Stats for June 7, 2023
1st Bryan Benwitz sent his spread into the stratosphere with a 4-0 +676 record. His nine bingos and 485 per-game average were also best among all players. He started off strong in round one by getting his highest score of the year, 592 to Richard Lauder's 362. Somehow this mammoth difference in scores was achieved despite each player getting exactly three bingos: BEDDINGS, MANLIKE, and ANORETIC for Richard, INWEAVED, UPROARS, and LOGNGINGS for Bryan. Another huge score was achieved against Helen Flores, where Bryan won 539-338. Another three bingos were on order in that one: HOARSEN, ERECTING, and INCUSES. Bryan secured his undefeated record in the final round when he prevailed over Charles Reinke in a low-scoring affair, 360-336, thanks to a bingo of ACIDOSIS.
2nd Lynda Finn went 3-1 with an anomalous -68 spread. All of her victories were quite close, the closest being a round one upset over Thomas Reinke, 373-365. Lynda's bingo finds of SADIRON and FEASTING were clearly helpful in securing victory and snapping Thomas' five-game winning streak against her. She got down two more bingos (GUITARS and COTTAGED) in a 402-385 win against Dennis Lloyd, who got ORANGIER. Her success in finding bingos continued against Charles Reinke, where she played ADMIRAL and NAIVETE, but this proved not to be enough as Charles handed her her only loss of the night, 345-456. His bingos were DIVERGE and OUTRAVES.
3rd Thomas Reinke continued the trend of finishing well while having a negative spread, as evidenced by his 3-2 -117 record. A devastating round two loss to Mark Kenas all but guaranteed that his point spread would never again get into positive digits. The 280-609 drubbing saw Thomas get down one bingo, NARGILES, while Mark cruised with four such plays: HEATERS, ENDITED, TOILETRY, and BEVOMITS, the last of which scoring 120 points. Thomas got his revenge later in the night, besting Mark 427-354, but he would have needed to win by a lot more than that to rescue his spread. A 443-206 triumph over Sara McLaughlin, buoyed by bingos of PINIONED, ESCAPER, and SINTERED, did help Thomas' cause.
Bingo of the week was Charles Reinke's 9-letter find of SENSITIVE, awarded because even common words are hard to find when they're nine letters long.
| Bryan Benwitz | 9 | INWEAVED UPROARS LONGINGS RESPOND RATLINS HOARSEN ERECTING INCUSES ACIDOSIS |
| Charles Reinke | 9 | BLANKET SENSITIVE STHENIA TROOPING DIVERGE OUTRAVES HOARSEN COHOLDER BISTRES |
| Thomas Reinke | 8 | REVILES NARGILES PINIONED ESCAPER SINTERED BETRAYED SHOETREE ANGULATE |
| Mark Kenas | 8 | HEATERS BEVOMITS ENDITED TOILETRY STINGES LUTEOLIN PATTERS misletoe |
| Richard Lauder | 8 | BEDDINGS MANLIKE ANORETIC STATIVE RATINES FIREPITS TRITONES reduxes |
| Lynda Finn | 7 | SADIRON FEASTING ADMIRAL NAIVETE GUITARS COTTAGED STENTOR |
| Dennis Lloyd | 6 | TENSION DILATION ORANGIER INTERIM HOTNESS SOONERS |
| Helen Flores | 4 | AUSTERE GOONIEST TENURED eloines |
| Sara McLaughlin | 2 | AGAINST HUNTERS |
| Sue Goldstein | 2 | SLICING peepings |
| Avg. Game Score | 390 |
| Avg. Intermediate Score | 0 |
| Avg. Expert Score | 390 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 438 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 343 |
| Avg. Bingo Score | 76 |
