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1st Thomas Reinke was tops again in a reduced field of three players, going 3-1 +580. Utilizing the near-total lack of external distractions to achieve a state of "Scrabble Zen", he played four bingos (OUTRATE, REGRINDS, ANOXIAS, and HEREUPON) in a win against Sara McLaughlin where the final score was an oustanding [undisclosed] to [redacted]. However, his state of Scrabble Zen was sadly turned into a state of Scrabble Despair when he was taken down by Charles Reinke, 432-460, despite Thomas' bingos of NAUTILI, ELECTRUM, and INTEGRAL. The winning side got down EXTRUDES and ENFORCES. A subsequent 431-358 win over that same opponent restored much-needed balance to the world.

1st Thomas Reinke topped a hardy cohort of three players with his unblemished 4-0 +166 record. The closest he came to experiencing the agony of defeat was a closely-fought 434-428 win over Charles Reinke. Thomas hit bingos of SENITIS and SHEAVING, but Charles fought back with URBANELY and POTSHARD. The high point of his evening came in the final round, when he vanquished Helen Flores 468-387. Helen played DUMPERS for 88 points en route to her highest loss of the year, but Thomas enjoyed a bounty of good tiles, as evidenced by his tripartite bingo assault of RELICTS, LARIATED, and BORACITE.

1st Thomas Reinke found himself at the top of the heap at the end of an abbreviated club session, going 3-1 +129. Granted the privilege of playing two games in the first round, Thomas found himself on both the giving and receiving ends of blowouts. On the "receiving" side, he was defeated soundly by Bryan Benwitz, 316-470. Bryan used a 99-point ANTISEX, among other bingos, to make quick work of his opponent. On the "giving" side, Thomas used three bingos (WATERMEN, NEATENS, and SPAROID) to score a big win against Dennis Lloyd, 501-313. Thomas' bingo prowess was again on display in a match versus Charles Reinke, where his four bingos of ANNOTATE, FACTOIDS, DRAGLINE, and TOHEROA# led him to a 440-418 win.

2nd Bryan Benwitz averaged 466 points per game en route to a 2-1 +241 final record. After making easy work of Thomas Reinke in the first round (the gory details of which are recounted above), Bryan moved on to Dennis Lloyd and won 481-346 despite getting outbingoed two-to-one (Bryan had a singular OBTRUDE, while Dennis had GUNLESS and FILLINGS). Bryan went into round three with visions of an undefeated record dancing in his mind, but those visions were snuffed out by the relentless scoring of Charles Reinke, who was victorious, 494-446. However, Bryan can take solace in the fact that 446 is by far the highest losing score of the young club season up to this point.

Sara McLaughlin's SEXTILE was word of the week. The definition is too difficult to succinctly summarize so Google it if you want to know what it means.