1st Charles Reinke convincingly took the top podium spot with an unblemished 4-0 +725 record and a quite obscene 528 per-game average, his highest ever session average (topping a 524 back in 2015). Drawing off the frenzied energy of the gathered patrons of the bar next to our temporary playing area, Charles' Scrabble dominance could only have been stopped by a well-aimed barstool to the head, which (un?)fortunately did not happen. His only game below 500 was a 478-422 win over Mark Kenas in his first game - a 122-point 3x3 of SONICATE was helpful there. Playing two-on-one against Lynda Finn and Richard Lauder in the next round, Charles won both games by substantial margins, 537-313 against Lynda (bingos: LEGATEES, CODRIVER, DUSTMAN) and 586-312 against Richard (NONGLARE, PLAUSIVE, COPEMATE, SNAKEPIT, LARDIEST). Charles got a repeat win against Mark Kenas at the end of the night, 511-340, a score that should not be taken as any kind of indicator of Mark's inebriation (or sobriety) at that late stage of the evening.
2nd Thomas Reinke went 3-1 +389 with a hefty, but ultimately unimpressive when compared with his brother's, average of 479 per game. He got an early Collins-lexicon win against Mark Kenas, 418-395, despite just one bingo of VEXATION (Mark found DITTIES, SINGING, and word-of-the-week PHORONID). After taking a break to eat some food (verdict on Hank's Italian Beef Burger: good, but too much mayo [who puts mayo on Italian beef?]), Thomas returned to notch another win against Mark, this time a bit more convincingly, 452-340. His bingos were AIRSOME and TEARGAS, showing he is not above playing common, high-probability bingos when the situation calls for it. Thomas ended his abbreviated session with a ruthless 566-312 beatdown of Andy Bohnsack, bingoing with the fearsome foursome of OUTSAID, ANALYZED, TOASTIER, and VANITIED.
3rd Andy Bohnsack returned from a somewhat lengthy absence to go 3-1 +19. Things started off nicely with a win against the current top dog of the club, 436-411 vs. Bryan Benwitz. Andy immediately found his bingo mojo (bojo?) with COARSER, NEGATORS, and ADOPTING; Bryan had VERNIXES and FORENAME. A lower-scoring 377-358 win over Richard Lauder followed, but it was just the calm before the storm as Andy then went ham on Sara McLaughlin, prevailing in their encounter 551-322. Sara did get down EARLIER in the midst of the drubbing, while Andy got EIDOLON, CURTAILS, and TONIEST. Andy's 3-0 record was looking pretty good at that point, but it all came crashing down in a spread-obliterating 312-566 match against Thomas Reinke, a loss that even a basket of chicken tenders couldn't assuage.
| Standings | |
| Charles Reinke | 4-0 +725 |
| Thomas Reinke | 3-0 +389 |
| Andy Bohnsack | 3-1 +19 |
| Bryan Benwitz | 2-2 +66 |
| Sara McLaughlin | 2-2 -55 |
| Lynda Finn | 2-2 -234 |
| Richard Lauder | 1-2 -220 |
| Helen Flores | 0-4 -328 |
| Mark Kenas | 0-4 -362 |
| Bingos | ||
| Charles Reinke | 13 | GAVOTTED SONICATE(3x3) LEGATEES CODRIVER DUSTMAN NONGLARE PLAUSIVE COPEMATE SNAKEPIT LARDIEST RIBALDS URANISCI# TARGETED |
| Andy Bohnsack | 8 | COARSER NEGATORS ADOPTING SNOUTIER EIDOLON CURTAILS TONIEST TUNNELS |
| Thomas Reinke | 7 | VEXATION AIRSOME TEARGAS OUTSAID ANALYZED TOASTIER VANITIED |
| Mark Kenas | 5 | DITTIES PHORONID SINGING TEARIER REACTED |
| Sara McLaughlin | 4 | BUSIEST EQUATES ISATINE EARLIER |
| Lynda Finn | 4 | CONINES FROGLIKE RELENTS NARCEINE |
| Richard Lauder | 4 | SKITTLE CAMERAS HARPOONS OUTDRIVE |
| Bryan Benwitz | 3 | VERNIXES FORENAME AIRSHED |
| Helen Flores | 1 | GOATIEST |
| High Games | |
| 586 | Charles Reinke |
| 566 | Thomas Reinke |
| 551 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 537 | Charles Reinke |
| 511 | Charles Reinke |
| Most bingos/game | |
| 3.25 | Charles Reinke |
| 2.33 | Thomas Reinke |
| 2 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 1.33 | Richard Lauder |
| 1.25 | Mark Kenas |
| High Average Bingo Score | |
| 80 | Charles Reinke |
| 79 | Richard Lauder |
| 77 | Thomas Reinke |
| 74 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 73 | Mark Kenas |
| High Averages | |
| 528 | Charles Reinke |
| 479 | Thomas Reinke |
| 419 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 376 | Sara McLaughlin |
| 376 | Bryan Benwitz |
| Low Opponent Averages | |
| 347 | Charles Reinke |
| 349 | Thomas Reinke |
| 359 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 390 | Sara McLaughlin |
| 396 | Helen Flores |
| High Scoring Bingos | ||
| 122 | SONICATE | Charles Reinke |
| 94 | ANALYZED | Thomas Reinke |
| 92 | DUSTMAN | Charles Reinke |
| 90 | CURTAILS | Andy Bohnsack |
| 88 | SKITTLE | Richard Lauder |
| Session Averages | |
| Avg. Game Score | 396 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 449 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 343 |
| 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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