Lynda Finn Warning Issued For South-Central Wisconsin Starting at 6:00 PM CDT
1st Lynda Finn put together her second undefeated performance of the year, finishing with a 4-0 +295 record and scoring above 400 in all of her games. Along the way, she fearlessly took down some of the club's most feared players. A bout against Thomas Reinke ended in her favor by a score of 459-411; Lynda's 110-point MACHINED not only secured the victory, but also was the highest-scoring bingo of the night, and an 85-point RETSINA didn't hurt either. After that point, Lynda decided that two bingos wasn't enough for her, so she played three such plays (TAENIAS, ELEPHANT, and ENLISTER) while taking down Aaron Bader, 474-401. Aaron had DATEABLE as well as a late VIRELAIS to make the final tally somewhat respectable. In the final round, Lynda faced off against fellow undefeated player Charles Reinke, knowing that the outcome of their match would determined who attained the coveted "first paragraph" honor in the writeup. Even in the face of that immense pressure, Lynda kept it cool, and cruised to a 401-333 victory. Lynda's recipe for success? Bingo three times while preventing your opponent from bingoing even once. More people should try that strategy.
2nd Aaron Bader went 4-1 +524, just one Lynda loss away from a perfecter-than-perfect 5-0 finish. He came tantalizingly close to his third 600-point game at our club, but fell six points short in a 594-261 win over Helen Flores. No triple-triples were played, but four ordinary bingos of RISTRAS, ADULTERY, EROTICA, and LINEATE revealed themselves to Aaron. Presumably some additional high-scoring plays were sprinkled in there as well. Subsequent games failed to live up to that standard, but that's what you get when you selfishly score so many points in your first game. A game against Gail Salm saw only one bingo on the board, Gail's LARGEST, but it was still a 369-282 win for Aaron. A final-round encounter with Bryan Benwitz was more typical of Aaron's style; that game ended in an Aaron win, 488-394. He got down TENANTED, FADEOUTS, and SOOTHES, nearly making up for the game where he didn't get any bingos at all.
3rd Charles Reinke assembled a 3-1 +205 record, which seems pretty good until you look at the previous week's results. He was poised for another undefeated night until he was turned away by Lynda Finn in the final game. His first-round meeting with Bryan Benwitz saw both players show off their knowledge of high-probability bingos (TEOPANS, ARSENIDE, and PUERILE for Charles; EDITIONS and TUTELAGE for Bryan); since Charles had one more bingo than Bryan, it follows that the winning margin was roughly the size of an average bingo, 451-385. Another bingoey game was played against Dave Gilligan, a game which Charles also won, 454-387. Dave got down ROTATING and GREASIER, but Charles' 100-point OXALATE, along with OVARIAL and ICTERUS, proved to be just too many points. Charles' third and final victory was against Gail Salm, 475-335. To prepare for the upcoming bingo-less game against Lynda, Charles played four bingos against Gail: FORTUNED, RETINITE, REACTANT, and LOIASES.
Bryan's VENENOSE (adj. poisonous) was chosen as word of the week.
| Intermediates |
| Bingos | ||
| Thomas Reinke | 13 | ACETATE INVESTED ATONIES INERTIAE INTRIGUE GOITRES DOOLEES SHOELACE PARDONS TEATIMES BONNETED TAUTENS deaconal |
| Aaron Bader | 11 | RISTRAS ADULTERY EROTICA LINEATE FLEETING KNITTED DATEABLE VIRELAIS TENANTED FADEOUTS SOOTHES |
| Lynda Finn | 10 | AROUSES COLLEENS RETSINA MACHINED TAENIAS ELEPHANT ENLISTER OVERNEAT EDIFYING DRIVERS |
| Charles Reinke | 10 | TEOPANS ARSENIDE PUERILE ICTERUS OXALATE OVARIAL FORTUNED RETINITE REACTANT LOIASES |
| Gail Salm | 9 | POINTED SEALINGS ANODISE RATTLING LARGEST PANTIES SALIENT GLEETING DRAINING |
| Richard Lauder | 8 | BEASTLY NORITES BREEZING DEFACING EUCRITE OVERHANG OUTWEAR OUTPACED |
| Bryan Benwitz | 8 | EDITIONS TUTELAGE SAUTOIRE VENENOSE CENTRED INSOLENT DERIVING unmassed |
| Helen Flores | 6 | PANNIERS INJECTS BUILDER SPENDER REGLUES IODISES |
| Mary Becker | 5 | ATTIRING LIONESS OUTPLAY EXOTICS WEAVINGS |
| Dave Gilligan | 3 | ROTATING GREASIER ALIGNERS |
| $4 Prizes | |||
| Prize | Player | Word | Score |
| High R | Aaron Bader | ||
| Low O | Richard Lauder | ||
| High O | Thomas Reinke | ||
| Low S | Charles Reinke | ||
| High Games | |
| 594 | Aaron Bader |
| 505 | Thomas Reinke |
| 488 | Aaron Bader |
| 475 | Charles Reinke |
| 474 | Lynda Finn |
| Most bingos/game | |
| 2.6 | Thomas Reinke |
| 2.5 | Lynda Finn |
| 2.5 | Charles Reinke |
| 2.25 | Gail Salm |
| 2.2 | Aaron Bader |
| High Average Bingo Score | |
| 80 | Richard Lauder |
| 79 | Lynda Finn |
| 77 | Aaron Bader |
| 77 | Gail Salm |
| 76 | Mary Becker |
| High Averages | |
| 450 | Aaron Bader |
| 443 | Lynda Finn |
| 438 | Thomas Reinke |
| 428 | Charles Reinke |
| 412 | Bryan Benwitz |
| Low Opponent Averages | |
| 344 | Aaron Bader |
| 369 | Lynda Finn |
| 377 | Charles Reinke |
| 384 | Thomas Reinke |
| 384 | Gail Salm |
| High Scoring Bingos | ||
| 110 | MACHINED | Lynda Finn |
| 100 | OXALATE | Charles Reinke |
| 98 | KNITTED | Aaron Bader |
| 98 | INVESTED | Thomas Reinke |
| 96 | OUTWEAR | Richard Lauder |
| Session Averages | |
| Avg. Game Score | 393 |
| Avg. Intermediate Score | 0 |
| Avg. Expert Score | 393 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 441 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 345 |
| Avg. Bingo Score | 76 |
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Scrabble at Covenant Church
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Scrabble at Misty Mountain Games
Wednesday, January 22:
Scrabble at Covenant Church
Wednesday, January 29:
Scrabble at Covenant Church
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