win for Thomas, 534-363. In the final round clash of the undefeateds, Thomas defeated Bryan Benwitz by an even 100, 438-338.

2nd Bryan Benwitz enjoyed a 3-1 +416 record, incrementally shifting his yearly winning percentage upward. He trounced Charles Reinke in round one, winning 484-353 on the back of STOOLED, MARSHIER, AUNTIES, and ESTATES (Charles got the not-so-fun FUNICLE as his single bingo). A showdown against James Rollins saw Bryan's bingo output be reduced to one bingo of SIMILAR, but Bryan still came away with the win, 413-293. After taking Richard to the cleaners in the third game, 505-240, Bryan was aiming for an undefeated 4-0 record; sadly, 'twas not to be, as he was sent packing by Thomas Reinke, 338-448.

3rd Dennis Lloyd went 2.5-1.5 (the .5 being a tie), finishing ahead of the other 2.5-1.5 finisher by 46 spread points. The tie occurred in round one, as Dennis and Steve Hartsman fought to a draw, 379-379. Dennis got down AQUATIC while Steve had GROOVILY. Dennis followed that up with a 448-380 win against Andy Bohnsack, getting POINTED and ENDORSES to outscore Andy's high-probability ISOLEAD. Things went south for the third game as Dennis wasn't quite able to take down Dave Kinzer; the final score of their game was 357-364. Not one for winning by unseemly amounts, Dennis notched a 382-363 win against Charles Reinke in the final game, holding his bingo-prone opponent to no bingos while getting down LASSIES and LUNETTE for himself.

1st Lynda Finn went undefeated for the second week in a row, going 4-0 +257 and indisputably reigning over a field of eighteen players. She handily defeated John Bialek in the opening bout, winning by an even 100 points, 440-340, and finding PEERIES, REGLETS, and TANGOES along the way (long-timers will remember the bad old days when TANGOES was phony and few could reliably find its anagram, ONSTAGE). Taking on Thomas Reinke in the next game, Lynda clawed her way to victory, getting TENUOUS and GLADIEST for a 411-398 win. A score of 399 in the third game ended up being Lynda's only score below 400, but everything turned out fine in the end since that 399 was more than Ed Nawrocki's 348. Lynda notably defeated a second Reinke in the final game, clinching a perfect record with a high-flying 484-391 victory over Charles, bingoing with ESERINE, INTUITED, and DUALLIES.

2nd Thomas Reinke averaged 470 per game while finishing 4-1 +391. He was thrown directly into the fire with a two-on-one match against Dennis Lloyd and Bryan Benwitz, but Thomas prevailed in both games, 486-334 against Dennis (including the nice find of ABELMOSK, whose anagram SMOKABLE is considerably more findable) and 413-356 against Bryan. Thomas was slowed down in game two as he was taken down by Lynda Finn, 398-411, but he came back with vengeance in the next game, where he obliterated the returning Mark Kenas 578-396. Mark got down some cool bingos with ANORTHIC and YCLEPED (YCLEPT is also good), but was overwhelmed by Thomas' TOWHEADS, DINTLESS#, AMARONES, and triple-triple REORDAIN. Thomas' final game was a high-scoring shootout with Andy Bohnsack, where Thomas needed every bit of his four bingos (ROULADE, DITCHER, STRAYING, TIDERIP) to win 475-462.

3rd Charles Reinke went 3-2 +194 with the same amount of bingos (13) as his higher-finishing brother. He scored an early win against Mark Kenas, 406-364, getting down STEADING and ENTRAPS. Bingo fiends will be pleased to note that every bingo in AENPRST has been crossed off the list of bingos the club needs to play. Charles rained bingos upon Ron Malzer in round two, playing AROINTED, TINKERER, FRAGMENT, and PIETIES (to Ron's FRIDGES) for a 564-363 win. In round three, Andy Bohnsack perfectly countered Charles' three bingos (RICEBIRD, ETHANAL, EXPIABLE) with three of his own (GOBSHITE, SEVRUGA, PATINAED), but Charles still came out with the win, 453-391. Sitting at 3-0, Charles entered his final-round two-on-one match with plans of going 5-0, but instead dropped both games, 443-461 vs. Mark Kenas and 391-484 vs. Lynda Finn.

Richard's COPYCATS was Word of the Week, chosen from an abundance of strong candidates.