1st Thomas Reinke topped a field where nobody went undefeated, but four players went 3-1, with his 3-1 +264 record. That +264 spread put him a whopping nine spread points ahead of second place and nineteen spread points ahead of third. Thomas started strong by beating Helen Flores 472-272, despite "only" bingoing once with VERTISOL. His scoring potency wore off in the next game as he was bested by Andy Bohnsack 347-402; his bingo of INDURATE failed to stand up to Andy's DONATES and POSTMAN. The bingos flowed more freely in a Collins-lexicon matchup against Charles Reinke; Thomas deployed AGOUTIES, PACIFIED, EMBROWN, and AVENIRS# en route to a 558-444 win. Thomas finished with a low-scoring 338-333 win against Steve Hartsman, where Thomas' three-O OVERTOOK was the only bingo played by either player.
2nd Steve Hartsman reversed the previous week's 1-3 record with a 3-1 +255 showing. His first game was a hard-fought 378-336 win over Sara McLaughlin, where Sara's RECRUIT was matched by Steve's INSIDES. Round two saw Steve and his 20+ years of tournament experience go against the upstart James Rollins, and experience prevailed as Steve played PARITIES and CONTORTS on his way to a 431-253 victory. Matching up against Andy Bohnsack in the next game, Steve played two more bingos (ADMIRING, SIRENIAN) for a 442-402 win. Sadly, a potentially perfect night was disrupted by Thomas Reinke, as their fourth-round contest ended with both players well below their yearly averages, 333-338.
3rd Lynda Finn made her third writeup appearance in four attempts with a 3-1 +245 record. A 368-410 loss to Charles Reinke in round one was perhaps not Lynda's preferred way to start a relaxing (?) evening of Scrabble, but things quickly turned around with a big 488-263 win against Sara McLaughlin. Lynda got down STOLLEN, INTONERS, and CAESIUM in that one. Things were a bit closer against James Rollins, but Lynda found the game's only bingo (HETAIRA) and it was her win, 370-334. She finished her relaxing (?) evening of Scrabble with a 434-408 victory versus Andy Bohnsack, playing MISINTER, ENDEMIC, and GEARING to Andy's SHIVERED. That win makes her the winner of six of the last eight games in the Lynda-Andy matchup, although the lifetime series still belongs comfortably to Andy.
4th Helen Flores went 3-1 -35, recovering from a big loss in round one to win her next three. Among those wins was a 384-379 victory against Bryan Benwitz, snapping a 26-game losing streak against Bryan.
Bryan Benwitz got the first 600-point game of the year when he scored exactly 600 against Sara McLaughlin. His 212-point SPEEDWAY accounted for over a third of his final score, and is the highest-scoring bingo so far this year by a significant margin (Mark Kenas' SLABBERY for 176 is the next highest). 212 points is also tied for the fourth-highest scoring bingo since modern statkeeping began in 2011.
| Thomas Reinke | 3-1 +264 |
| Steve Hartsman | 3-1 +255 |
| Lynda Finn | 3-1 +245 |
| Helen Flores | 3-1 -35 |
| Bryan Benwitz | 2-2 +331 |
| Andy Bohnsack | 2-2 +159 |
| Charles Reinke | 2-2 -100 |
| James Rollins | 2-2 -176 |
| Richard Lauder | 1-3 -119 |
| Dennis Lloyd | 0-2 -287 |
| Sara McLaughlin | 0-4 -537 |
| Thomas Reinke | 70.4 | 152 | 64 | 0 | 449 | 397 | 509 | 2.36 | 57 | 11.2 | 30 |
| Charles Reinke | 67 | 146 | 72 | 0 | 449 | 398 | 506 | 2.32 | 53 | 10.5 | 27 |
| Bryan Benwitz | 66.4 | 125 | 63 | 1 | 436 | 373 | 389 | 2.06 | 9 | 2.3 | 0 |
| Andy Bohnsack | 61.6 | 95 | 59 | 1 | 418 | 386 | 312 | 2.01 | 10 | 3.2 | 11 |
| Steve Hartsman | 56.3 | 53 | 41 | 1 | 406 | 388 | 157 | 1.65 | 10 | 6.4 | 3 |
| Lynda Finn | 52.9 | 74 | 66 | 0 | 389 | 386 | 201 | 1.44 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| Randall | 50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 297 | 374 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mary Parrish | 50 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 353 | 404 | 5 | 1.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Lauder | 47.7 | 72 | 79 | 1 | 378 | 398 | 240 | 1.58 | 16 | 6.7 | 0 |
| Dennis Lloyd | 45 | 58 | 71 | 0 | 370 | 397 | 170 | 1.32 | 7 | 4.1 | 6 |
| James Rollins | 40.5 | 17 | 25 | 0 | 360 | 383 | 43 | 1.02 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Carol Ormand | 40 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 320 | 370 | 16 | 0.64 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Kenas | 39.1 | 54 | 84 | 0 | 429 | 451 | 282 | 2.04 | 62 | 22 | 3 |
| David Kinzer | 36.9 | 38 | 65 | 0 | 359 | 388 | 76 | 0.74 | 4 | 5.3 | 0 |
| Ron Malzer | 36.4 | 16 | 28 | 0 | 354 | 414 | 42 | 0.95 | 2 | 4.8 | 0 |
| Sara McLaughlin | 35 | 56 | 104 | 0 | 356 | 398 | 130 | 0.81 | 3 | 2.3 | 0 |
| Chloe | 33.3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 278 | 395 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Nawrocki | 30 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 362 | 383 | 24 | 1.2 | 1 | 4.2 | 0 |
| Helen Flores | 29.4 | 40 | 96 | 0 | 349 | 405 | 115 | 0.85 | 5 | 4.3 | 0 |
| Kelsey Stanczak | 15.4 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 261 | 397 | 3 | 0.23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nalina Cherr | 9.1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 266 | 402 | 3 | 0.27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dora Kilburn | 8.7 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 300 | 390 | 16 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beth Amos | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 309 | 394 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Barger | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 314 | 462 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lesley Salas | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 296 | 398 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buffy Hogan | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 335 | 423 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Adams | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 321 | 389 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimberly | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 262 | 366 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jessica Pasch | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 296 | 347 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alison Jennings | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 220 | 326 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bingos| Lynda Finn | 9 | RESTRICT PROVIDES STOLLEN INTONERS CAESIUM HETAIRA MISINTER ENDEMIC GEARING |
| Thomas Reinke | 7 | VERTISOL INDURATE AGOUTIES PACIFIED EMBROWN OVERTOOK avenirs |
| Bryan Benwitz | 7 | ASHRAMS GLEETING PANICKED SPEEDWAY CAVEATOR AIRFIELD WHEELIE |
| Andy Bohnsack | 7 | ENDPLAY OROIDES ETOILES DONATES POSTMAN MOORINGS SHIVERED |
| Charles Reinke | 7 | GRISTLE RATATAT DEFILING SAFROLE CERUSITE COTTONED salinate |
| Helen Flores | 6 | RESTOKE GOBLETS WIVERNS GREASED OUTRIDE NOVATES |
| Richard Lauder | 6 | CLENCHED FRONTIER MINUETS DARTLES DREAMILY TENNERS |
| Steve Hartsman | 5 | INSIDES PARITIES CONTORTS ADMIRING SIRENIAN |
| James Rollins | 2 | PATIENT DIASTER |
| Sara McLaughlin | 2 | RECRUIT OUTLIES |
| Dennis Lloyd | 1 | FINALES |
| 31-Dec: NO SCRABBLE CLUB ON NEW YEARS EVE | 7-Jan: Scrabble at Covenant Church | 14-Jan: Scrabble at Covenant Church | 21-Jan: Scrabble at Misty Mountain Games |