Stats for April 8, 2026
1st Lynda Finn went undefeated for the second week in a row, going 4-0 +257 and indisputably reigning over a field of eighteen players. She handily defeated John Bialek in the opening bout, winning by an even 100 points, 440-340, and finding PEERIES, REGLETS, and TANGOES along the way (long-timers will remember the bad old days when TANGOES was phony and few could reliably find its anagram, ONSTAGE). Taking on Thomas Reinke in the next game, Lynda clawed her way to victory, getting TENUOUS and GLADIEST for a 411-398 win. A score of 399 in the third game ended up being Lynda's only score below 400, but everything turned out fine in the end since that 399 was more than Ed Nawrocki's 348. Lynda notably defeated a second Reinke in the final game, clinching a perfect record with a high-flying 484-391 victory over Charles, bingoing with ESERINE, INTUITED, and DUALLIES.
2nd Thomas Reinke averaged 470 per game while finishing 4-1 +391. He was thrown directly into the fire with a two-on-one match against Dennis Lloyd and Bryan Benwitz, but Thomas prevailed in both games, 486-334 against Dennis (including the nice find of ABELMOSK, whose anagram SMOKABLE is considerably more findable) and 413-356 against Bryan. Thomas was slowed down in game two as he was taken down by Lynda Finn, 398-411, but he came back with vengeance in the next game, where he obliterated the returning Mark Kenas 578-396. Mark got down some cool bingos with ANORTHIC and YCLEPED (YCLEPT is also good), but was overwhelmed by Thomas' TOWHEADS, DINTLESS#, AMARONES, and triple-triple REORDAIN. Thomas' final game was a high-scoring shootout with Andy Bohnsack, where Thomas needed every bit of his four bingos (ROULADE, DITCHER, STRAYING, TIDERIP) to win 475-462.
3rd Charles Reinke went 3-2 +194 with the same amount of bingos (13) as his higher-finishing brother. He scored an early win against Mark Kenas, 406-364, getting down STEADING and ENTRAPS. Bingo fiends will be pleased to note that every bingo in AENPRST has been crossed off the list of bingos the club needs to play. Charles rained bingos upon Ron Malzer in round two, playing AROINTED, TINKERER, FRAGMENT, and PIETIES (to Ron's FRIDGES) for a 564-363 win. In round three, Andy Bohnsack perfectly countered Charles' three bingos (RICEBIRD, ETHANAL, EXPIABLE) with three of his own (GOBSHITE, SEVRUGA, PATINAED), but Charles still came out with the win, 453-391. Sitting at 3-0, Charles entered his final-round two-on-one match with plans of going 5-0, but instead dropped both games, 443-461 vs. Mark Kenas and 391-484 vs. Lynda Finn.
Richard's COPYCATS was Word of the Week, chosen from an abundance of strong candidates.
| Charles Reinke | 13 | STEADING ENTRAPS AROINTED TINKERER FRAGMENT PIETIES RICEBIRD ETHANAL EXPIABLE JOINERS OLEFINE CORONAE SATIRISE |
| Thomas Reinke | 13 | ABELMOSK NECTARS INDORSES PELITES STOOPED TOWHEADS DINTLESS# REORDAIN(3x3) AMARONES ROULADE DITCHER STRAYING TIDERIP |
| Steve Hartsman | 10 | AIRHOLE TATTIER DUMPLING TEASELS HEADLESS EPIGEAN HUNGERS EVADERS ENCRUST VAUNTING |
| Lynda Finn | 9 | PEERIES TANGOES REGLETS TENUOUS GLADIEST REDOUTS ESERINE INTUITED DUALLIES |
| Andy Bohnsack | 9 | PURSLANE GRISTLES FITTERS FLAVEDOS GOBSHITE SEVRUGA PATINAED REMOTEST FANCIERS |
| Bryan Benwitz | 8 | PINECONE REUNITE STEERER BIOSOLID STAPLING LENIENT WAXIEST ENLARGES |
| Mark Kenas | 6 | TROUNCES(3x3) ANORTHIC YCLEPED CORTEGE GROUSERS GAUNTREE# |
| Dennis Lloyd | 6 | RATIONED STAINER TELECAST WAITLIST RESEALS unstaid |
| Ed Nawrocki | 5 | CITEABLE CLEANOUT SHUNNED SUDATION NOISETTE |
| James Rollins | 5 | COLLARS VASTITY EMPTIER RETIRED INDICTER |
| Richard Lauder | 5 | OUTFLEW FADEOUTS OVERDOSE COPYCATS DEWIEST |
| Ron Malzer | 4 | UNDERARM FRIDGES TRUDGES elitest |
| Helen Flores | 4 | SPORRANS MEETING RECITES swailed |
| David Kinzer | 3 | COULOIR RAVINES outsent |
| John Bialek | 3 | REVISED CARPING DONATING |
| Aaron Bader | 3 | LURDENS# SERAFILE# UNITISE# |
| Avg. Game Score | 396 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 442 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 350 |
| Avg. Bingo Score | 76 |
