Charles "Winwraith" Reinke Throws All Opponents into Mount Doom
1st Charles Reinke unleashed a devastating scoring assault over the course of his four games, winning them all with a total spread of 565 and averaging 490 per game. This makes him winner of thirteen of his last fifteen contests. Much of his wrath was reserved for Peter Schmiedicke, wrath that was delivered in the form of a 541-369 final score. Peter managed to console himself with a bingo of GARDENER, but that consolation was short-lived as Charles deposited four bingos onto the board: ASTHENIC, COSTLIER, ROBUSTA, and word-of-the-week FAUTEUIL, a type of chair. Somehow dissatisfied with the amount of anger he had unfairly directed towards his opponents, Charles went on to defeat Gail Salm 502-291. Gail struck with STRUDEL and PIERCING, but Charles lashed back with AENEOUS (adj. bronze-colored), SQUANDER, and DELATES. The night came to a close with a closer, but not all that close, 446-343 win over Chris Vergeront.
2nd Aaron Bader also had four wins, but his bonus fifth game turned out to be a loss, resulting in a final record of 4-1 +424. Fittingly, that loss was against first-place finisher Charles Reinke, 392-471. Aaron played SHEBEAN (anagram BANSHEE) but was turned away by Charles' ENGINES and triple-triple RATANIES for 122 points. The rest of Aaron's games went smoothly enough, with the smoothest by far being a 540-282 romp over Mary Becker. Despite playing in a two-on-one, Aaron found bingos of CELESTAS and SPAWNING, the latter for 106 points. That mark of 540 points, while lofty, would eventually be eclipsed when he crushed Andy Bohnsack, 574-410. Andy valiantly tried to stay in the game with his finds of TELECOM and DIAGONAL, but Aaron's quad-bingo assault of CAMELEER, REBODIES, LEDGIER, and FANTOOSH (Collins dictionary only) was just too much to overcome.
3rd Thomas Reinke enjoyed a 3-1 +408 performance, but would have enjoyed it more with just one more victory. He graciously welcomed back club director Richard Lauder, having just returned that day from warmer climes, by losing 366-409. Thomas played CURIOSA, but Richard was not to be denied, doublng Thomas' bingo output with his own plays of DEPRIVE and LISENTE. That was the first game, and Thomas would up his bingo count by one in each game. In the third round, Thomas defeated Peter Schmiedicke 435-393 on the back of this bingo-bango-bongo of EXERTION, AERATION, and GREATEN. Peter got down AREOLAS and SIDEARM to make it close. Betty Hasselkus did not enjoy the luxury of a close game, with her game against Thomas ending 586-266 for the largest single margin of the night. The bingo well flowed without inhibition for Thomas, as he got EXILIAN, HOTELIER, EDITION, and FORMATS to build up his huge score.
Again, only one new bingo was played this week, Gail's OATIEST.
| Intermediates |
| Bingos | ||
| Charles Reinke | 11 | RATANIES(3x3) ENGINES ASTHENIC COSTLIER ROBUSTA FAUTEUIL AENEOUS SQUANDER DELATES LECTINS RUSHEES |
| Aaron Bader | 11 | SHEBEAN CELESTAS SPAWNING BLENNIES BROODIER CAMELEER REBODIES LEDGIER SATIRES fantoosh reduxes |
| Thomas Reinke | 10 | CURIOSA SALVOED INSERTED EXERTION AERATION GREATEN EXILIAN HOTELIER EDITION FORMATS |
| Lynda Finn | 9 | UNWISER MADRONA UNRATED RETIRER CODEINA CLEAVES DETRAIN SHOWIER GONDOLA |
| Gail Salm | 9 | ROUNDEST RESIFTS OUTRIVAL OATIEST GRADINS STRUDEL PIERCING DESIRED DEANING |
| Andy Bohnsack | 7 | BUTTERS SORDINI AUDIENTS TELECOM DIAGONAL OBELIZED OVERTIPS |
| Chris Vergeront | 6 | TOENAIL RAVIOLI SNARLIER BILANDER RADIATOR UNEASIER |
| Peter Schmiedicke | 6 | CARINAE UTILISE GARDENER AREOLAS SIDEARM EMIGRATE |
| Richard Lauder | 5 | DEPRIVE LISENTE DARTERS SERFLIKE churtled |
| Dave Gilligan | 5 | ALERTLY BETTERS DEITIES RESORTED CRAZIEST |
| Helen Flores | 4 | ROTARIES PLEASERS DENIALS STOLLEN |
| Susan Vergeront | 4 | DEPARTS ATTACHE WRITTEN RADIATES |
| Betty Hasselkus | 3 | REUNITE WESTERN TALLEST |
| Mary Becker | 1 | BOSSIER |
| Sue Goldstein | 1 | DALLIES |
| Barb Besadny | 1 | ROTTENER |
| $4 Prizes | |||
| Prize | Player | Word | Score |
| High A | Charles Reinke | ||
| Low J | Sue Goldstein | ||
| High I | Aaron Bader | ||
| Low S | Lynda Finn | ||
| High Games | |
| 586 | Thomas Reinke |
| 574 | Aaron Bader |
| 555 | Lynda Finn |
| 541 | Charles Reinke |
| 540 | Aaron Bader |
| Most bingos/game | |
| 2.75 | Charles Reinke |
| 2.5 | Thomas Reinke |
| 2.25 | Lynda Finn |
| 2.25 | Gail Salm |
| 2.2 | Aaron Bader |
| High Average Bingo Score | |
| 82 | Charles Reinke |
| 81 | Aaron Bader |
| 80 | Susan Vergeront |
| 79 | Lynda Finn |
| 78 | Thomas Reinke |
| High Averages | |
| 490 | Charles Reinke |
| 465 | Aaron Bader |
| 461 | Thomas Reinke |
| 450 | Lynda Finn |
| 414 | Andy Bohnsack |
| Low Opponent Averages | |
| 323 | June Scott |
| 336 | Sue Goldstein |
| 349 | Charles Reinke |
| 349 | Richard Lauder |
| 359 | Thomas Reinke |
| High Scoring Bingos | ||
| 122 | RATANIES | Charles Reinke |
| 106 | SPAWNING | Aaron Bader |
| 100 | CLEAVES | Lynda Finn |
| 98 | CARINAE | Peter Schmiedicke |
| 94 | CAMELEER | Aaron Bader |
| Session Averages | |
| Avg. Game Score | 380 |
| Avg. Intermediate Score | 0 |
| Avg. Expert Score | 380 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 431 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 330 |
| Avg. Bingo Score | 76 |
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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