1st Thanks to the fickle whims of a rather flexible pairing methodology, Charles Reinke managed to play a total of six games across four rounds, and capitalized on the opportunity by going 5-1 +476. He also scored above 500 in four of his six games. Two of those 500+ games happened in the first round, when he defeated Richard Lauder 510-321 while simultaneously besting Helen Flores 507-329. However, his victory over Richard was marred by the phony FUNNELER*, a word whose eminent plausibility saved it from too much scrutiny. Charles' single loss was against Mark Kenas, 367-519, a game where a paucity of bonus plays (zero of them, to be exact) was acutely felt in the face of Mark's VAUNCING#, ADHESION, ARMORIES, and HELICOPT. Even worse, the loss made Charles hungry for Chipotle, which is the anagram of HELICOPT.
2nd Thomas Reinke also was afforded the chance to play six games, but he didn't make the most of it, going 3-3 -65. He lost both of his matches against his brother Charles, the first being an impressive display of word-fueled firepower that resulted in a combined score of 1081 points, a record for this year. Thomas had three bingos of ALIENISM, OXIDATE, and HANDIEST, but Charles got down LAZIEST, ZOOECIUM, WAGONER, and CORPSED# to take a 576-505 victory. Thomas bounced back in the following game, recovering some of his lost spread points with a decisive 503-286 victory over Helen Flores. Helen had a sole bingo of HERDING, while Thomas had RETAINED and VESTURAL. Despite the second-place finish, Thomas appears to be a shoo-in for the club championship with his 73.5% winning percentage
| Standings | |
| Charles Reinke | 5-1 +476 |
| Thomas Reinke | 3-3 -65 |
| Mark Kenas | 2-2 +177 |
| Richard Lauder | 2-2 -147 |
| Helen Flores | 1-3 -395 |
| Dennis Lloyd | 0-2 -46 |
| Bingos | ||
| Charles Reinke | 16 | KOTOWING BOTHERED LAICISE PEANUTTY LARIATED LAZIEST ZOOECIUM WAGONER CORPSED# LANATED UNPILED OVERSOAK RESEAUS LOBELINE MESTIZAS funneler |
| Thomas Reinke | 13 | EPOXIED DUNKERS SALPIAN ALIENISM OXIDATE HANDIEST ASSONATE RETAINED VESTURAL SERAFILE# SINUSOID BROMISES# EARRINGS |
| Mark Kenas | 11 | COOEEING RATTISH TOURNEY CANDIES VAUNCING# HELICOPT ADHESION ARMORIES ETESIAN CLANSMEN TABOULI |
| Richard Lauder | 6 | ASUNDER ENSILED UNSTABLE TALIPEDS DETAINED LASSOED |
| Helen Flores | 4 | UNSPOOLS DRAWING HERDING PADDLING |
| Dennis Lloyd | 2 | PURITANS CHECKED |
| High Games | |
| 576 | Charles Reinke |
| 519 | Mark Kenas |
| 517 | Charles Reinke |
| 510 | Charles Reinke |
| 507 | Charles Reinke |
| Most bingos/game | |
| 2.75 | Mark Kenas |
| 2.67 | Charles Reinke |
| 2.17 | Thomas Reinke |
| 1.5 | Richard Lauder |
| 1 | Helen Flores |
| High Average Bingo Score | |
| 82 | Dennis Lloyd |
| 79 | Mark Kenas |
| 79 | Charles Reinke |
| 74 | Thomas Reinke |
| 68 | Richard Lauder |
| High Averages | |
| 487 | Charles Reinke |
| 462 | Mark Kenas |
| 439 | Thomas Reinke |
| 376 | Richard Lauder |
| 369 | Dennis Lloyd |
| Low Opponent Averages | |
| 392 | Dennis Lloyd |
| 407 | Charles Reinke |
| 413 | Richard Lauder |
| 418 | Mark Kenas |
| 435 | Helen Flores |
| High Scoring Bingos | ||
| 102 | LAZIEST | Charles Reinke |
| 98 | CANDIES | Mark Kenas |
| 91 | WAGONER | Charles Reinke |
| 91 | CORPSED | Charles Reinke |
| 88 | MESTIZAS | Charles Reinke |
| Session Averages | |
| Avg. Game Score | 423 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 471 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 374 |
| 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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