1st Charles Reinke sat loftily upon his throne of victory, savoring his unblemished 4-0 +305 record in much the same way that a king savoring the ever-present sensation of immense power that one feels when one is king. He reeled off a pair of victories against Thomas Reinke that were eerily similar in their final scores: 418-361 in the first round, then 418-365 in the fourth round. Both games were played with the Collins dictionary, but all bingos played might be familiar to players of the American dictionary: SAWFLIES, RAISONNE, SOLATES, and MOSSIER for Charles, TRANGAM, PEISING, and MENSTRUA for Thomas. In just one game was Charles held to a single bingo, but that game turned out to be his most successful of the evening as he took down last week's champion Helen Flores by a score of 459-329. Helen had nice finds of VAMPIRES and TUTELAGE in that one, thus leaving the battlefield with her dignity full intact.
2nd Sara McLaughlin took advantage of a 2-on-1 opportunity in the final round to vault herself to second place with a 3-2 -86 record. In that 2-on-1 she turned away both Dennis Lloyd (415-345) and Helen Flores (358-314). An 80-point PAINTERS in her game against Dennis was a major boon to her victory chances. Sara also had a nice find of GIAOURS (n. GIAOUR, a non-Muslim) in a 374-269 win over Sue Goldstein. However, her hopes at a positive point spread were severely diminished when she ran headlong into the brick wall that is Thomas Reinke: the 311-551 loss did 240 points of damage to her cumulative point total.
| Standings | |
| Charles Reinke | 4-0 +305 |
| Sara McLaughlin | 3-2 -86 |
| Thomas Reinke | 2-2 +191 |
| Dennis Lloyd | 2-2 +40 |
| Helen Flores | 1-3 -180 |
| Sue Goldstein | 0-3 -270 |
| Bingos | ||
| Thomas Reinke | 10 | TRANGAM PEISING TURISTA ISOLATE OCTANGLE WHORTLES TOXINES EMPLOYED OVERSETS MENSTRUA |
| Charles Reinke | 7 | SAWFLIES RAISONNE TRENDIER BRISTLE REDDENED SOLATES MOSSIER |
| Dennis Lloyd | 5 | MONSTER SEQUOIA NINETIES PREVIEW EARLIEST |
| Helen Flores | 5 | AMNIOTES SEEKING ERASIONS VAMPIRES TUTELAGE |
| Sara McLaughlin | 3 | GIAOURS ELONGATE PAINTERS |
| High Games | |
| 551 | Thomas Reinke |
| 461 | Thomas Reinke |
| 459 | Charles Reinke |
| 437 | Dennis Lloyd |
| 427 | Charles Reinke |
| Most bingos/game | |
| 2.5 | Thomas Reinke |
| 1.75 | Charles Reinke |
| 1.25 | Dennis Lloyd |
| 1.25 | Helen Flores |
| 0.6 | Sara McLaughlin |
| High Average Bingo Score | |
| 75 | Charles Reinke |
| 75 | Thomas Reinke |
| 74 | Dennis Lloyd |
| 70 | Helen Flores |
| 70 | Sara McLaughlin |
| High Averages | |
| 435 | Thomas Reinke |
| 431 | Charles Reinke |
| 383 | Dennis Lloyd |
| 364 | Sara McLaughlin |
| 347 | Helen Flores |
| Low Opponent Averages | |
| 354 | Charles Reinke |
| 373 | Dennis Lloyd |
| 381 | Sara McLaughlin |
| 383 | Sue Goldstein |
| 387 | Thomas Reinke |
| High Scoring Bingos | ||
| 93 | TOXINES | Thomas Reinke |
| 87 | PREVIEW | Dennis Lloyd |
| 83 | BRISTLE | Charles Reinke |
| 80 | PAINTERS | Sara McLaughlin |
| 78 | MOSSIER | Charles Reinke |
| Session Averages | |
| Avg. Game Score | 378 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 425 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 332 |
| Avg. Bingo Score | 73 |
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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