Charles Reinke Pummels and Punishes
1st Charles Reinke switched up his tactics and played defensively the whole night, going 4-0 +336 mostly thanks to his opponents' average score of 327. Against Bryan Benwitz, Charles pulled out a 370-330 victory despite Bryan's bingo (TARGETS for 83) scoring more than Charles' LEAFMOLD for 72. In the next game, Richard Lauder's score of 335 would end up being the highest of any of Charles' foes, but it was not enough; Charles scored 394, playing CHLORINS and ELONGATE on his way to the win. He would temporarily suspend his low-scoring ways for his game against Susan Vergeront, bypassing 400 and going straight to 500 with a 529-315 victory. Despite the large gulf in scores, both players had two bingos: LONELIER and SPACING for Susan, CASEINS and SCUTTER for Charles.
2nd Lynda Finn went 4-1 +152 with a better-than-average average of 416 per game. She emerged victorious from a high-powered shootout against second-time player Dennis Lloyd, with the final score being 483-452. Dennis played DIARISTS and the triple-triple VEXINGLY for 185 (it would have been more had the X not been a blank), but it was sadly not enough. Lynda had RENVOIS and TAUNTERS as her own bingos, although neither was a triple-triple. She then upped her bingo output to three against Helen Flores, playing IRONERS, ENTRANTS, and DIVAGATE on her way to a 472-376 win. That game must have depleted her bingo reserves, as she only got the low-scoring ROTENONE for 58 points in her 347-394 loss against Aaron Bader. Aaron, meanwhile, had IMITATES for 90.
3rd Aaron Bader, in the absence of Mark, finished 3-1 +266. He averaged 473 in his first three games (all wins) before suffering a bingoless 329-352 loss against first-place finisher Charles Reinke, who played STRINES. The first of those wins was a 518-323 win against Helen Flores. Aaron had three bingos in that one: UNTRENDY, BODEGAS, and INTIMAE, while Helen was held bingoless. An additional trio of bingos was deployed against Thomas Reinke (LIBIDOS, GERONTIC, and AMIDONE), which resulted in a 508-461 victory despite Thomas' own collection of bingos (ANGSTROM, ROTTENLY, and TRENDIES).
Dave Gilligan also went 3-1. He defeated Thomas Reinke in a 449-446 contest which was the most closely-contest game of the night. While we're on the subject of Thomas, he had a staggering 640-point game against Barb Besadny which saw him play five bingos: RENEGUES (60), STANHOPE (101), PEAFOWLS (110), WOMANISE (90), and ERGASTIC (80).
A few bingos from the new dictionary were played: SWIPERS (Susan), RENEGUES (Thomas), SHIRTED (Gail), STRINES (Charles), and LEAFMOLD (Charles again).
| Intermediates |
| Bingos | ||
| Thomas Reinke | 13 | RENEGUES STANHOPE PEAFOWLS WOMANISE ERGASTIC OLIGURIA MODELING ANGSTROM ROTTENLY TRENDIES DOSAGES GLISTEN ORIENTER |
| Lynda Finn | 9 | RENVOIS TAUNTERS IRONERS ENTRANTS DIVAGATE REEDITED FIRELESS ROTENONE SELENIC |
| Dave Gilligan | 8 | ROTTENER SMILERS SLITTER CAUTION GORIEST HEARERS BITTERS LICENSE |
| Aaron Bader | 7 | UNTRENDY BODEGAS INTIMAE LIBIDOS GERONTIC AMIDONE IMITATES |
| Charles Reinke | 6 | LEAFMOLD CHLORINS ELONGATE CASEINS SCUTTER STRINES |
| Gail Salm | 6 | NOOSING BLINDERS SHIRTED LORRIES RESISTS TWOONIES |
| Dennis Lloyd | 6 | DIARISTS VEXINGLY(3x3) THRUSHES RATIONS WORMIEST FLANNELS |
| Bryan Benwitz | 5 | TARGETS NOTIONAL TELOMES ISLANDER RETIMED |
| Barb Besadny | 5 | LOATHERS SHELTER PATENTS AGONISE REVOLVE |
| Susan Vergeront | 4 | SWIPERS LIFTERS LONELIER SPACING |
| Richard Lauder | 3 | ANTLERS EDITION DICIEST |
| Helen Flores | 2 | TREATER PERTAINS |
| Sue Goldstein | 1 | WASTING |
| Steve Busalacchi | 1 | DEAFENED |
| $4 Prizes | |||
| Prize | Player | Word | Score |
| High B | Aaron Bader | ||
| Low O | Helen Flores | ||
| High B | Dennis Lloyd | ||
| Low O | Bryan Benwitz | ||
| High Games | |
| 640 | Thomas Reinke |
| 529 | Charles Reinke |
| 518 | Aaron Bader |
| 508 | Aaron Bader |
| 486 | Thomas Reinke |
| Most bingos/game | |
| 2.6 | Thomas Reinke |
| 2 | Dave Gilligan |
| 1.8 | Lynda Finn |
| 1.75 | Aaron Bader |
| 1.5 | Charles Reinke |
| High Average Bingo Score | |
| 95 | Sue Goldstein |
| 90 | Dennis Lloyd |
| 77 | Aaron Bader |
| 76 | Thomas Reinke |
| 75 | Dave Gilligan |
| High Averages | |
| 482 | Thomas Reinke |
| 437 | Aaron Bader |
| 416 | Lynda Finn |
| 411 | Charles Reinke |
| 403 | Dave Gilligan |
| Low Opponent Averages | |
| 327 | Charles Reinke |
| 338 | Sue Goldstein |
| 343 | Richard Lauder |
| 362 | Dave Gilligan |
| 364 | Bryan Benwitz |
| High Scoring Bingos | ||
| 185 | VEXINGLY | Dennis Lloyd |
| 110 | PEAFOWLS | Thomas Reinke |
| 101 | STANHOPE | Thomas Reinke |
| 97 | SHIRTED | Gail Salm |
| 95 | WASTING | Sue Goldstein |
| Session Averages | |
| Avg. Game Score | 382 |
| Avg. Intermediate Score | 0 |
| Avg. Expert Score | 382 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 427 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 338 |
| Avg. Bingo Score | 75 |
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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