Lynda Finn: "Bingos Schmingos"
1st Lynda Finn easily Finn-ished off her four opponents, ending up with a 4-0 +237 record despite playing only three bingos. For a player who averages a bingo and a half per game, a drought of this magnitude is very unusual. She got two of those bingos out of the way earlier when she defeated Charles Reinke 429-387, playing ENDITES and CORNIER against Charles' TAGLINES and OVERMANS. The third bingo, MESHING, went uncountered as Lynda beat Helen Flores 380-309.
2nd Charles Reinke used his first-round defeat at the hands of Lynda Finn as the needed fuel to power a dominating performance the rest of the way, finishing 4-1 +742. His smallest win in the span was a "mere" 462-316 victory over Shayla Dunn. New father Renato Umali was not spared Charles' wrath; when the dust cleared, a final score of 569-350 told the whole sad story. Renato played BANDEAU, but the tile gods otherwise smiled fully upon Charles, allowing him to play GASELIER (alt. spelling of GASOLIER, a chandelier with gas burners), AUDITING, STILLED, and ANARCHY (prompting the comment, "anarchy is always fun." Indeed).
3rd Bryan Benwitz went 3-1 +235, putting together a solid three-game run before running up against Lynda Finn in the deciding game. The Bryaniac started off with a bang, defeating top expert Thomas Reinke with authority, 412-334. Thomas was held bingoless as Bryan played three such words: SNARLER, SLINGER, and UNTINGED. He also notched his fifth-highest game ever when he crushed Chris Vergeront 528-341. Again, his opponent didn't manage to bingo as he used up the good tiles with plays such as EROTIZE (v. to give a sexual meaning to), WANIEST, MANDOLIN, and BLUNDER.
Dave Gilligan: Bingos Schmingos part 2
1st Dave Gilligan saw Lynda's small bingo total, said "I can do better", and ended up with only two bingos to go with his 2-1 +37 record. He pulled out a close one, 332-316, against Sue Goldstein, with his bingo of CREDITS making the difference. Dave took down Barb Besadny 360-308 for his other win.
Shayla Dunn got word of the week with her 167-point triple-triple of BLOWGUNS, which she used to tranquilize Thomas Reinke, 567-416. She also played BARMAIDS, RETOOLS, and a 72-point non-bingo JERKINS in a primal display of dominance. However, that 567 score was not the highest of the night: Andy Bohnsack scored a whopping 572 against Susan Vergeront, one of seven 500+ games played by club members on the evening.
| Intermediates | |
| Dave Gilligan | 2-1 +37 |
| Asa Miura | 1-2 +89 |
| Sue Goldstein | 1-3 -140 |
| June Scott | 0-3 -327 |
| Bingos | ||
| Charles Reinke | 13 | TAGLINES OVERMANS SPEIRING ESTRONE SANTIRS CENOBITE DELAINES ANARCHY STILLED GASELIER AUDITING TREADLED HOISTED |
| Bryan Benwitz | 10 | SNARLER UNTINGED SLINGER TANGOED BLUNDER MANDOLIN WANIEST EROTIZE ETESIAN cotitle |
| Andy Bohnsack | 8 | ALOETIC ERODENT SOILING SCENERY IDENTITY FILAMENT PEASANT EUCHRING |
| Peter Schmiedicke | 8 | REDOWAS SERVILE DERAILS ANCIENTS LAMENTED GRINDER DIVERGES STAIDER |
| Shayla Dunn | 7 | UPRISEN FOAMERS BITUMEN RETOOLS BLOWGUNS BARMAIDS STAYING |
| Thomas Reinke | 7 | KYANISED JACALES ARILLATE AIRLINE DEXTROSE ALIENEES TWISTIER |
| Asa Miura | 5 | RELIEVED GUITARS GROUSER BONIEST REASONED |
| Renato Umali | 5 | TATTLING PARDONED TINWARES BANDEAU NOUGATS |
| Chris Vergeront | 4 | COASTER STATION OESTRINS MARLINS |
| Barb Besadny | 4 | HISSIES HINDERS resands unwires |
| Susan Vergeront | 4 | MIGRATES SPINSTER ROSEATE CULVERT |
| Lynda Finn | 3 | CORNIER ENDITES MESHING |
| Dave Gilligan | 2 | CREDITS SPANKER |
| Helen Flores | 2 | GOATEES SILVERY |
| Mary Becker | 1 | INVADING |
| Sue Goldstein | 1 | EMOTION |
| Betty Hasselkus | 1 | PLAICES |
| $4 Prizes | |||
| Prize | Player | Word | Score |
| High X | Bryan Benwitz | ||
| Low Y | Peter Schmiedicke | ||
| High S | Shayla Dunn | ||
| Low T | Andy Bohnsack | ||
| High Games | |
| 572 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 569 | Charles Reinke |
| 567 | Shayla Dunn |
| 562 | Charles Reinke |
| 530 | Renato Umali |
| Most bingos/game | |
| 2.6 | Charles Reinke |
| 2.5 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 2 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 2 | Peter Schmiedicke |
| 1.75 | Shayla Dunn |
| High Averages | |
| 485 | Charles Reinke |
| 417 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 414 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 413 | Shayla Dunn |
| 406 | Thomas Reinke |
| Low Opponent Averages | |
| 331 | Lynda Finn |
| 331 | Dave Gilligan |
| 331 | Asa Miura |
| 337 | Charles Reinke |
| 340 | Barb Besadny |
| Session Averages | |
| Avg. Game Score | 375 |
| Avg. Intermediate Score | 325 |
| Avg. Expert Score | 386 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 428 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 321 |
| Avg. Bingo Score | 0 |
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Scrabble at Covenant Church
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Scrabble at Misty Mountain Games
Wednesday, July 23:
Scrabble at Covenant Church
Wednesday, July 30:
Scrabble at Covenant Church
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