Peter Schmiedicke Unveils Title of New Memoir: "I am a Scrabble Deity: Pay Me Tribute or Face Punishment Such as You Can Never Fathom"
1st Peter "The Defeater" Schmiedicke enjoyed a rare 5-0 night en route to first place in the expert division. A first-round victory over longtime nemesis Charles Reinke, 482-443, bestowed upon Peter the momentum to topple an additional four adversaries. That game featured bingos of REESTING, VENENATE (v. to poison), and LEERIEST by Peter; MOTIONER and the phony OCTOADS (just OCTADS) were played by Charles. The Defeater also achieved one of his highest club games ever when he bested Bryan Benwitz 535-326. He got off to a great start in that game by opening with XEROSIS (n. abnormal dryness of the skin), a word so odd-looking that it drew a challenge from the normally unflappable Bryan. XEROSIS was only the second bingo played in the past two years that started with an X; the other was also XEROSIS played in 2011 by Charles.
2nd Charles Reinke ended up at 4-1 +276, good enough to snag second in the weekly standings and the top spot in the newly-reset yearly standings. In the most recent installment of the epic "Reinke vs. Reinke" showdown, Charles came out on top 412-382, but alas, the victory was tained by a phony BRAILERS (a BRAILLER is a machine that writes braille, but needs two L's). Charles' valid bingo in that game was SEROSAE, and Thomas managed UNWARNED on his end.
The word of the week, the nine-letter VACCINEES (n. one who is vaccinated) was played by Charles in his 427-362 defeat of Barb Besadny.
3rd Andy Bohnsack averaged a staggering 466 points per game, but a loss to Peter Schmiedicke relegated Andy to third place with a 3-1 +443 record. 500-point, four-bingo games are a relatively uncommon occurance, but Andy somehow strung together two such games in a row, against Lynda Finn (500-379) and Thomas Reinke (516-375). Now that such a feat has been attained, we are all waiting for Andy to put together four games in a row of that magnitude.
Harwinder Dowd Unleashes Wrath, Bingos on Way to Undefeated Night
1st Harwinder Dowd started her year with a bang, not needing to utilize her scorecard's "loss" column with a 3-0 +207 performance. Aki Miura was the only opponent of hers to get somewhat close; he lost 328-360 in the face of Harwinder's LISTING.
2nd Matt Rust averaged a robust 374 in his three wins, but a loss to Harwinder left him with a 3-1 +243 record. Matt conquered expert Helen Flores 359-293 despite being held bingoless (Helen played SALINES).
3rd Sue Goldstein went 2-2 +42 for third place in the intermediate division. Her best win was a 359-306 affair with Sharlie Miura where Sue's bingo of RELENTS was likely the difference-maker. Sue, despite being besotted by cookies courtesy of the Reinkes, almost managed to beat expert player Gail Salm, losing by a mere eight points (358-366) and playing the phony UNSHAVE (which was not even the most egregious phony of the evening).
| Intermediates | |
| Harwinder Dowd | 3-0 +207 |
| Matt Rust | 3-1 +243 |
| Sue Goldstein | 2-2 +42 |
| Aki Miura | 1-1 -11 |
| Sharlie Miura | 0-2 -173 |
| June Scott | 0-3 -250 |
| Bingos | ||
| Andy Bohnsack | 12 | PIGGIEST CRATONS LAKIEST HETEROS CHILIES RIOTING SECEDING GLUELIKE TAPIOCA NICETIES STORAGE cartings |
| Charles Reinke | 11 | MOTIONER TRIENTES VACCINEES MISTIER CLASSIER FOVEATE COEQUATE DETAINS SEROSAE octoads brailers |
| Peter Schmiedicke | 10 | REESTING VENENATE LEERIEST XEROSIS BORIDES GODETIAS STONERS DERAIGN ONAGERS unvails |
| Thomas Reinke | 10 | MACERATE BREAKOUT PETUNIAS DEPOSES REVOLTS SENORES SNOWIER ASTONIES UNWARNED cableman |
| Lynda Finn | 9 | ENHALOED REINKED STEEPED PESTERS RUTILES BUTANES ALATION AVERTERS sonlier |
| Bryan Benwitz | 6 | ASTERIAS TOUTERS LENTOIDS INOSITE PELICANS REISSUED |
| Gail Salm | 6 | FAIRINGS LINGIEST TEARIEST OLESTRA ROUSING TEARIEST |
| Helen Flores | 4 | MATURES BOASTED PAROLED SALINES |
| Vicki Holmes | 3 | REALISES paninis outshop |
| Barb Besadny | 3 | IDEATES HEADING MEANEST |
| Sue Goldstein | 2 | RELENTS unshave |
| Harwinder Dowd | 2 | LISTING BONIEST |
| Matt Rust | 1 | RECEDING |
| $4 Prizes | |||
| Prize | Player | Word | Score |
| High T | Peter Schmiedicke | ||
| Low A | Bryan Benwitz | ||
| High R | Charles Reinke | ||
| Low N | Andy Bohnsack | ||
| High Games | |
| 563 | Thomas Reinke |
| 535 | Peter Schmiedicke |
| 522 | Lynda Finn |
| 516 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 500 | Andy Bohnsack |
| Most bingos/game | |
| 3 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 2.2 | Charles Reinke |
| 2 | Peter Schmiedicke |
| 2 | Thomas Reinke |
| 1.8 | Lynda Finn |
| High Averages | |
| 466 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 450 | Peter Schmiedicke |
| 431 | Thomas Reinke |
| 429 | Charles Reinke |
| 411 | Lynda Finn |
| Low Opponent Averages | |
| 281 | Harwinder Dowd |
| 291 | Matt Rust |
| 317 | Aki Miura |
| 324 | Sue Goldstein |
| 333 | June Scott |
| Session Averages | |
| Avg. Game Score | 371 |
| Avg. Intermediate Score | 317 |
| Avg. Expert Score | 391 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 414 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 327 |
| Avg. Bingo Score | 0 |
Wednesday, April 9:
Scrabble at Covenant Church
Wednesday, April 16:
Scrabble at Misty Mountain Games
Wednesday, April 23:
Scrabble at Covenant Church
Wednesday, April 30:
Scrabble at Covenant Church
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