Reignke of Terror
1st Charles Reinke exploited the intricacies of the standings protocol to come in first with a 4-1 +578 record. In the first round, against Helen, he got down AMIDONES, then quickly followed it up with AMIDINE. A third bingo of something like AMIDASE or AMIDOLS would have been cool, but his TONTINE ended up being totally unrelated. Also in the first round, this time against Mary, he played the nice EXORABLE, but was defeated 401-414 by Mary's late SHOCKERS. Charles recovered from this loss with three straight wins against tough competition, the first against returning Iowan Mike Johnson, who he beat handily with the help of TABANIDS and NOOSING. Even more handy was his win against Bryan, 623-278, made possible due to his triple-triple of AVENGERS for 140, as well as some other good fortune. As he said, "It's great when you can draw the remaining esses and bingo with them, killing all the remaining lanes while your opponent is trying to bingo." I think we can all agree with those wise words. Against Thomas, he won 413-390, a somewhat low-scoring affair (for them) that would have been a win for Thomas had he not foolishly missed a bingo late in the game. I guess you could say it was... Tom-foolery! HAHAHA! HA. Ha...
2nd Aaron Bader didn't lose any games, going 3-0 +519, but still came in second because the website's standings programming discriminates against people who only stay for three rounds. Even the perfect computers of the future are not free from bias! Anyway, he won his first game, against Richard, 489-331, playing GRAYISH and LOCUSTAE, while his opponent played PEEWITS and LARIATED. Those two bingos by Richard ended up being the only bingos played against him on the night; neither Sue nor Mary could do anything against his stifling defense, as he won those games by a combined 400 points. After this undefeated night, he is jetting off to Korea for a bit. We have encourage him not to wander too far from his hotel, lest he end up on the wrong side of the DMZ.
3rd Mary Becker edged out Bryan for third place, going 3-1 -2. As already detailed, she had an impressive win against Charles in the first game, playing INDEXES and SHOCKERS. In the second round she encountered Dave and, playing no bingos, won easily 406-294. Dave had a bingo himself, CHAPTER, but Mary's time-tested strategy of "just score points" won out. It's a good strategy! Bingoing is something, but it isn't everything. Or, maybe it is everything, because her lack of bingos resulted in a big loss to Aaron. That loss sent her carefully accumulated spread into the negatives, but she regained most of it against Mike, beating him 400-310, playing ROILIEST and SOUPIER.
Word-of-the-week honors go to Thomas, who played CORNPONE, which, depending on context, means "cornbread" or "something or someone stereotypically southern". He also wins phony-of-the-week with his challenged-off attempt of BIGCOCK* against Bryan. Funny, right? Turns out he was probably thinking of BIBCOCK.
| Intermediates |
| Bingos | ||
| Charles Reinke | 12 | BANDITS EXORABLE AMIDONES AMIDINE TONTINE TABANIDS NOOSING AVENGERS(3x3) CORNFED APOSTLE SETENANT YEANLING |
| Richard Lauder | 11 | PEEWITS LARIATED WHERRIES TRAVOISE LOOSENER GLISTENS NATRONS AERIEST ACYLOINS TRIGONS epinoia |
| Mike Johnson | 8 | HEROINE FERRATE RATITES SCORINGS ERRANDS PRIDING ISATINE glitched |
| Bryan Benwitz | 7 | GRITTED ALIMENTS POUTIER ODONATE NESTLIKE REGATTA DEVOICE |
| Thomas Reinke | 7 | SMEARIER NAIADES CORNPONE TWEAKING ADAPTION TRITONE SADIRONS |
| Lynda Finn | 6 | NIBLETS TATTLER AIRTIME CASETTES WINDLES TRICEPS |
| Dennis Lloyd | 6 | BILLIES FAIRNESS TOWABLE SCAVENGE TENTIER INSTATES |
| Aaron Bader | 5 | GRAYISH LOCUSTAE COALIEST RANTINGS SPAROID |
| Dave Gilligan | 5 | LOUSIER FLINGERS CHAPTER DETAINS GREATEST |
| Gail Salm | 5 | POSTERNS ENATIONS SPINIER CREATINE VASTIER |
| Mary Becker | 4 | INDEXES SHOCKERS ROILIEST SOUPIER |
| Sue Goldstein | 2 | STATION EVICTED |
| Helen Flores | 2 | DEVOTED UNLEASED |
| $4 Prizes | |||
| Prize | Player | Word | Score |
| High P | Bryan Benwitz | ||
| Low R | Richard Lauder | ||
| High O | Thomas Reinke | ||
| Low B | Gail Salm | ||
| High Games | |
| 623 | Charles Reinke |
| 540 | Lynda Finn |
| 496 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 489 | Aaron Bader |
| 483 | Aaron Bader |
| Most bingos/game | |
| 2.4 | Charles Reinke |
| 2.2 | Richard Lauder |
| 2 | Dennis Lloyd |
| 1.75 | Bryan Benwitz |
| 1.75 | Thomas Reinke |
| High Average Bingo Score | |
| 85 | Charles Reinke |
| 79 | Lynda Finn |
| 78 | Mike Johnson |
| 78 | Dennis Lloyd |
| 77 | Dave Gilligan |
| High Averages | |
| 478 | Charles Reinke |
| 456 | Aaron Bader |
| 440 | Lynda Finn |
| 417 | Thomas Reinke |
| 414 | Dennis Lloyd |
| Low Opponent Averages | |
| 283 | Aaron Bader |
| 363 | Charles Reinke |
| 370 | Sue Goldstein |
| 372 | Mary Becker |
| 384 | Thomas Reinke |
| High Scoring Bingos | ||
| 140 | AVENGERS | Charles Reinke |
| 106 | TOWABLE | Dennis Lloyd |
| 105 | WINDLES | Lynda Finn |
| 92 | glitched | Mike Johnson |
| 92 | SHOCKERS | Mary Becker |
| Session Averages | |
| Avg. Game Score | 393 |
| Avg. Intermediate Score | 0 |
| Avg. Expert Score | 393 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 448 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 337 |
| Avg. Bingo Score | 77 |
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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