Current Players
(see Stats page for all regular players, including inactive, since club started in 2005)
names in blue linked to their tournament stats
Aaron Finkel imported from Buffalo, an amazing mind, and highest club attendance, typically!
Bill Snoddy co-director, tourney director, Z Sunday Scrabble Rapporter, bingo slide show creator
Bob Youngblood not just Scrabble for Bob; also guitar, painting, and drawing occupy his time
Bing Rice graphic designer loves the game; scored 641 in her first month at club!
Brendan McLanahan Pennsylvania nurse visits family here in the mountains and plays with us
Christine Hannouche she loves the game so much she drives an hour to club when she can
Daniel Holland artist, new father, & house painter holds the club record for high non-bingo FRAYINGS 114
Donna Eisenstadt retired prof, loves animals, reading, music, crosswords, and...SCRABBLE!
D Pedroza an ESL teacher and one of our most faithful regulars
Glenn English frequently “in the money” at tourneys; bingoes galore at club!
Jacob Cohen webmeister, statistician, newsletter editor, backup director, and club woodworker
Jason Mayfield loves Scrabble so much he comes all the way up from Durham regularly
Jay Jacoby retired English prof enjoys reading, southern poetry, owls, and kvetching
Jeff Clark Michigander drives through snow, sleet, and who knows what to play with us periodically
John Bialek member of La Grange, IL club with an aunt in GA & friends in NC & SC joins us occasionally
Kurt Schroeder retired hydologist from Minnesota plays chess, guitar, Scrabble, and tennis
Leslie Bradshaw enjoys family, sports, and music; French and Spanish teacher
Lia Desimone lots of interests for her: Scrabble, billiards, backgammon, photography, and art
Lorne Katz joins us from Florida each summer; besides Scrabble he plays pickle ball, tennis, golf, & bikes
Mark Schmidt hard-to-beat expert now lives and plays full-time in Asheville
Mike Bell retired Episcopal priest just loves to play Scrabble
Mike Leippe professor, moved here with wife, Donna E from NY; loves sports, running, reading, music
Pat Gaboury retired veterinarian lives in Florida and loves it there but visits us often for club & tourney
Raina Scura enjoys gardening, hiking, renovating, photography, animals, reading, and theatre
Ruchi Gupta would love to be full-time Scrabbler & just dabble in medicine to get bills paid!
Tim MIchaels international player starting as a a teenager now has a PhD in math and in Scrabble!
Tom MIchaels Tennessee truffle farmer digs up delicious morsels and wonderful Scrabble words
Trish Harrop co-director; veterinarian, competes in 50 mile horse races, quilts, snow skis, & loves sci-fi
Xander Youngblood in addition to Scrabble he likes soccer and is getting his pilot's license
Brendan McLanahan
Bob Youngblood
Friendly players – All levels
Sundays 12:30 - 4:30
Stephens-Lee Rec Ctr
30 Geo. Washington Carver Ave
While In-Real-Life Club play on hiatus,
our Cyber page covers play on Internet Scrabble Club
Bingo Lingo Quiz
Test Your Word Knowledge
patterns of bingo-friendly letters
(mnemonic: C-A-T-N-I-P H-O-L-D-E-R-S)
compiled by Jacob Cohen
This week's quizzes:
This week's slide shows by Bill Snoddy
6s + 1 letter bingo stem TINGLE
7s + 1 letter bingo stem LATRINE
Last week's stems: BREAST, ALE-RIOT
While Club on hiatus, featuring 6s + 1 letter high-probability stems
TINGLE + 1 letter
ATINGLE
ELATING
GELATIN
GENITAL
TAGLINE
BELTING
GLINTED
TINGLED
GENTILE
FELTING
LIGHTEN
LIGNITE
KINGLET
GILLNET
TELLING
MELTING
LENTIGO
PELTING
RINGLET
TINGLER
GLISTEN
SINGLET
SNIGLET
TINGLES
LETTING
ELUTING
WELTING
WINGLET
Bill Snoddy's slide show on
TINGLE + 1 letter (download before viewing)
with mnemonic phrase & anagrams
Webmeister / Statistician
Directors
Bingo Heaven
Expand Your Bingo Horizons
Thematic – Surprising – Tricky
compiled by Jacob Cohen
This week's theme:
enjoy the freedom to play
surprising parts of speech
In-Real-Life Club Results (on hiatus)
2020, Year-by-Year, Cumulative
Top 10, 500+ Club, Tripl3-Tripl3-Circl3
Awards & Records
While Club on hiatus, featuring 6s + 1 letter high-probability stems
TINGLE + 1 letter
28 anagrams (answer at bottom with link to Bill Snoddy's slide show)
Victory Loves Preparation
Lia Desimone
Trish Harrop
D Pedroza
Ruchi Gupta
Leslie Bradshaw
Bill Snoddy
Bing Rice
Glenn English
Mark Schmidt
Jay Jacoby
Raina Scura
Aaron Finkel
Christine Hannouche
Kurt Scrhoeder
Xander Youngblood
Jacob Cohen
Tim Michaels
Tom Michaels
Donna Eisenstadt
Mike Leippe
Mike Bell
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Jason Mayfield
Jeff Clark
Lorne Katz
Pat Gaboury
Daniel Holland
John Bialek
David Gibson (1951-2019) National Champ in 2016 & 1994 & top-rated player in North America was a regular club member
In-Real-Life Club Players