As Thomas Stared Into the Scrabble Board, the Scrabble Board Stared Back At Him
1st A furibund Thomas Reinke rebounded from an opening defeat with furious fury, ending up at 3-1 +618. After losing 392-398 to Bryan, he retreated into the darkest corner of his mind. What demented things he saw there, no one will ever know; all we know is that he returned, stony faced, to unleash bingo fury on his next two opponents, winning those games by a combined 500 points. First, against Darcy, he played SURFERS, ANTIROCK (adj. opposed to rock music), DIORITE, BURIALS, and SEAPLANE (anagram SPELAEAN) while scoring 611. Then, against Dennis, he played four more rack-clearers: DOZIEST, SONSIEST, ACCENTED, and PRONATED. This torrent of bingos must have had a calming affect on him; he only bingoed once against Charles, but still managed to win comfortably, 441-349.
2nd Charles Reinke came in second at 3-1 +174, failing to narrow the already narrow gap between him and his brother in the yearly standings. He started off with a 453-372 win against Gail, playing GAYNESS and the word-of-the-week, MOVIEOLA (n. a device for viewing and editing film, more commonly MOVIOLA). Gail, for her part, played two nice bingos added in the last dictionary update, DEMENTI and LORNEST. In the second round against Dennis, Charles got out-bingoed 3-1, NAUSEATE, SPLURGER, and INDICTER thrown down on the board in front of him while all he could manage was NACELLE, but still earned a close win, 398-391. Against Bryan, in the process of winning 524-346, he played the "why-the-hecking-heck-is-that-a-word" of-the-week, GOADLIKE (adj. resembling a goad, seriously, what the heck?).
3rd Bryan Benwitz, in typical Bryan fashion, went 3-1, but in non-typical Bryan fashion, only played 4 bingos while doing so, far beneath his average. His feat of toppling two formidable opponents with only a bingo per was impressive: He beat Thomas with only BORNITES for 60, and then beat Andy with only LODESTAR for 59. After losing to Charles, he beat Helen 473-332, playing OAKIEST and GREENER. In the end, he proved a known Scrabble truism: the only thing that matters is scoring more points than your opponent, and there is more than one path to doing so.
Good luck to Helen and Lynda as they venture to Phoenix (great time of year for it, am I right?) for the Word Cup, which starts on Saturday. Live coverage will be available here: http://director.victoriascrabble.org
| Intermediates |
| Bingos | ||
| Thomas Reinke | 12 | TASTIER OUTRATE SURFERS ANTIROCK DIORITE BURIALS SEAPLANE DOZIEST SONSIEST ACCENTED PRONATED REPEATER |
| Mark Kenas | 9 | FROMAGES ZOARIUM ENERVATE CLOTURED SYCAMINE RAILROAD WHISKEY BOOSTING unroost |
| Aaron Bader | 9 | ARIETTE EROSELY SPATTER FLEXION AUNTIES PLODDED ACETONE OUTLIVE sloetree |
| Charles Reinke | 8 | GAYNESS MOVIEOLA NACELLE INCISIVE GOADLIKE GLEAMIER ERASING PENTOSAN |
| Dennis Lloyd | 7 | POOPING LEAVINGS(3x3) DEFLATER NAUSEATE SPLURGER INDICTER SLAINTE |
| Gail Salm | 6 | DEMENTI LORNEST SATIRES SLANGIER SQUIRED RETINUES |
| Andy Bohnsack | 5 | ASTEROID INPHASE SINUATES RETIMING CITRINES |
| Bryan Benwitz | 4 | BORNITES LODESTAR OAKIEST GREENER |
| Helen Flores | 4 | DALLIES AUNTIES UNAWARES GREETED |
| Darcy Davis | 3 | RINGERS GUSTIER UNSERVED |
| $4 Prizes | |||
| Prize | Player | Word | Score |
| High Games | |
| 611 | Thomas Reinke |
| 586 | Mark Kenas |
| 550 | Dennis Lloyd |
| 524 | Charles Reinke |
| 502 | Aaron Bader |
| Most bingos/game | |
| 3 | Thomas Reinke |
| 2.25 | Mark Kenas |
| 2.25 | Aaron Bader |
| 2 | Charles Reinke |
| 1.75 | Dennis Lloyd |
| High Average Bingo Score | |
| 82 | Charles Reinke |
| 79 | Dennis Lloyd |
| 79 | Mark Kenas |
| 79 | Gail Salm |
| 76 | Aaron Bader |
| High Averages | |
| 483 | Thomas Reinke |
| 442 | Mark Kenas |
| 431 | Charles Reinke |
| 422 | Aaron Bader |
| 407 | Dennis Lloyd |
| Low Opponent Averages | |
| 328 | Thomas Reinke |
| 376 | Gail Salm |
| 378 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 382 | Dennis Lloyd |
| 388 | Charles Reinke |
| High Scoring Bingos | ||
| 140 | LEAVINGS | Dennis Lloyd |
| 102 | SQUIRED | Gail Salm |
| 98 | GOADLIKE | Charles Reinke |
| 98 | ZOARIUM | Mark Kenas |
| 96 | GAYNESS | Charles Reinke |
| Session Averages | |
| Avg. Game Score | 397 |
| Avg. Intermediate Score | 0 |
| Avg. Expert Score | 397 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 459 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 336 |
| Avg. Bingo Score | 76 |
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