1st Charles Reinke notched his third-straight gold medal in the weekly club standings with his 4-1 +370 performance. Most of his progress towards that first-place finish was achieved in round one, where he played in a two-on-one and scored over 500 in both games. Against Helen Flores, he won 521-345 despite Helen's nice find of HUMIDOR. Against Thomas Reinke, he also won handily, 538-439, thanks to bingos of LAPIDIST, LIFEBUOY, EVASIONS, and the Collins-only ALBITIZE#. Thomas got down FORCIPES (the "proper" plural of FORCEPS) for 104 points, plus KILORAD and STEANING#, but still fell almost 100 points short of victory. Charles' single loss came against Peter Schmiedicke in a not-particularly-close 358-469 affair. Peter struck early and often with RENEGES, REORDAIN, and ESTRIOL, while Charles made the most of his singular bingo, a nine-letter EXFOLIANT played off of the word EX already on the board.
2nd Dennis Lloyd demonstrated his readiness for the upcoming Word Cup tournament in Chicagoland with a 3-2 +59 effort. His best game was a round-one victory over the fearsome Peter Schmiedicke, 458-411. Dennis got a 104-point RICKETY, as well as a 70-point ENVISION, to topple Peter, who had three bingos of TEOPANS, OUTLINER, and DILATATE. He also won a well-fought game against Sara McLaughlin, 427-363, where he unleashed bingos of GLOATED and CAULKING. Sara had JERSEYS for 92 points to make sure the game stayed reasonably close. A game against Helen Flores was not so fruitful for Dennis, as he lost 367-404 despite Helen not playing a bingo. Games where a player scores 400 despite not bingoing are notable enough to be noted here...hence the use of the word "notable" (able to be noted).
| Standings | |
| Charles Reinke | 4-1 +370 |
| Dennis Lloyd | 3-2 +59 |
| Peter Schmiedicke | 2-1-1 +178 |
| Sara McLaughlin | 2-2 -66 |
| Helen Flores | 2-3 -180 |
| Thomas Reinke | 1-2-1 -99 |
| Sue Goldstein | 0-3 -262 |
| Bingos | ||
| Charles Reinke | 14 | WRANGLED SIERRAN SALUTING LAPIDIST ALBITIZE# LIFEBUOY EVASIONS GUNNERS NONSUGAR DEONTIC EXFOLIANT PENATES RETAXING ENTRAIL# |
| Peter Schmiedicke | 10 | TEOPANS OUTLINER DILATATE REASONER RECLEANS RENEGES REORDAIN ESTRIOL INTAGLI yankers |
| Thomas Reinke | 9 | FORCIPES KILORAD STEANING# ESTANCIA MINUTIAE OUTEATEN LIVERIED CRUSADER reefages |
| Dennis Lloyd | 8 | ENVISION RICKETY HURLINGS AEGISES LAUGHTER INGESTED GLOATED CAULKING |
| Helen Flores | 4 | HUMIDOR REAPING AMPERES hunnies |
| Sara McLaughlin | 2 | JERSEYS adeline |
| High Games | |
| 538 | Charles Reinke |
| 521 | Charles Reinke |
| 503 | Charles Reinke |
| 469 | Peter Schmiedicke |
| 458 | Dennis Lloyd |
| Most bingos/game | |
| 2.8 | Charles Reinke |
| 2.5 | Peter Schmiedicke |
| 2.25 | Thomas Reinke |
| 1.6 | Dennis Lloyd |
| 0.8 | Helen Flores |
| High Average Bingo Score | |
| 87 | Sara McLaughlin |
| 80 | Dennis Lloyd |
| 79 | Helen Flores |
| 79 | Charles Reinke |
| 77 | Thomas Reinke |
| High Averages | |
| 470 | Charles Reinke |
| 437 | Peter Schmiedicke |
| 416 | Thomas Reinke |
| 393 | Dennis Lloyd |
| 363 | Helen Flores |
| Low Opponent Averages | |
| 367 | Sara McLaughlin |
| 377 | Sue Goldstein |
| 381 | Dennis Lloyd |
| 393 | Peter Schmiedicke |
| 396 | Charles Reinke |
| High Scoring Bingos | ||
| 110 | ALBITIZE | Charles Reinke |
| 104 | FORCIPES | Thomas Reinke |
| 104 | RICKETY | Dennis Lloyd |
| 98 | RETAXING | Charles Reinke |
| 94 | EXFOLIANT | Charles Reinke |
| Session Averages | |
| Avg. Game Score | 394 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 438 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 350 |
| Avg. Bingo Score | 78 |
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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