Thomas Reinke Thankful For Good Tiles
1st Thomas Reinke celebrated Thanksgiving Eve by consistently outscoring his opponents, thus leading to a perfect 4-0 +218 record. He notched two victories in which he failed to score 400 points, a comparatively rare feat for accustomed scoring in large amounts. He held Bryan Benwitz bingoless while winning 379-325; bingos of LIBATION and VASCULAR were played by the winning side. Andy Bohnsack, meanwhile, was limited to a sole bingo PRESSED as Thomas took him down 381-330. That game saw Thomas play AGONISED and word of the week DOUPIONI (a type of silk). Thomas' highest scoring game came against Richard Lauder, whom he beat 487-432. This was the only game where his opponent won the bingo battle; Richard had DORMIENT, HALITES, and PULICENE (adj. pertaining to fleas) to Thomas' DISTANCE (eschewing the new anagram DANCIEST) and GODHEADS.
2nd Charles Reinke had a session-leading 479 per-game average, finishing at 3-1 +419. Fortune was quick to smile upon Charles as he roundly trounced his first round opponent, Aaron Bader, by a score of 539-349. Aaron had just one bingo of INTONER, while Charles was blessed with four of them: RETAPING, REOVIRUS, LEALTIES, and VAMOSES. A game against Andy Bohnsack was likewise a very lopsided affair, with Charles winning 512-292 thanks to bingos of BRISANCE, SORDINI, and GAITERS. Charles' one loss came against Thomas Reinke, who defeated him 478-420. Both players had two valid bingos (RANCHING and ARTIGIS for Charles versus APIARIAN and ACIDOSES for Thomas), with the victor tacking on a phony bingo of SEARNESS for good measure.
3rd Aaron Bader fared decently despite not playing in his preferred dictionary, going 3-1 +229. After his first-round loss against Charles Reinke, every other game saw his score eclipse the 450-point mark. Richard Lauder took the most serious beating, losing by 166 points, 342-508. STEADILY and ANISOLE were Richard's bingos, but Aaron one-upped him with OUTRACED, BUTANES, and VERATRIA. A 165-point victory over Betty Hasselkus was just as dominant, with Aaron holding a bingo monopoly in his iron grip, playing NAUSEATE, SKIDDING, and a 126-point SEXTETS.
New bingos this week were limited to two: Charles' ARTIGIS and Gail's OATIEST.
| Experts | |
| Thomas Reinke | 4-0 +218 |
| Charles Reinke | 3-1 +419 |
| Aaron Bader | 3-1 +229 |
| Andy Bohnsack | 3-2 +9 |
| Betty Hasselkus | 2-2 -75 |
| Richard Lauder | 2-2 -134 |
| Mary Becker | 2-3 -32 |
| Bryan Benwitz | 1-2-1 +133 |
| Gail Salm | 1-2-1 -47 |
| Helen Flores | 1-4 -359 |
| Sue Goldstein | 0-3 -361 |
| Intermediates |
| Name | Win% | W | L | T | Avg | Opp Avg | Bingos | Avg | Phonies | % | v2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Experts | |||||||||||
| Charles Reinke | 75.8 | 169 | 54 | 0 | 450 | 368 | 484 | 2.17 | 8 | 1.7 | 16 |
| Thomas Reinke | 74.6 | 167 | 57 | 0 | 437 | 369 | 495 | 2.21 | 10 | 2 | 17 |
| Aaron Bader | 67.5 | 98 | 47 | 1 | 428 | 379 | 291 | 1.99 | 25 | 8.6 | 2 |
| Bryan Benwitz | 60.4 | 126 | 82 | 3 | 410 | 374 | 387 | 1.83 | 9 | 2.3 | 0 |
| Andy Bohnsack | 58.8 | 100 | 70 | 0 | 414 | 378 | 336 | 1.98 | 10 | 3 | 16 |
| Lynda Finn | 56.2 | 77 | 60 | 0 | 396 | 387 | 201 | 1.47 | 8 | 4 | 10 |
| Richard Lauder | 53.9 | 76 | 65 | 0 | 380 | 391 | 243 | 1.72 | 17 | 7 | 7 |
| Mark Kenas | 45.8 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 431 | 431 | 55 | 2.29 | 9 | 16.4 | 0 |
| Dennis Lloyd | 43.5 | 53 | 69 | 1 | 371 | 405 | 149 | 1.21 | 12 | 8.1 | 5 |
| David Kinzer | 37.8 | 14 | 23 | 0 | 349 | 379 | 19 | 0.51 | 3 | 15.8 | 0 |
| Helen Flores | 37.3 | 66 | 112 | 3 | 362 | 401 | 176 | 0.97 | 16 | 9.1 | 2 |
| Intermediates | |||||||||||
| Charles Reinke | 11 | RETAPING REOVIRUS LEALTIES VAMOSES BRISANCE SORDINI GAITERS RANCHING ARTIGIS OMENTAL BUCKLES |
| Thomas Reinke | 9 | LIBATION VASCULAR DISTANCE GODHEADS ACIDOSES APIARIAN AGONISED DOUPIONI searness |
| Aaron Bader | 9 | INTONER DEHORTS REINCUR OUTRACED BUTANES VERATRIA NAUSEATE SKIDDING SEXTETS |
| Andy Bohnsack | 9 | OBSERVE CABINET TECHIES WITHERER MOISTEN AUCTION INERTIAS PRESSED moltings |
| Richard Lauder | 9 | READIES DIPTERAN GRISTLE DORMIENT PULICENE HALITES STEADILY ANISOLE POSITED |
| Gail Salm | 7 | CROZIERS INANEST OATIEST BEANIES SEARING OUTGAIN beedles |
| Mary Becker | 6 | MURKIEST UTILIZES INVADERS OUTLINES ORATING moisted |
| Betty Hasselkus | 4 | HORNETS OCULARS JOINERS RECESSED |
| Bryan Benwitz | 4 | OVERBOLD INERRANT TELLIES MANATEES |
| Helen Flores | 4 | OUTPLAYS TOILETS ROTATING MEANIES |
| 21-May: Scrabble at Misty Mountain Games | 28-May: Scrabble at Covenant Church | 4-Jun: Scrabble at Covenant Church | 11-Jun: Scrabble at Covenant Church |
