1st Thomas Reinke began the process of wearing out his welcome at the top of the weekly standings, this time going 5-0 +338 and single-handedly ushering in the era of steroid testing in Scrabble. His perfect night began with a win (who would have guessed?) over Charles Reinke, although at a slightly lower score than expected, 413-371. In round two, Thomas dropped three bingos (ANCESTOR, BURDENS, RESTYLE) on Ed Nawrocki and successfully repelled Ed's TRANCED for a 439-319 victory. A two-on-one opportunity was foisted upon Thomas for the third game, and all went smoothly for Thomas as he cast down Bryan Benwitz 457-355 and came away with a slightly closer win against James Rollins, 409-380. The "all went smoothly" claim was rendered inaccurate as further review revealed that Thomas needed a phony METTLING* to beat James. METTLED is valid, but it means "having spirit", so no METTLING*. Switching to Collins for the final game, Thomas scored another win over Charles, 461-416, getting REALTIE#, RAVINED, and SPRENTED# to Charles' CLARINET, LEGATOS, and FLANNIES#.
2nd Bryan Benwitz continued his trend of strong-but-not-as-strong-as-Thomas finishes, going 3-1 +297 in the latest installment. After a one-point loss to Steve Hartsman the previous week, Bryan came storming back with a vengeful 436-365 win this week, bingoing with FEMALES and BANDITO vs. Steve's PINTLES. For the next game, Bryan went up against James Rollins for the fourth straight week (although for James it might feel like longer than that), and scored another win, 466-337. A loss to Thomas Reinke, 355-457, prevented Bryan from gaining any ground in the yearly standings, but he recovered quickly, punishing Helen Flores 477-278 with bingo finds of ETESIAN, JESUITS, and EPIMERS ("fun" quiz: find the other six bingos in EEIMPRS).
3rd Charles Reinke went 3-2, or more accurately, "3-and-brother", with a +396 spread. His games against non-Reinkes were all convincing victories. A two-on-one match vs. Dennis Lloyd and Ron Malzer saw Charles come away with a 398-325 win against Dennis and a 454-285 win against Ron. In the latter game, Charles got MOFETTES, ANELING, and AERATES, which was a seven-letter underlap underneath ANELING (some other letters were in play, as GS* is clearly not a word). Upping his bingo output even further, Charles played four of them (HEADIER, PHOEBUS, NAILERS, COXALGIC) when defeating Helen Flores 518-277. COXALGIC was a strong contender for word of the week, had Dennis not found DWARFISM with two blanks in a separate game.
| Bingos | ||
| Thomas Reinke | 12 | EQUINES DUPERIES ANCESTOR BURDENS RESTYLE UNSEALED LIMBERER ENLISTEE REALTIE# RAVINED SPRENTED# mettling |
| Charles Reinke | 12 | RAISINS FURRINER MOFETTES ANELING AERATES HEADIER PHOEBUS COXALGIC NAILERS CLARINET LEGATOS FLANNIES# |
| Bryan Benwitz | 9 | FEMALES BANDITO NOVELIST ULTIMATE CASERNE ESTATING EPIMERS JESUITS ETESIAN |
| Richard Lauder | 9 | LENGTHS ENABLED DELETION ASSLIKE SOILURE WHIZZES RANDIEST outdove fiested |
| Steve Hartsman | 7 | PINTLES AIRLINE JONESES ILEUSES RECITED TOADIES ANTISERA |
| James Rollins | 6 | SPIRALS EARLIEST RATIONED SOLERET BASINET SENATES |
| Ed Nawrocki | 5 | TRINODAL ROOTIEST TRANCED SADDEST REDTAIL |
| Lynda Finn | 3 | ERECTING AERATES FIREWEED |
| Helen Flores | 2 | ATTENDS IMAGINES |
| Ron Malzer | 2 | STALKIER RECLINES |
| David Kinzer | 2 | FLAGONS UPDATED |
| Dennis Lloyd | 2 | DEALINGS DWARFISM |
| John Bialek | 2 | SPLICERS SULTANS |
| High Games | |
| 518 | Charles Reinke |
| 477 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 466 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 465 | David Kinzer |
| 463 | Steve Hartsman |
| Most bingos/game | |
| 2.4 | Thomas Reinke |
| 2.4 | Charles Reinke |
| 2.25 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 1.8 | Richard Lauder |
| 1.67 | Ed Nawrocki |
| High Average Bingo Score | |
| 82 | Ron Malzer |
| 78 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 77 | Richard Lauder |
| 77 | David Kinzer |
| 76 | John Bialek |
| High Averages | |
| 436 | Thomas Reinke |
| 434 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 431 | Charles Reinke |
| 388 | Steve Hartsman |
| 379 | Richard Lauder |
| Low Opponent Averages | |
| 352 | Charles Reinke |
| 359 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 362 | Ed Nawrocki |
| 367 | Steve Hartsman |
| 368 | Thomas Reinke |
| High Scoring Bingos | ||
| 101 | STALKIER | Ron Malzer |
| 95 | WHIZZES | Richard Lauder |
| 92 | EPIMERS | Bryan Benwitz |
| 90 | FURRINER | Charles Reinke |
| 89 | FLAGONS | David Kinzer |
| Session Averages | |
| Avg. Game Score | 378 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 425 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 331 |
| Avg. Bingo Score | 74 |
Wednesday, April 8:
Scrabble at Covenant Church
Wednesday, April 15:
Scrabble at Misty Mountain Games
Wednesday, April 22:
Scrabble at Covenant Church
Wednesday, April 29:
Scrabble at Covenant Church
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