1st Charles Reinke took advantage of a shortened club session that allowed his 3-0 +130 performance to go unchallenged by any theoretical 4-0 finisher. His first game was a closely-fought 387-382 win over Bryan Benwitz, who played VARMENTS and EGOTISTS while the victor played BOURREES and MONERANS. That win was followed up with a more convincing 412-322 victory against James Frankki. Charles played FRICANDO as his only a bingo, a word which only pluralizes to FRICANDOES. However, this intricacy was not known to either player, and James hooked his bingo of CARRIES to make the phony FRICANDOS* without being punished for it. The final, and, as it turned out, deciding game was fought between Charles and his similarly-skilled brother Thomas. Charles prevailed, 406-371, playing UNTRIED and URINOSE to Thomas' CAVITIES and WRINGER. A late attempt of UNSHOES* by Thomas spelled doom for the losing side (only UNSHOD is good).
2nd Thomas Reinke went 2-1 +309, beating the other 2-1 player, Bryan Benwitz, by a sizable amount of spread for second place. Game one was Thomas' most successful, as he wiped the floor with Helen Flores, 508-312. The bingo disparity (three to nothing) seems to indicate, at least on the surface, that Thomas drew the lion's share of the so-called "good stuff". His bingos were SALTERS, OCTAVOS, and URIDINE. Thomas then defeated Dave Gilligan, again by a healthy margin, 438-290. Dave played PRAISES in that one; Thomas had CORSETED and LATRINES. The final game between undefeateds Thomas and Charles Reinke saw the conclusion of Thomas' mini-streak of dominance: Charles was the winner, 406-371.
Bryan's DIZZIES was word of the week, but it could have been word of the century if it had involved no blanks. Dave's COINFERS, which looks like a misspelling of CONIFERS but is acatually a word in its own right, was also in the running for word of the week honors.
| Standings | |
| Charles Reinke | 3-0 +130 |
| Thomas Reinke | 2-1 +309 |
| Bryan Benwitz | 2-1 +81 |
| James Frankki | 1-2 -49 |
| Dave Gilligan | 1-2 -148 |
| Helen Flores | 0-3 -323 |
| Bingos | ||
| Thomas Reinke | 7 | SALTERS OCTAVOS URIDINE CORSETED LATRINES CAVITIES WRINGER |
| Bryan Benwitz | 6 | VARMENT EGOTISTS DIESTER LANNERS MAIDENS DIZZIES |
| James Frankki | 6 | INDUCTEE ASTOUND BLOWIER CARRIES STRIATED ELOINED |
| Dave Gilligan | 6 | COINFERS SALUTER PRAISES BOUNCES GLOBATE dimlier |
| Charles Reinke | 5 | BOURREES MONERANS FRICANDO UNTRIED URINOSE |
| Helen Flores | 1 | STOWING |
| $4 Prizes | |||
| Prize | Player | Word | Score |
| High D | Thomas Reinke | ||
| Low O | Dave Gilligan | ||
| High Games | |
| 508 | Thomas Reinke |
| 452 | Dave Gilligan |
| 438 | Thomas Reinke |
| 435 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 421 | Bryan Benwitz |
| Most bingos/game | |
| 2.33 | Thomas Reinke |
| 2 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 2 | James Frankki |
| 2 | Dave Gilligan |
| 1.67 | Charles Reinke |
| High Average Bingo Score | |
| 86 | Helen Flores |
| 84 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 77 | Thomas Reinke |
| 76 | Dave Gilligan |
| 75 | Charles Reinke |
| High Averages | |
| 439 | Thomas Reinke |
| 413 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 402 | Charles Reinke |
| 380 | James Frankki |
| 372 | Dave Gilligan |
| Low Opponent Averages | |
| 336 | Thomas Reinke |
| 358 | Charles Reinke |
| 386 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 396 | James Frankki |
| 421 | Dave Gilligan |
| High Scoring Bingos | ||
| 137 | DIZZIES | Bryan Benwitz |
| 92 | COINFERS | Dave Gilligan |
| 90 | SALTERS | Thomas Reinke |
| 89 | DIESTER | Bryan Benwitz |
| 89 | OCTAVOS | Thomas Reinke |
| Session Averages | |
| Avg. Game Score | 392 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 430 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 353 |
| Avg. Bingo Score | 77 |
Wednesday, December 31:
NO SCRABBLE CLUB ON NEW YEARS EVE
Wednesday, January 7:
Scrabble at Covenant Church
Wednesday, January 14:
Scrabble at Covenant Church
Wednesday, January 21:
Scrabble at Misty Mountain Games
Saturday, January 24:
Madison Scrabble Club Party and Tournament
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