1st Peter Schmiedicke shook off an accumulated five years of rust in his long-awaited return to club play, going 4-1 -8. After being warmly welcomed in a 322-479 loss to Charles Reinke, the intricacies of playing winning Scrabble started to trickle back into his brain, and he won his next four games. Along the way he scored a one-point win against the tougher-than-he-was-in-2017 Bryan Benwitz by a score of 372-371. A phony BESETTED* along with a valid ARTERIAL propelled Peter to the win in that one. His best game was another nailbiter, 434-421 against Helen Flores. Peter's long-disused bingoing skill came back in full force with plays ouf DOUBTER, ADVENTS, and AERIEST.
2nd Charles Reinke played an even two bingos in each of his five games as he finished with a 3-2 +347 record. His two losses came simultaneously, as he battled vainly against both Thomas Reinke and Bryan Benwitz in a two-on-one. He did come close to beating his brother, as their game ended with a final score of 469-471. Thomas' four bingoes of ANTIGENE, PRECLUDE, GLISTENS, and OUTEDGED* (not even good in Collins) were each crucial in securing the two-point win. Charles would later get his revenge in the final round, defeating his brother by a more comfortable margin, 440-389 thanks to a pair of high-probability bingos, ETALONS and TOLIDINE.
Of note was Sara McLaughlin's 502-423 win over Thomas Reinke, her first 500 game at our club. Of even more notable note, her opening bingo of SMARTED in that game (with a blank S) was exactly duplicated by Peter Schmiedicke when the two of them faced off in round four. A team of expert astronomers are currently analyzing exactly which stars had to be in alignment for that to happen.
| Standings | |
| Peter Schmiedicke | 4-1 -8 |
| Charles Reinke | 3-2 +347 |
| Thomas Reinke | 3-2 +60 |
| Sara McLaughlin | 3-2 -70 |
| Bryan Benwitz | 1-2 +42 |
| Helen Flores | 1-3 -222 |
| Sue Goldstein | 0-3 -149 |
| Bingos | ||
| Thomas Reinke | 14 | BECURSED CLEANSE GIRASOLE BULLISH RESTORE ANTIGENE PRECLUDE GLISTENS CORONAS VALIANCE PANDITS ANLAGES BOLOGNAS outedged |
| Charles Reinke | 10 | ENDORSEE NORITES TOADIES SNIVELER IRRITANT RICKETS LIEGEMAN BARONNE ETALONS TOLIDINE |
| Peter Schmiedicke | 9 | SPORTING NUMBEST ARTERIAL SMARTED ARENOSE DOUBTER ADVENTS AERIEST besetted |
| Sara McLaughlin | 5 | SMARTED TENDING RESTORED VANITIES ACQUIRES |
| Bryan Benwitz | 4 | MAILERS EVANISH REMOUNTS HEATERS |
| Helen Flores | 3 | OUTRIDE ENTERING TONGUED |
| High Games | |
| 516 | Thomas Reinke |
| 502 | Sara McLaughlin |
| 479 | Charles Reinke |
| 479 | Charles Reinke |
| 471 | Thomas Reinke |
| Most bingos/game | |
| 2.8 | Thomas Reinke |
| 2 | Charles Reinke |
| 1.8 | Peter Schmiedicke |
| 1.33 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 1 | Sara McLaughlin |
| High Average Bingo Score | |
| 78 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 75 | Helen Flores |
| 73 | Thomas Reinke |
| 72 | Peter Schmiedicke |
| 71 | Sara McLaughlin |
| High Averages | |
| 447 | Charles Reinke |
| 445 | Thomas Reinke |
| 402 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 380 | Peter Schmiedicke |
| 372 | Sara McLaughlin |
| Low Opponent Averages | |
| 354 | Sue Goldstein |
| 378 | Charles Reinke |
| 381 | Peter Schmiedicke |
| 386 | Sara McLaughlin |
| 388 | Bryan Benwitz |
| High Scoring Bingos | ||
| 89 | TONGUED | Helen Flores |
| 88 | CLEANSE | Thomas Reinke |
| 87 | EVANISH | Bryan Benwitz |
| 82 | NUMBEST | Peter Schmiedicke |
| 82 | MAILERS | Bryan Benwitz |
| Session Averages | |
| Avg. Game Score | 392 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 430 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 355 |
| Avg. Bingo Score | 72 |
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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