Charles Reinke Goes 4-1; Win Percentage Goes Down Anyway
1st Charles Reinke's previous 81.5% winning percentage took a hit as he finished 4-1 +625. Dave Gilligan receives credit for Charles' sole loss, toughing out an eight-point win, 381-373. The only bingo on that board, BULLION, was also Dave's doing. Barring that unfortunate (and thankfully temporary) tile drought, Charles enjoyed a dominant evening, his victories coming by margins of 93, 148, 178, and 214. Barb Besadny was the victim of the 214-point defeat, with even her bingo of REINTERS doing little in the face of Charles' might, evidenced by his bingos of ENCHASED (v. ENCHASE, to set a gemstone into) and CARITAS (n. love for all people, although it also sounds like it could be a tasty menu item at Taco Bell).
2nd Bryan Benwitz went 3-1 +199, running off three straight wins to start the evening before getting toasted by Charles Reinke 355-448. The Bryaniac did play two somewhat distasteful bingos (URINALS and SLEAZOID [n. a person of low morals or character]) to propel his bingos-per-game mark closer to that elusive 2.0. Bryan's highest-scoring came against Peter Schmiedicke, 448-346, a lopsided score considering both players received good enough tiles to play two bingos: Peter had SEDITION and IODATED, with Bryan getting REFUTED and REGRANTS.
3rd Peter Schmiedicke fell just short of Bryan on spread, going 3-1 +188. A good chunk of his positive spread was a result of his trouncing of Mary Becker, 497-251. The words BIPLANE, ANECDOTE, and RAMJETS (n. RAMJET, a type of engine, not to be confused with a SCRAMJET, TURBOJET, or PULSEJET) were used by Peter to collect some much-desired 50-point bonuses. On the opposite side of the spread spectrum, Peter got the closest win of the night when he snuck by Thomas Reinke 374-369. The T-Twin was held to one bingo, GIGLOTS (n. GIGLOT, a playful or wanton girl, also GIGLET), with Peter playing two: the useful ESTRONE (never, ever play RETONES, RESTONE, or RENOTES) and RETAINER.
Barb Besadny also went 3-1, but her spread of +42 didn't quite get her into the top three. If only some jerk hadn't beaten her by over 200!
Sue Goldstein: One Win Is All It takes
1st Sue Goldstein's final record of 1-2 -112 was good enough for first place in a small Intermediate group. She beat fellow Intermediate June Scott 357-325 in a battle of the bingos: Sue had JAILERS to counter June's DOUSING.
| Intermediates | |
| Sue Goldstein | 1-2 -112 |
| June Scott | 0-3 -410 |
| Bingos | ||
| Andy Bohnsack | 12 | DEADLINE AUNTLIER AWESOME SCARIER PINTADOS LINEATED MARTINS COLOURS ASPIRATE ESTRAGON SPACIAL halbred |
| Peter Schmiedicke | 9 | IODATED SEDITION EMETINS VARIOUS RAMJETS ANECDOTE BIPLANE ESTRONE RETAINER |
| Charles Reinke | 8 | TOILETRY NAILERS ERINGOES DOTAGES TRIENNIA ENCHASED CARITAS PINTADOS |
| Thomas Reinke | 8 | WATERMEN ISOBARE DOSSIER NOTABLE YATTERS TIPSIER GAROTTED GIGLOTS |
| Chris Vergeront | 8 | CREATINE RESTAGE TEAROOM ONSTAGE FAINTER ASTERIAS ATROPINE INCREATE |
| Bryan Benwitz | 7 | REFUTED REGRANTS LODGERS INDOWING URINALS SLEAZOID galeria |
| Barb Besadny | 6 | TOILERS JIGGERS SHARING REINTERS STEPPER ferrier |
| Betty Hasselkus | 5 | GIANTESS EQUINES LADDERS DOILIES FASHION |
| Susan Vergeront | 5 | CREAMING SPRAYED INSPIRE AIRFARE decasing |
| Abhishek Anurag | 5 | HEARTIER OUTSIDE IDEALIST EXPOSED WAITERS |
| Dave Gilligan | 4 | BULLION OPIATED SHORTER BEWAILS |
| Helen Flores | 4 | DRIFTED WAIVERS TANGLED TRIVETS |
| Mary Becker | 2 | SERMONS snitted |
| June Scott | 2 | SAMPLED DOUSING |
| Sue Goldstein | 1 | JAILERS |
| $4 Prizes | |||
| Prize | Player | Word | Score |
| High F | Bryan Benwitz | ||
| Low A | Barb Besadny | ||
| High L | Peter Schmiedicke | ||
| Low X | Dave Gilligan | ||
| High Games | |
| 539 | Thomas Reinke |
| 528 | Susan Vergeront |
| 507 | Charles Reinke |
| 506 | Helen Flores |
| 506 | Charles Reinke |
| Most bingos/game | |
| 2.4 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 2.25 | Peter Schmiedicke |
| 2 | Thomas Reinke |
| 2 | Chris Vergeront |
| 2 | Helen Flores |
| High Averages | |
| 456 | Charles Reinke |
| 452 | Thomas Reinke |
| 420 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 418 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 414 | Peter Schmiedicke |
| Low Opponent Averages | |
| 331 | Charles Reinke |
| 352 | Betty Hasselkus |
| 355 | Sue Goldstein |
| 367 | Peter Schmiedicke |
| 368 | Bryan Benwitz |
| Session Averages | |
| Avg. Game Score | 387 |
| Avg. Intermediate Score | 309 |
| Avg. Expert Score | 397 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 441 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 334 |
| Avg. Bingo Score | 0 |
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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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