1st Helen Flores made some type of history by finishing 4-1 +178, her first four-win outing since way back in February of 2013. It was also her first eight-bingo excursion since that same date. Helen's fruitful evening of Scrabble success started off with a masterful 452-411 win over last year's club champion, Thomas Reinke, thanks in no small part to two bingos of LOANING and BIPLANES. Thomas fought back with HATTERIA and ASYNDETA, but his efforts were, in the end, futile. Helen later improved on that heady 452 score with an even more dominant 469-280 win against Sara McLaughlin. In that game, Helen added three bingos (DETOXED, SHADIER, and SNIGGLED) to her ever-lengthening list of bonus plays. Unfortunately, a 303-430 loss against Charles Reinke prevented Helen from achieving a more-perfect-than-perfect 5-0 record.
2nd Charles Reinke went 4-1 with a barely-there spread of +6 to finish well back of Helen Flores for second place. Most of his spread total was obliterated in a crushing 569-402 loss against Thomas Reinke, who had four bingos: BAREGINE#, ENSWATHE, CHITOSAN, DELUSIVE. However, it was Charles' first official foray into the Collins lexicon, so it could have been worse. Besides, Charles got his revenge in a later rematch, winning 431-420 thanks to bingos of FORESAID, TIDELINE, and MATRICS.
3rd Dennis Lloyd powered his way to a 3-1 +257 record after missing the first game due to a work obligation (which is never a valid excuse for missing a game of Scrabble). He came out on top in both games of a two-on-one, beating Sue Goldstein 390-240 (despite her bingo of REFRIES) and Dave Kinzer 415-371. A closely fought 363-367 loss against Charles Reinke, where his bingo of RATTLED for 72 cleanly countered Charles' CRATERS for 70, proved to be the only blemish on an otherwise flawless performance from Mr. Jeopardy.
| Standings | |
| Helen Flores | 4-1 +178 |
| Charles Reinke | 4-1 +6 |
| Dennis Lloyd | 3-1 +257 |
| Thomas Reinke | 2-2 +249 |
| Sara McLaughlin | 1-3 -275 |
| David Kinzer | 0-3 -78 |
| Sue Goldstein | 0-3 -337 |
| Bingos | ||
| Charles Reinke | 10 | CREDENT SEMIGALA SONANTS CREATURE CYANITES TRAMELED CRATERS FORESAID TIDELINE MATRICS |
| Thomas Reinke | 9 | HATTERIA ASYNDETA ABDUCENS BAREGINE# ENSWATHE CHITOSAN DELUSIVE EROTISE# MOLDERED |
| Helen Flores | 8 | LOANING BIPLANES SUNTANS LEGLESS ORIOLES DETOXED SHADIER SNIGGLED |
| Dennis Lloyd | 5 | SLINGERS STANDERS NUTTERS GUESSING RATTLED |
| Sara McLaughlin | 2 | WAITERS TAUNTERS |
| David Kinzer | 2 | DEPICTER WINNABLE |
| Sue Goldstein | 2 | REFRIES EARNING |
| High Games | |
| 569 | Thomas Reinke |
| 469 | Helen Flores |
| 453 | Thomas Reinke |
| 452 | Helen Flores |
| 431 | Charles Reinke |
| Most bingos/game | |
| 2.25 | Thomas Reinke |
| 2 | Charles Reinke |
| 1.6 | Helen Flores |
| 1.25 | Dennis Lloyd |
| 0.67 | David Kinzer |
| High Average Bingo Score | |
| 80 | David Kinzer |
| 79 | Sara McLaughlin |
| 78 | Thomas Reinke |
| 73 | Helen Flores |
| 73 | Charles Reinke |
| High Averages | |
| 463 | Thomas Reinke |
| 410 | Charles Reinke |
| 393 | Helen Flores |
| 393 | Dennis Lloyd |
| 375 | David Kinzer |
| Low Opponent Averages | |
| 329 | Dennis Lloyd |
| 358 | Helen Flores |
| 383 | Sue Goldstein |
| 399 | Sara McLaughlin |
| 401 | Thomas Reinke |
| High Scoring Bingos | ||
| 96 | DETOXED | Helen Flores |
| 92 | ENSWATHE | Thomas Reinke |
| 89 | ABDUCENS | Thomas Reinke |
| 84 | WAITERS | Sara McLaughlin |
| 83 | DEPICTER | David Kinzer |
| Session Averages | |
| Avg. Game Score | 382 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 423 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 341 |
| 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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