Charles Reinke: "Points are Good"
1st Charles Reinke had a rather productive evening in the points-scoring department, with the outcome of all those scored points being a 4-1 +665 record. The challenge of playing as the "one" in a two-on-one game proved not to be much of a challenge at all, as both games he won handily: 499-304 against Lynda Finn and 565-310 against Helen Flores. In the latter game, he slapped down four bingos: TRANSIT, BISTERS (n. a brown pigment, also BISTRE), LEGATINE, and OVERCOME (missing the new bingo EMOCORE). More bingo racks were on deck for a game against lifelong adversary Thomas Reinke, with Charles playing ENDMOST, FENCEROW, and ONSTAGE (new anagram: TANGOES) to attain a convincing 491-325 win. Thomas got down SHOALEST but otherwise was unable to do much in the scoring department. Peter Schmiedicke managed to hold Charles to just one bingo in their matchup, and the result was a 392-356 victory thanks to Peter's out-bingo of AGONIES. Charles' TRYPTICA (n. an ancient writing tablet) was dubbed Word of the Week, but even an honor as high as that cannot erase the piercing pain of the loss.
2nd Peter Schmiedicke also went 4-1, but his smaller spread of +196 left him in distant second place. He had his own four-bingo game against Gail Salm; CRAYONS, TAENIAS, DELIMING, and RESOLVE were his words of choice in the 480-378 victory (Gail played two bingos of her own, ORDAINED, and the new AIRBASE, which was also played last week). In the night's closest game, Peter turned away Aaron Bader 375-371, a pair of abnormally low scores for the normally high-scoring experts. Aaron was held to a grand total of zero bingos; Peter found GRADERS and TITRATES for just enough points to take the win. In what must be some sort of cosmic justice, Thomas Reinke handed Peter his only loss in another low-scoring game, 399-346. Thomas' VERDINS and TRIBUTES were not quite offset by Peter's REIFIES.
3rd Lynda Finn averaged 429 per game, a full forty points above her yearly average, en route to a 3-1 +302 outing. Other than the previously detailed loss to Charles, she found the bingos to be plentiful. After five straight losses against Aaron Bader, she finally one won to the tune of 426-400, utilizing a crafty phony of NOCKERS (RECKONS and CONKERS are good) to gain the upper hand. Aaron responded in kind with a phony CODENAME as well as a nice nine-letter out-bingo of HEARTLAND (played through AN). Lynda's other two wins could fairly be classified as blowouts: 490-266 against Helen Flores and 495-288 against Gail Salm. Combined, her bingos in those games were GUNFIRE, MISPART (anagrams: IMPARTS and ARMPITS), SPHERED, SNOUTIER, and VENTAIL. It remains to be determined if the useful "A" hook on VENTAIL (for AVENTAIL) was ever put into use.
After a honeymoon period wherein multiple new bingos were being played every week, only one was played this week, Gail's AIRBASE.
| Intermediates |
| Bingos | ||
| Andy Bohnsack | 13 | GAIETIES CISTERNS RECOATS OSTRICH CREATIVE DRAFTIER SMOKILY COWRITES REEDING ABUSIVE JOINTURE NITRILS ATOPIES |
| Charles Reinke | 12 | LECTURE ARIDITY DOCENTS KLISTERS TRANSIT OVERCOME BISTERS LEGATINE ENDMOST FENCEROW ONSTAGE TRIPTYCA |
| Peter Schmiedicke | 11 | PEDANTIC TENURIAL CRAYONS TAENIAS DELIMING RESOLVE REIFIES GRADERS TITRATES TRODDEN AGONIES |
| Lynda Finn | 8 | REMINTED MISPART GUNFIRE SPHERED SNOUTIER VENTAIL nockers stinkily |
| Thomas Reinke | 8 | CESTOID DETONATE VERDINS TRIBUTES SHOALEST RECEIVER DEFINITE SCALABLE |
| Gail Salm | 7 | ORDAINER AIRBASE TETCHIER REQUINS TENAILS JAVELIN STANCES |
| Aaron Bader | 6 | RIDOTTOS HEARTLAND BROMINE DEAFEST RECANTER codename |
| Susan Vergeront | 3 | MEANIES HANKIES leasage |
| Helen Flores | 2 | BANDAGE STOOLED |
| Sue Goldstein | 1 | STERNER |
| Barb Besadny | 1 | SENTRIES |
| June Scott | 1 | MINTIER |
| $4 Prizes | |||
| Prize | Player | Word | Score |
| High A | Gail Salm | ||
| Low G | Lynda Finn | ||
| High L | Andy Bohnsack | ||
| Low U | Aaron Bader | ||
| High Games | |
| 565 | Charles Reinke |
| 519 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 499 | Charles Reinke |
| 495 | Lynda Finn |
| 491 | Charles Reinke |
| Most bingos/game | |
| 2.6 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 2.4 | Charles Reinke |
| 2.2 | Peter Schmiedicke |
| 2 | Lynda Finn |
| 2 | Thomas Reinke |
| High Average Bingo Score | |
| 85 | Lynda Finn |
| 84 | Gail Salm |
| 80 | Susan Vergeront |
| 80 | Helen Flores |
| 77 | Andy Bohnsack |
| High Averages | |
| 467 | Charles Reinke |
| 429 | Lynda Finn |
| 420 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 405 | Thomas Reinke |
| 402 | Aaron Bader |
| Low Opponent Averages | |
| 306 | Sue Goldstein |
| 334 | Charles Reinke |
| 344 | June Scott |
| 353 | Lynda Finn |
| 362 | Peter Schmiedicke |
| High Scoring Bingos | ||
| 107 | stinkily | Lynda Finn |
| 102 | JOINTURE | Andy Bohnsack |
| 98 | GUNFIRE | Lynda Finn |
| 98 | SMOKILY | Andy Bohnsack |
| 97 | REQUINS | Gail Salm |
| Session Averages | |
| Avg. Game Score | 376 |
| Avg. Intermediate Score | 0 |
| Avg. Expert Score | 376 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 431 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 321 |
| Avg. Bingo Score | 77 |
Wednesday, May 21:
Scrabble at Misty Mountain Games
Wednesday, May 28:
Scrabble at Covenant Church
Wednesday, June 4:
Scrabble at Covenant Church
Wednesday, June 11:
Scrabble at Covenant Church
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