1st Thomas Reinke demolished his competition, going 4-0 +545 and averaging 442 points per game to his opponents' lowly 306. He made easy work of Bryan Benwitz in round 2, winning their encounter 459-327 and playing three bingos: ELEGANCE, FIREMEN, and the phony-but-plausible MOLLUSCAE*, played through two letters already on the board. MOLLUSCA is valid by itself, but the only hook it takes is an N to make MOLLUSCAN. Thomas also defeated Mark Kenas in a pair of games, and in neither of them did Mark breach the 300-point barrier, perhaps indicating that Thomas' defensive board-control skills were on more prominent display than usual. The first of those wins ended with a 419-279 final tally in Thomas' favor, and the second was 435-283. Despite his commanding performance in those two games, Thomas played just three bingos total against Mark: TROUBLE, PERKIEST, and UNTAILED#.
2nd Bryan Benwitz went 3-1 +54, finishing in second in a reduced group of six players. In round one, he defeated veteran tile-slinger Richard Lauder by a scored of 425-308, getting down bingos of PINTOES and TURMOIL in the process. Richard got SABERED to help him crawl over the psychologically important 300-point threshold. Against Peter Schmiedicke, Bryan won again, 421-370, although the pair's usual bingoing acumen was not fully apparent, as each player got just one bingo onto the board: WEIRDEST for Bryan, TERNATE for Peter. In the final round of the night, Bryan squared off against Charles Reinke and won a quite high-scoring contest, 484-466. This time, both players bingoed early and often. Bryan played MURKIER, FITNESS, and NOBLEST, but was countered each step of the way by Charles' bonus plays of TRAILED, TUNICATE, and ANSATED. Only a previously-mentioned loss to Thomas Reinke, 327-459, stood in the way of Bryan and an undefeated evening of Scrabble.
| Standings | |
| Thomas Reinke | 4-0 +545 |
| Bryan Benwitz | 3-1 +54 |
| Peter Schmiedicke | 2-2 +99 |
| Charles Reinke | 2-2 +21 |
| Richard Lauder | 1-3 -323 |
| Mark Kenas | 0-4 -396 |
| Bingos | ||
| Peter Schmiedicke | 9 | ORATION DISROBED ELONGATE TOWLINES SAUTOIRE TERNATE EVENING DETAINEE AGRESTIC |
| Charles Reinke | 9 | INTRANET STEEPING INDITED CONGEES ATTACKS INSTATED TRAILED TUNICATE ANSATED |
| Thomas Reinke | 8 | TROUBLE UNTAILED# ELEGANCE FIREMEN SEXTARII FOOTREST PERKIEST molluscae |
| Bryan Benwitz | 7 | PINTOES TURMOIL RUTILES WEIRDEST MURKIER FITNESS NOBLEST |
| Richard Lauder | 6 | SABERED BINGERS NINNIES RALLYING REBOUNDS HARDENER |
| Mark Kenas | 4 | UNEASIER NOYSOME# REDLINER TALLAGE |
| High Games | |
| 486 | Richard Lauder |
| 484 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 476 | Peter Schmiedicke |
| 475 | Peter Schmiedicke |
| 474 | Charles Reinke |
| Most bingos/game | |
| 2.25 | Peter Schmiedicke |
| 2.25 | Charles Reinke |
| 2 | Thomas Reinke |
| 1.75 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 1.5 | Richard Lauder |
| High Average Bingo Score | |
| 78 | Charles Reinke |
| 78 | Peter Schmiedicke |
| 77 | Richard Lauder |
| 76 | Mark Kenas |
| 72 | Thomas Reinke |
| High Averages | |
| 442 | Peter Schmiedicke |
| 442 | Thomas Reinke |
| 439 | Charles Reinke |
| 414 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 377 | Richard Lauder |
| Low Opponent Averages | |
| 306 | Thomas Reinke |
| 401 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 417 | Peter Schmiedicke |
| 434 | Charles Reinke |
| 441 | Mark Kenas |
| High Scoring Bingos | ||
| 95 | WEIRDEST | Bryan Benwitz |
| 92 | INDITED | Charles Reinke |
| 90 | TUNICATE | Charles Reinke |
| 90 | NOYSOME | Mark Kenas |
| 86 | TOWLINES | Peter Schmiedicke |
| Session Averages | |
| Avg. Game Score | 409 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 451 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 367 |
| Avg. Bingo Score | 75 |
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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