1st Bryan Benwitz answered the unanswerable question of "does 3-1 place ahead of 4-2" with a resounding "dunno", going 3-1 +98 and maybe coming in first place in the weekly results. He dispatched Reinke #1 (Thomas) in the opening bout, 409-388, finding OENOMEL to Thomas' VIRUSOID. Reinke #2 (Charles) proved to be a tougher opponent, and Bryan lost by a considerable margin, 404-524, despite bingos of HEADPIN and WINTRIER (Charles shamefully played the CSW-only UNSTAGED#, as well as OBSTACLE and REASONS). Round three saw Bryan defeat Helen Flores by an even 100 points, 448-338 (hurray for easy math), turning back her ROUTING with his own CURIOSA, ASSIGNEE, and THIRSTED. Bryan ended his evening with a lower-scoring 357-260 win against Sara McLaughlin, bingoing with SERRANO.
2nd Charles Reinke took advantage of a small, odd-numbered group of players to play two separate two-on-one matches, the end result being a 4-2 +592 record and an eye-watering per-game average of 491. He picked up two big wins in round one, vanquishing Richard Lauder 484-325 and Mark Kenas 529-308. In the Mark game, Charles' prophetic find of BLIZZARD was word of the week, while his other, non-prophetic bingos of SOLUNAR, FATIGUES, and BRANSLES# were not word of the week. Charles broke through the 500-point barrier again by taking down Bryan Benwitz 524-404. Another two-on-one match followed, with Charles splitting the games. Oddly, his losing score (484-567 vs. Mark) was one point higher than his winning score (483-306 vs. Sara McLaughlin). Mark notably got his revenge with four bingos (UNEASIER, SURMISAL#, RAREBIT, ETERNAL), while Charles had just one (AEGIRITE#), although a non-bingo triple-triple of OPTICIST for 108 was basically a bingo. Charles ended the night with a whimper (albeit a loud whimper), losing 442-444 to Thomas Reinke; Charles' three bingos of BLINKERS, EGESTION, and FOREHAND were outdone by Thomas' OUREBIS, EXOTICA, VINOSITY, and SAUNTER.
| Standings | |
| Charles Reinke | 4-2 +592 |
| Thomas Reinke | 4-2 +85 |
| Bryan Benwitz | 3-1 +98 |
| Richard Lauder | 2-2 +134 |
| Mark Kenas | 2-2 -78 |
| Helen Flores | 1-3 -364 |
| Sara McLaughlin | 0-4 -467 |
| Bingos | ||
| Charles Reinke | 16 | OFTENER VISTAED SOLUNAR BLIZZARD FATIGUES OBSTACLE REASONS WOMANIST DRYSTONE FATIGUED BLINKERS EGESTION FOREHAND bransles unstaged aegirite |
| Thomas Reinke | 12 | VIRUSOID DUETTING RAIMENTS(3x3) POINTES DRAGONET IMAGINER OUREBIS EXOTICA VINOSITY SAUNTER MUTATED FOMENTED |
| Richard Lauder | 9 | MOURNER TANGLES OUTRANGE EVALUATE CRUDITES APOGEES HERALDS PATTIES RELEASE |
| Mark Kenas | 8 | PRALINES RINGGIT ANDROID UNEASIER RAREBIT ETERNAL surmisal yaegers |
| Bryan Benwitz | 7 | OENOMEL HEADPIN WINTRIER CURIOSA ASSIGNEE THIRSTED SERRANO |
| Helen Flores | 4 | LURKING MIDDIES DARNDEST ROUTING |
| Sara McLaughlin | 1 | STORING |
| High Games | |
| 567 | Mark Kenas |
| 529 | Charles Reinke |
| 524 | Charles Reinke |
| 509 | Mark Kenas |
| 496 | Richard Lauder |
| Most bingos/game | |
| 2.67 | Charles Reinke |
| 2.25 | Richard Lauder |
| 2 | Thomas Reinke |
| 2 | Mark Kenas |
| 1.75 | Bryan Benwitz |
| High Average Bingo Score | |
| 84 | Thomas Reinke |
| 77 | Helen Flores |
| 74 | Mark Kenas |
| 74 | Richard Lauder |
| 74 | Charles Reinke |
| High Averages | |
| 491 | Charles Reinke |
| 451 | Mark Kenas |
| 425 | Thomas Reinke |
| 410 | Richard Lauder |
| 405 | Bryan Benwitz |
| Low Opponent Averages | |
| 377 | Richard Lauder |
| 380 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 392 | Charles Reinke |
| 411 | Thomas Reinke |
| 417 | Sara McLaughlin |
| High Scoring Bingos | ||
| 140 | RAIMENTS | Thomas Reinke |
| 107 | POINTES | Thomas Reinke |
| 98 | MIDDIES | Helen Flores |
| 96 | EXOTICA | Thomas Reinke |
| 95 | FOREHAND | Charles Reinke |
| Session Averages | |
| Avg. Game Score | 409 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 460 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 358 |
| Avg. Bingo Score | 76 |
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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