Stats for January 22, 2025
1st Charles Reinke recorded the first undefeated performance of the young club season, going 5-0 +622 to extend his early lead in the yearly standings. He started with a solid 418-359 win over Bryan Benwitz, finding DIVERTED and CAVEOLA (which anagrams to COAEVAL if CAVEOLA doesn't fit) to Bryan's SCREWUPS, a rare UW bingo. In round two, Charles became embroiled in a high-scoring Collins shootout which ended in his favor, 563-484. The phony PUNCTAL* for 101 points, possibly a combination of valid words PUNCTA and PUNCTUAL, was crucial for Charles' victory, as were his valid bingo finds of QUARTIER, TORTIES#, and OROLOGY. The flow of bingos continued unabated in the next round as Charles got six bingos across the two games of his two-on-one: GROWTHS, MONTAGES, and TENONING in a 440-422 win over Dennis Lloyd; ANORTHIC, BEWIGGED, and UPSTAIRS to defeat Lynda "Provider of Delicious Birthday Cake" Finn 465-336. Charles' evening ended with a total drubbing of Mark, his 599 winning score coming tantalizingly close to the season's first 600 game.
2nd Dennis Lloyd was the only other player to finish with a record above .500, going 3-1 +220. Despite being rendered temporarily sightless by a reading glasses mishap in round one, Dennis wiped for the floor with Sara McLaughlin, winning 538-385. The suspicious-but-valid GRUNTLES, and a 103-point ACHIEST, helped him out thee. That big win was followed up by a smaller win (but a win nonetheless) against Dave Kinzer, 378-349. Dave won the bingo battle (RESEATS and MEANINGS vs. Dennis' CAVITIES) but would probably have preferred an actual win. After a well-fought 422-440 loss to Charles Reinke in the third round, Dennis was faced with the prospect of back-to-back Reinke-provided defeats, but rather than roll over and take the punishment, Dennis turned the tables and toppled Thomas Reinke by a score of 404-348.
A notable loss occured in round one when Thomas lost to Mark by one point, 510-511. That is tied for the fifth-highest losing score since 2011. Bryan Benwitz also made an early entry on the "highest-scoring bingo of the year" list with a 140-point GAINLIER.
| Charles Reinke | 15 | CAVEOLA DIVERTED QUARTIER OROLOGY GROWTHS MONTAGES TENONING ANORTHIC BEWIGGED UPSTAIRS BELOVED punctal torties tousier tartines |
| Bryan Benwitz | 12 | SCREWUPS SEAWEEDY GAINLIER(3x3) CHIANTIS OPERATED LINEATE DROUTHS BONITAS PERORAL ERRANTS ORALISTS AZURITES |
| Thomas Reinke | 11 | MARAVEDI HATREDS SEASONAL EVIDENCE BARONAGE OREGANOS MILLINER TROTTED APHELION FROWNERS REDUCING |
| Mark Kenas | 8 | NETTIER RAILINGS ASSUMED RELENDS LEASINGS GESTATING hallings cystids |
| Dennis Lloyd | 6 | GRUNTLES ACHIEST CAVITIES TESTATES HECKLING APOSTLE |
| Lynda Finn | 6 | CROONING HETAIRA FOSTERS TAGLINES MOTIVES remainers |
| David Kinzer | 4 | SQUIRTS RESEATS MEANINGS VIOLATED |
| Sara McLaughlin | 2 | IRONERS RAISINS |
| Helen Flores | 1 | ENERGIES |
| Avg. Game Score | 417 |
| Avg. Intermediate Score | 0 |
| Avg. Expert Score | 417 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 468 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 366 |
| Avg. Bingo Score | 78 |
