Stats for May 6, 2026

1st Dennis Lloyd far exceed his typical scoring numbers with a 428 per-game average on his way to a flawless 4-0 +456 record. He started off with a solid 385-305 win over Helen Flores, getting down a single bingo of RECALLED. That was followed up with a 399-342 victory against Steve Hartsman, where finds of ASSURED and the triple-O SONOROUS were crucial to Dennis' winning chances. Marching ever onward, Dennis made quick work of Dora Kilburn, winning 471-243 and upping his bingo count to three: DISASTER, GHOULIES, and ATTENDS. Up to this point of the night, Dennis' opponents had not played even one bingo against him; that changed in round four, but Dennis still pulled out the win against Thomas Reinke, 456-365. Thomas got RADIANCY and RADISHES, while Dennis had DEARIES and ORALIST. Moral of the story: don't let your opponents bingo. Steal tiles from their rack if you have to.

2nd Thomas Reinke went 4-1 +389, holding steadfast at the top of the yearly standings. He suffered a scare in round one as he made out with a single-digit win against Mark Kenas, 412-403, countering Mark's nice LOLLOPED with GONENESS and NITERIE. Their rematch two rounds later was more comfortable for Thomas, 455-377. In between, Thomas displayed the full extent of his bingo knowledge by playing five of them in a 554-317 drubbing of Lynda Finn. The illustrative bingos in question: AUDITORY, ELOINED, MOVINGLY, ALIGNER, and AVENSES (AVENS is a type of plant, pluralizing to AVENSES - don't play AVEN* or AVENSE*). Thomas wrapped things up with a two-on-one match, but was barred from a perfect record when Dennis Lloyd beat him 365-456. Luckily for Thomas' morale, he did not have to suffer two losses at once, as he was able to vanquish Steve Hartsman 491-335, getting SINOPIE, TENTERS, and OILIEST.

3rd Charles Reinke finished 3-1 +362, forever trying to catch his brother in the standings but not making as much progress as he would like. Charles walked all over Andy Bohnsack in the first game with a 507-295; Andy's famously bingo-oriented playstyle yielded no such bonus plays, while Charles found HAULIERS, PANGOLIN, SIENITES, and the nine-letter PICOMETER (PICOMETRE is also good despite its audaciously British construction [but don't even think about trying FEMTOMETRE# - that's only FEMTOMETER (who can even keep track of this stuff?)]). In the second game, Charles got a low-scoring win against Mark Kenas, 369-340, thanks to AFFICHES. Facing off against John Bialek, Charles repeated the strategy he had employed against Andy, holding John to zero bingos while getting four of his own (CAVEMEN, CAUDATES, SOUNDER, EPILATED); the result was a 519-324 win. Perfection was denied by Mark Kenas, who won their rematch 481-407; Mark's NOCUOUS (like INNOCUOUS but...not...) was the highlight among a batch of cool bingos played by both players.



Bingos
Thomas Reinke14GONENESS NITERIE AUDITORY AVENSES ELOINED MOVINGLY ALIGNER ETOILES ROMAUNT RADIANCY RADISHES SINOPIE TENTERS OILIEST
Charles Reinke11PICOMETER HAULIERS PANGOLIN SIENITES AFFICHES CAVEMEN CAUDATES SOUNDER EPILATED ATENOLOL CHENILLE
Dennis Lloyd8RECALLED ASSURED SONOROUS DISASTER GHOULIES ATTENDS DEARIES ORALIST
James Rollins8RESTATED ENTASIA COASTER NUTMEAT AEDILES ASTEROID ERASURE bijects
Richard Lauder8SPIRULA VOIDABLE ANTISERA OUTGREW TERMINI SWANNED DENOTED ptomanes
Mark Kenas7LOLLOPED CATELOGS# ALASTOR QUEERING NOCUOUS DEFROST BLUNGERS
Steve Hartsman7GRUNTED SPIKERS ERSATZES FASTEST DEVOICES YEANING CURIOSA
Lynda Finn5OSETRAS OUTFIRE REANOINT tireable plattern
John Bialek4SAGGIER COINTER STREETS BUILDERS
Andy Bohnsack4VETERANS CREODONT STEPDAD tegulas
Ed Nawrocki2RETINOID MISNAME
Helen Flores2DENUDERS OVERRAN
David Kinzer2FLOURIER jawbite
Dora Kilburn1TRESSES
Carol Ormand1ELECTING

High Averages
455Thomas Reinke
451Charles Reinke
428Dennis Lloyd
411James Rollins
400Mark Kenas

Low Opponent Averages
298Carol Ormand
314Dennis Lloyd
346James Rollins
351Dora Kilburn
354Lynn McDonald

High Scoring Bingos
105YEANINGSteve Hartsman
103STEPDADAndy Bohnsack
102bijectsJames Rollins
98PICOMETERCharles Reinke
96SWANNEDRichard Lauder

Session Averages
Avg. Game Score377
Avg. Winning Score425
Avg. Losing Score329
Avg. Bingo Score75