Andy Bohnsack Will Beat You Up for Your Blanks
1st Andy Bohnsack was the proverbial rolling stone with the proverbial moss being losses, as he went 4-0 +327 and beat both players directly below him in the night's standings. His evening started off well with a 436-259 win over Dave Gilligan wherein bingos of ACTINIAE, STERLING, and REANOINT were played. Peter Schmiedicke was able to wisely rein in Andy's bingo production, but his success on that front proved wasted, as Andy won that game as well, 417-343. It's safe to assume that Andy's sole EUPHORIA for 104 points was a deciding factor in a way that Peter's REALLOTS and STRINGER weren't. In the final game of the night, the two 3-0's butted heads, but Aaron Bader fell just short, losing a high-scoring 459-470 match that ended with five bingos on the board (BILAYER, RIOTERS, and NOTICES for Andy; WATERIER and VERMIAN for Aaron).
2nd Thomas Reinke put together a solid 4-1 +299 record to make some early headway towards the top spot in the yearly standings. His confrontation with Andy Bohnsack was the only one that did not end in Thomas' favor, 359-414. Thomas rebounded nicely against grizzled Scrabble vet Richard Lauder, defeating our club director 518-332. Richard got down FEATHERS and REPLICON (the latter showing off his years of accumulated word knowledge), but Thomas outbingoed his opponent as he so often does, playing TRIMNESS, IGNITORS, and IRATELY (anagrams: REALITY and TEARILY). Peter turned those tables on Thomas in their fourth-round matchup, playing three bingos to Thomas' two, but Thomas prevailed neverthless by a score of 435-415. Maybe this proves that bingoing isn't everything. Gasp.
3rd Aaron Bader finished at 3-1 +168, beating Gail Salm by twenty-some spread points for third place. His raucous final-round scuffle with Andy Bohnsack is chronicled above, but the rest of his games resulted in a more favorable outcome. He unleashed the full power of his bingo knowledge against the similarly-knowledged Charles Reinke, winning by "just" a score of of 430-383 despite outbingoing Charles 4-1. Those bingos were FINAGLES, FAINTER, LAMENTER, and HUISACHE, the last of which being selected as word of the week (it's apparently a type of tree or bush found in Texas). Mary Becker was also able to put up a brave fight in the face of Aaron's bingoeyness, playing two of them herself (SPEARING and INWARDS) in a 372-468 loss. Aaron had EATABLE, INTRIGUE, and EATERIES, making everybody in the vicinity hungry.
Two triple-triples were played: Gail's 149-point RANDIEST and Bryan's 122-point OTALGIES.
| Intermediates |
| Bingos | ||
| Richard Lauder | 11 | SINUATED OVERTIRE AIRLIFT ARTSIES EVICTEES TORQUERS SANDIER FEATHERS REPLICON AROINTS SALUTING |
| Aaron Bader | 10 | WHITENED FINAGLES FAINTER HUISACHE LAMENTER EATABLE INTRIGUE EATERIES WATERIER VERMIAN |
| Peter Schmiedicke | 10 | REESTING TANNERY INMATES BESTRID GAINLIER REALLOTS STRINGER ORINASAL ATELIER AMITIES |
| Andy Bohnsack | 9 | ACTINIAE STERLING REANOINT ABOITEAU FUNGOES EUPHORIA BILAYER RIOTERS NOTICES |
| Thomas Reinke | 9 | TIMPANO ODALISK INSOULED TRIMNESS IRATELY IGNITORS RUSHERS SUSPECT idolists |
| Gail Salm | 9 | INERTIA RANDIEST(3x3) RATTENER WHIRLED POESIES INSTATE REFECTS OILIEST INGRATES |
| Dennis Lloyd | 8 | INVOICES HARVEST INUNDATE SQUARES SWATTED INANEST ORDAINER clements |
| Charles Reinke | 7 | DIARRHEA INTROITS SPOUTED GRAVURES HAVARTIS OUTWORN SNAILED |
| Lynda Finn | 6 | ARISTAE TOOLERS PASTING LAITIES FROSTED SLUTTIER |
| Bryan Benwitz | 6 | TRIGGERS DANDIEST OTALGIES(3x3) STUDDIES ANISEED SARDINE |
| Mary Becker | 5 | WORMIER TINNIEST UNIONISE SPEARING INWARDS |
| Barb Besadny | 4 | LOGIEST BILLERS SEAMIER CHARTERS |
| Helen Flores | 3 | DENTING FILMERS TANNERS |
| Dave Gilligan | 1 | ERECTING |
| Cal Wiederholt | 1 | QUARTER |
| $4 Prizes | |||
| Prize | Player | Word | Score |
| High M | Barb Besadny | ||
| Low A | Thomas Reinke | ||
| High K | Lynda Finn | ||
| Low I | Gail Salm | ||
| High Games | |
| 518 | Thomas Reinke |
| 509 | Peter Schmiedicke |
| 488 | Lynda Finn |
| 476 | Peter Schmiedicke |
| 472 | Richard Lauder |
| Most bingos/game | |
| 2.5 | Aaron Bader |
| 2.5 | Peter Schmiedicke |
| 2.25 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 2.25 | Gail Salm |
| 2.2 | Richard Lauder |
| High Average Bingo Score | |
| 107 | Cal Wiederholt |
| 84 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 83 | Gail Salm |
| 77 | Dennis Lloyd |
| 77 | Helen Flores |
| High Averages | |
| 438 | Aaron Bader |
| 436 | Thomas Reinke |
| 436 | Peter Schmiedicke |
| 434 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 424 | Richard Lauder |
| Low Opponent Averages | |
| 353 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 377 | Thomas Reinke |
| 381 | Gail Salm |
| 382 | Peter Schmiedicke |
| 384 | Lynda Finn |
| High Scoring Bingos | ||
| 149 | RANDIEST | Gail Salm |
| 122 | OTALGIES | Bryan Benwitz |
| 107 | QUARTER | Cal Wiederholt |
| 101 | EUPHORIA | Andy Bohnsack |
| 98 | clements | Dennis Lloyd |
| Session Averages | |
| Avg. Game Score | 398 |
| Avg. Intermediate Score | 0 |
| Avg. Expert Score | 398 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 442 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 355 |
| Avg. Bingo Score | 76 |
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Scrabble at Covenant Church
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Scrabble at Misty Mountain Games
Wednesday, April 23:
Scrabble at Covenant Church
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