16 Bingos is a Lot
1st Charles Reinke returned to form with a dominating 5-0 +668 performance, with his 16 bingos being the driving force behind the domination. Somehow he only got down a single bingo against Andy in the first round, but he followed that up with 7 in the second round. Before you get too excited, he was playing a two-on-one, so only get a little bit excited about his feat. Against Mary, his star play was the nine-letter TREACLIER as he scored 553 points. Against Betty, he played REPTILIA, ABEYANT, and TABLING on his way to 502. Further bingoage occurred against Thomas, where Charles outbingoed him 4-0 but only won by 98 points. ONLY 98 points. What was he doing? I'm actually kind of embarrassed for him. In the final round, he capped off his perfect night with another 4-bingo outing, this time against Bryan, playing PELAGES, PERDITION (another nine!), DIABASE, and BESTOWAL (anagrams TEABOWLS and STOWABLE). Bryan did get down TRANKING, which leads me to wonder why TRANQING* isn't acceptable.
2nd Thomas Reinke went 3-1 +337, but didn't play 16 bingos or even come close really. His opening-round 459-303 win over Helen was sullied by the 101-point phony WOODLIKE* (adj. resembling wood, see, I even came up with a definition for it). He and Bryan played one bingo apiece in the second round, ROTATES for Bryan and PINESAP for Thomas, as Thomas got the 424-341 victory. Things went south for him against Charles, but promptly turned north again versus Andy, with the 495-299 final score telling the sad tale. Thomas got down TRISTEZA (n. a disease of citrus trees, borrowing exactly the Spanish word for "sadness") in that game.
3rd Aaron Bader secured third place with a 3-1 +164 record. He walloped returning Milwaukee-ite James Frankki in the first round, playing ANTIRED (adj. opposed to communism) and ANTIMERIC (anagrams ANTICRIME and CRIMINATE). He was down for much of the second-round against Dave, but got down a semi-miraculous MUSKIER at the end to win 357-322. Miracles were in short supply in his game against Bryan, as he fell to Bryan's COTTERED, CALORIES, and BLEATED. Against Dennis in the final round, his big play of OXIDATES for 98 carried him to a 379-322 win.
| Intermediates |
| Bingos | ||
| Charles Reinke | 16 | LEISTERS TREACLIER NERDIEST DETECTOR OPERATE REPTILIA ABEYANT TABLING FARINAS TURMOIL RECITED REDTAILS PELAGES PERDITION DIABASE BESTOWAL |
| Bryan Benwitz | 8 | ADORING TEEPEES EROTISM ROTATES COTTERED CALORIES BLEATED TRANKING |
| Thomas Reinke | 7 | SOUPIER STATURE PINESAP SEDGIER DEVOTED TRISTEZA woodlike |
| Andy Bohnsack | 7 | EULOGIAE SNORTED LOGGIEST DEAERATE PERMIAN AIRIEST HOARILY |
| Aaron Bader | 6 | ANTIRED ANTIMERIC MUSKIER TWANGIER OXIDATES BUTANES |
| Dennis Lloyd | 6 | FEMORAL RANCHERS GNAWERS MISDATE ISOLATES mountie |
| James Frankki | 5 | LATTICES DAIRIES ENROLLED OESTRIN DEEPENS |
| Dave Gilligan | 4 | UNHIRED SPOTTED SHORTED WHEREIN |
| Gail Salm | 4 | AERATES OUTLINES GLEANERS yealins |
| Helen Flores | 3 | SNOUTED SLATTERN EQUALED |
| Mary Becker | 2 | SAINTING DAINTIER |
| Betty Hasselkus | 2 | LIAISON VENEERED |
| Sue Goldstein | 1 | NURSING |
| $4 Prizes | |||
| Prize | Player | Word | Score |
| High O | Thomas Reinke | ||
| Low M | Sue Goldstein | ||
| High A | Dennis Lloyd | ||
| Low S | Aaron Bader | ||
| High Games | |
| 553 | Charles Reinke |
| 538 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 502 | Charles Reinke |
| 495 | Thomas Reinke |
| 492 | Charles Reinke |
| Most bingos/game | |
| 3.2 | Charles Reinke |
| 2 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 1.75 | Thomas Reinke |
| 1.75 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 1.5 | Aaron Bader |
| High Average Bingo Score | |
| 83 | Thomas Reinke |
| 78 | Helen Flores |
| 77 | Betty Hasselkus |
| 75 | Charles Reinke |
| 74 | Dave Gilligan |
| High Averages | |
| 484 | Charles Reinke |
| 437 | Thomas Reinke |
| 414 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 397 | Andy Bohnsack |
| 392 | Aaron Bader |
| Low Opponent Averages | |
| 351 | Aaron Bader |
| 351 | Charles Reinke |
| 353 | Thomas Reinke |
| 353 | James Frankki |
| 365 | Dave Gilligan |
| High Scoring Bingos | ||
| 101 | woodlike | Thomas Reinke |
| 98 | OXIDATES | Aaron Bader |
| 96 | ABEYANT | Charles Reinke |
| 92 | SOUPIER | Thomas Reinke |
| 89 | PERDITION | Charles Reinke |
| Session Averages | |
| Avg. Game Score | 382 |
| Avg. Intermediate Score | 0 |
| Avg. Expert Score | 382 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 433 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 331 |
| Avg. Bingo Score | 74 |
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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