Points Distributed Inequally Once Again
1st Thomas Reinke averaged a rather high 503 points per game en route to a 4-0 +830 night. I guess that's what happens when you outbingo your opposition 11-2 over 4 games. In the first game of the night, Mary played the best defense of any of his opponents, holding him to a mere 472 points and limiting him to two bingos, INSIDERS and PRONOTUM. Thomas wasn't limited in his bingoing against Bryan in the next round, getting down DEROGATE, TONEMES, TURACOS, and ALEURONE while Bryan stared helplessly at his non-bingo racks of clunky tiles. In the third round Thomas dropped an even 500 against Aaron, using a devastating 200-point bingo-bango of RAMENTA and PISTOLE to turn a close game into a blowout. Against Gail (coming off a win against Charles, which explains things), he upped the scoring even more, playing ANOXIAS and SETTLES on his way to 554 big ones.
2nd Bryan Benwitz only averaged 492 points during his 3-1 +673 night, which isn't even 500. The highlight of his night/year/life came in the first round, where he scored an amazing 673 against Gail, playing 5 bingos and earning the unending (at least until the club session was over) admiration of everyone in attendance. He played the word-of-the-week MARAVEDI in that game, which means "a former coin of Spain". His good fortune quickly turned south against Thomas, but then just as quickly rebounded against Mary and Dave in the last two games, where he scored 475 and 465 points respectively.
3rd Aaron Bader went 2-1 +221, earning third paragraph privileges in this prestigious writeup. He put the hurt on Charles in the opener, winning 448-305 and playing PERIDOT (n. an olive-green gemstone) and COARSENS. Against Dave he scored 578 while playing three bingos, ADAPTORS, UNTREAD, and TOODLES. Dave, never giving up in the face of an unstoppable scoring onslaught, did get down RELOANS for 87, and his score of 342 lead to one of the higher combined game scores of the year. He wasn't so lucky against Thomas in the third round, even if Thomas did almost challenge REWED. Don't laugh; sometimes words look really weird until you turn the board around!
| Intermediates |
| Bingos | ||
| Thomas Reinke | 11 | INSIDERS PRONOTUM DEROGATE TONEMES TURACOS ALEURONE TONIFIED RAMENTA PISTOLE ANOXIAS SETTLES |
| Bryan Benwitz | 10 | TENABLE MARAVEDI POSTURER REASONS ELATION SCUTAGE ELISION STROBING OUTLIVED SOLACES |
| Charles Reinke | 9 | PREVAILS SENATOR TEQUILAS AIRDATES TRIADIC ANTLERED CAPABLER HISTAMIN STEREOS |
| Gail Salm | 7 | UNITERS ELOINER ATRESIA DRUBBING OUTSELLS OATIEST DERATING |
| Aaron Bader | 6 | PERIDOT COARSENS ADAPTORS UNTREAD TOODLES TOUGHER |
| Dave Gilligan | 5 | ELEGANT MEINIES SOILURES ADOPTER LUSTIER |
| Helen Flores | 4 | SLASHED UNCOVERS REBASES HABITED |
| Mary Becker | 2 | TARRIES HORSIES |
| David Kinzer | 1 | RELOANS |
| $4 Prizes | |||
| Prize | Player | Word | Score |
| High O | Bryan Benwitz | ||
| Low L | Mary Becker | ||
| High D | Charles Reinke | ||
| Low E | Gail Salm | ||
| High Games | |
| 673 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 578 | Aaron Bader |
| 554 | Thomas Reinke |
| 533 | Charles Reinke |
| 500 | Thomas Reinke |
| Most bingos/game | |
| 2.75 | Thomas Reinke |
| 2.5 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 2.25 | Charles Reinke |
| 2 | Aaron Bader |
| 1.75 | Gail Salm |
| High Average Bingo Score | |
| 87 | David Kinzer |
| 80 | Helen Flores |
| 79 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 78 | Thomas Reinke |
| 77 | Mary Becker |
| High Averages | |
| 503 | Thomas Reinke |
| 492 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 456 | Aaron Bader |
| 422 | Charles Reinke |
| 368 | Helen Flores |
| Low Opponent Averages | |
| 295 | Thomas Reinke |
| 323 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 382 | Aaron Bader |
| 382 | Sue Goldstein |
| 384 | Charles Reinke |
| High Scoring Bingos | ||
| 112 | PISTOLE | Thomas Reinke |
| 102 | TEQUILAS | Charles Reinke |
| 91 | DRUBBING | Gail Salm |
| 87 | REASONS | Bryan Benwitz |
| 87 | RELOANS | David Kinzer |
| Session Averages | |
| Avg. Game Score | 394 |
| Avg. Intermediate Score | 0 |
| Avg. Expert Score | 394 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 471 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 316 |
| 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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