Stats for July 31, 2024
1st Bryan Benwitz romped over a hardy group of four players, finishing 4-0 +775 despite being forced to step out of his comfort zone and play a two-on-one match. He enjoyed particular success early in the night, vanquishing Sara McLaughlin and Richard Lauder in short order with scores of 509-271 and 482-256. He also got word of the week by playing CARSPIEL in a 410-339 rematch win against Richard. A carspiel is a bonspiel in which the winners receive a car, and this was apparently enough of a cultural phenomenon in 1950s Canada that they invented a new word for it. All those cars are probably defunct now, while Bryan continues to make good use of the concept by using it to win games of Scrabble.
2nd Richard Lauder went 3-2 -69, winning all games not played against players named Bryan. A 419-290 win over Sara McLaughlin was aided by the 95-point FIDDLES (against Sara's lower-scoring OUTLINE), although Richard's high-water mark was a 427-383 win against the latecoming Dennis Lloyd where bingos of NATTIER, HOODLESS, and THULIAS were played by the winning side. Notably, Richard played the bingo OESTRINS two separate times, both against Bryan, which makes one think that Richard might need to revisit his "play OESTRINS at all costs" strategy, at least against that particular opponent.
| Avg. Game Score | 382 |
| Avg. Intermediate Score | 0 |
| Avg. Expert Score | 382 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 445 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 319 |
| Avg. Bingo Score | 76 |
