1st Thomas Reinke came in first place at 3-0 +468, slicing through the assembled Scrabblers like so many pieces of pumpkin pie. He started off by winning 527-291 against Helen, with the bingos coming in bunches: ARTSIER, IONOMER, SATIRISE, PREUNITE, and SALUTER. He had just gotten done giving thanks for the bingo cornucopia when he sat down to face Charles. He barely slowed down from his previous match, winning this one 516-306. Charles was held uncharacteristically bingoless, while Thomas had bingos of TANRECS (n. alternate spelling of TENREC, a mammal that looks kind of like a hedgehog), METALIZE, GRADATE, and TEASELED. In the third round, tragedy struck as Thomas was bingoed on for the first time of the night, with Bryan playing ANISEED. Thomas bingoed as well in that game, with FAINTING, and won a close one, 360-339.
2nd Aaron Bader went 3-0 +224 in his Collins series against Mark, coming in second place. In the first game, he won 521-338, kindly playing nothing but regular American-dictionary bingoes so that us plebeians don't have to get confused: ANTIARS, POETESS, and FORKIER (adj. FORKY, resembling a fork, as opposed to SPOONY, which means "overly sentimental"). The second round was a lot closer, with Aaron pulling it out 475-449. Mark bingoed with NOOKIER* and SOWBREAD (n. a type of CYCLAMEN, a flowering plant), and Aaron played PHORETIC, GERMINAL, and the fancy nine-letter VERSELETS. In their final match, neither Mark nor Aaron played a bingo, a very rare occurence for the Collins dictionary. Aaron "won" 355-340, but without a bingo, can we really say that he won at all?
| Standings | |
| Thomas Reinke | 3-0 +467 |
| Aaron Bader | 3-0 +224 |
| Charles Reinke | 2-1 -133 |
| James Frankki | 1-2 +27 |
| Bryan Benwitz | 1-2 +26 |
| Helen Flores | 1-2 -115 |
| Sue Goldstein | 1-2 -272 |
| Mark Kenas | 0-3 -224 |
| Bingos | ||
| Thomas Reinke | 10 | ARTSIER IONOMER SATIRISE PREUNITE SALUTER TANRECS METALIZE GRADATE TEASELED FAINTING |
| Aaron Bader | 6 | ANTIARS POETESS FORKIER PHORETIC GERMINAL VERSELETS |
| Charles Reinke | 4 | RECITAL TIMBRELS GRAVELED LUNATIC |
| James Frankki | 4 | NEROLIS PATENTS RENDERS tassled |
| Bryan Benwitz | 4 | GRADUATE VAMOOSES LINEMATE ANISEED |
| Helen Flores | 2 | PUTTERER ENTAILS |
| Mark Kenas | 2 | NOOKIER# SOWBREAD |
| $4 Prizes | |||
| Prize | Player | Word | Score |
| High D | James Frankki | ||
| Low O | Charles Reinke | ||
| High S | Bryan Benwitz | ||
| High Games | |
| 527 | Thomas Reinke |
| 521 | Aaron Bader |
| 516 | Thomas Reinke |
| 475 | Aaron Bader |
| 453 | Helen Flores |
| Most bingos/game | |
| 3.33 | Thomas Reinke |
| 2 | Aaron Bader |
| 1.33 | Charles Reinke |
| 1.33 | James Frankki |
| 1.33 | Bryan Benwitz |
| High Average Bingo Score | |
| 80 | Aaron Bader |
| 75 | Helen Flores |
| 74 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 72 | James Frankki |
| 72 | Charles Reinke |
| High Averages | |
| 468 | Thomas Reinke |
| 450 | Aaron Bader |
| 376 | Mark Kenas |
| 375 | Charles Reinke |
| 372 | James Frankki |
| Low Opponent Averages | |
| 312 | Thomas Reinke |
| 357 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 363 | James Frankki |
| 376 | Aaron Bader |
| 379 | Helen Flores |
| High Scoring Bingos | ||
| 94 | VERSELETS | Aaron Bader |
| 91 | METALIZE | Thomas Reinke |
| 84 | ANISEED | Bryan Benwitz |
| 83 | FORKIER | Aaron Bader |
| 82 | ENTAILS | Helen Flores |
| Session Averages | |
| Avg. Game Score | 380 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 432 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 327 |
| Avg. Bingo Score | 74 |
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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