Charles Reinke Enjoys Racks Full of Bingos, Face Full of Cookies in Closing Out 2014
1st Charles Reinke went 4-1 +570 to top a small field of seven players (everybody else missed out on the champagne fountain). He poured in the bingos like so much alcohol into a glass, getting fourteen through five games. Eight of these came in a pair of 500-point games which both featured four bingos. Against Mary Becker, Charles played ADVISOR, TAENIAE (remember that one, it comes up often), PUERILE, and DEPORTS; he went on to win 512-269. Against Gail Salm, the bingos were slightly less prosaic: CANZONI (plural of CANZONE, a type of poetry), ARMIGERO, CALIFATE, and TONGUES. The score of that game was also an improvement; Charles set a new yearly record for himself with his final tally of 583.
2nd Bryan Benwitz also had a strong bingo showing, playing ten on his way to a 3-1 +206 record. He reeled off three tri-bingoed games to start the night before being halted by Charles Reinke, 347-431. In that game he was sadly limited to a sole DEPOSITS; Charles had SCALENI and TITTERED. Bryan's best game was a bout against Leslie Seltzer which ended strongly in favor of the Bryaniac, 473-327. Leslie did not bingo, but Bryan made up for it by playing DROSERA (double-double for 90 points), MINTIEST, and CREAMING. Bryan also took down club leader Thomas Reinke, 434-337. There he played DRAINING, NATIONS and ENDOSTEA (another one to remember); his opponent found the odd-looking but perfectly valid DISMALER.
3rd Thomas Reinke lost a small amount of ground in the club leaderboard, going 3-1 +174. He made Richard Lauder suffer a weighty 481-354 defeat despite both combatants finding and playing two bingos: INSECTS and SANGRIA for Richard, KNITTER and LISENTE for Thomas. A brother-on-brother matchup was somewhat closer, but still ended in a convincing Thomas win, 452-401. In his "only" three-bingo game, Thomas played MEUNIERE, MISDIAL (anagrams: MISLAID and MILADIS), and OSSATURE. His similar-looking but non-bearded opponent found DUNGIER as well as the highest-scoring bingo of the evening, RELAXING for 98 points.
| Experts | |
| Charles Reinke | 4-1 +570 |
| Bryan Benwitz | 3-1 +206 |
| Thomas Reinke | 3-1 +174 |
| Richard Lauder | 3-3 -85 |
| Mary Becker | 2-3 -279 |
| Leslie Seltzer | 1-3 -162 |
| Gail Salm | 0-4 -424 |
| Intermediates |
| Bingos | ||
| Charles Reinke | 14 | CANZONI ARMIGERO CALIFATE TONGUES SENOPIA CORSELET RELAXING DUNGIER ADVISOR TAENIAE PUERILE DEPORTS SCALENI TITTERED |
| Bryan Benwitz | 10 | ORGIAST INTERBED FALCONS DROSERA MINTIEST CREAMING DRAINING NATIONS ENDOSTEA DEPOSITS |
| Richard Lauder | 10 | INSECTS SANGRIA STORIED BLESSES TENNIST ESOTERIC NARDINE ROSTERS UNHIRED lifeform |
| Thomas Reinke | 8 | KNITTER LISENTE MEUNIERE MISDIAL OSSATURE DISMALER DOSSIER ACAULOSE |
| Mary Becker | 4 | TRIANGLE OUTWITS LOANERS ATONERS |
| Gail Salm | 4 | BRINIEST BRAINIER INFLATER BEARING |
| Leslie Seltzer | 2 | TAENIAS SERIOUS |
| $4 Prizes | |||
| Prize | Player | Word | Score |
| High A | Charles Reinke | ||
| Low U | Richard Lauder | ||
| High L | Thomas Reinke | ||
| Low D | Leslie Seltzer | ||
| High Games | |
| 583 | Charles Reinke |
| 512 | Charles Reinke |
| 481 | Thomas Reinke |
| 473 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 471 | Thomas Reinke |
| Most bingos/game | |
| 2.8 | Charles Reinke |
| 2.5 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 2 | Thomas Reinke |
| 1.67 | Richard Lauder |
| 1 | Gail Salm |
| High Average Bingo Score | |
| 81 | Charles Reinke |
| 78 | Thomas Reinke |
| 77 | Richard Lauder |
| 77 | Leslie Seltzer |
| 76 | Gail Salm |
| High Averages | |
| 471 | Charles Reinke |
| 435 | Thomas Reinke |
| 413 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 376 | Richard Lauder |
| 376 | Mary Becker |
| Low Opponent Averages | |
| 357 | Charles Reinke |
| 362 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 391 | Richard Lauder |
| 392 | Thomas Reinke |
| 416 | Leslie Seltzer |
| High Scoring Bingos | ||
| 98 | RELAXING | Charles Reinke |
| 97 | DOSSIER | Thomas Reinke |
| 94 | ADVISOR | Charles Reinke |
| 90 | SENOPIA | Charles Reinke |
| 90 | DROSERA | Bryan Benwitz |
| Session Averages | |
| Avg. Game Score | 398 |
| Avg. Intermediate Score | 0 |
| Avg. Expert Score | 398 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 443 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 354 |
| Avg. Bingo Score | 77 |
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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