1st Thomas Reinke finished up the club season with a masterful 4-1 +539 performance. A series of Collins-lexicon games against Mark Kenas went well for Thomas, as he went 3-1 against the wily multiple-decade Scrabble veteran. The best of those games was in round one, where Thomas prevailed by a score of 548 to 329, thanks to bingos of DIORITES, STANNIC, AGGRIEVE, and BEMOILED#. The single game he lost, he lost just barely, with Mark beating him 447-443. Mark played NONTITLE and word of the week BODYSURF, while Thomas got down SERVITOR and GRATINEE.
2nd Richard Lauder also closed out the season with a strong outing, going 4-1 with a smaller +157 cumulative spread. Richard saved his best game for last, taking down Helen Flores 440-371 with bingos of UNITARD, ANALYSE, and NESTABLE. Helen had STUPIDER as her only bingo, a word which describes itself. Richard's spread took a massive hit when he faced off against Thomas Reinke and fared poorly, losing 277-427 despite a bingo of VOLTAGE.
With a 73.7% winning percentage and an average game score of 452, Thomas Reinke was club champion for the second straight year. Charles Reinke, winning 69.1% of his games and averaging 450, was second place, while Bryan Benwitz at 60.8% wins and a 427 average, was third. Here's hoping for a 2023 with bountiful bingos for all and not too many IUUW draws.
| Standings | |
| Thomas Reinke | 4-1 +539 |
| Richard Lauder | 4-1 +157 |
| Mark Kenas | 1-3 -389 |
| Sue Goldstein | 0-1 -87 |
| Helen Flores | 0-3 -220 |
| Bingos | ||
| Thomas Reinke | 14 | DIORITES BEMOILED# STANNIC AGGRIEVE JASMINE MOTELIER# POINTED TODDLES HOODIES WACKIER ERRANTS EXONUMIA SERVITOR GRATINEE |
| Richard Lauder | 9 | WHINERS INVERTER HARSLET ROOTING VOLTAGE UNITARD ANALYSE NESTABLE epinoea |
| Mark Kenas | 6 | SHARIATS EUCAINES LAMPERN# CHAUNGES# BODYSURF NONTITLE |
| Helen Flores | 3 | AROUSES BALDIES STUPIDER |
| High Games | |
| 548 | Thomas Reinke |
| 511 | Thomas Reinke |
| 452 | Thomas Reinke |
| 447 | Mark Kenas |
| 443 | Thomas Reinke |
| Most bingos/game | |
| 2.8 | Thomas Reinke |
| 1.8 | Richard Lauder |
| 1.5 | Mark Kenas |
| 1 | Helen Flores |
| 0 | Sue Goldstein |
| High Average Bingo Score | |
| 77 | Thomas Reinke |
| 74 | Mark Kenas |
| 72 | Richard Lauder |
| 70 | Helen Flores |
| 0 | Sue Goldstein |
| High Averages | |
| 476 | Thomas Reinke |
| 391 | Mark Kenas |
| 371 | Richard Lauder |
| 333 | Helen Flores |
| 273 | Sue Goldstein |
| Low Opponent Averages | |
| 340 | Richard Lauder |
| 360 | Sue Goldstein |
| 368 | Thomas Reinke |
| 407 | Helen Flores |
| 489 | Mark Kenas |
| High Scoring Bingos | ||
| 94 | SERVITOR | Thomas Reinke |
| 90 | JASMINE | Thomas Reinke |
| 84 | EXONUMIA | Thomas Reinke |
| 80 | GRATINEE | Thomas Reinke |
| 80 | HARSLET | Richard Lauder |
| Session Averages | |
| Avg. Game Score | 393 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 441 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 346 |
| 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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