(December 8, 2024) 14 of us were playing Scrabble at club today! Western North Carolina is still in a recovery phase, but most of us can feel the progress.
Always glad to see Ari, who beat me by two points, finding DIVINES and STALKER.
I could not stay around this afternoon but did manage to win my first game. SNARFED (85) was fun, and so was READMIT.
Mike B. played my least favorite game, which is called as you remember: “beat the director.” He played TINDERS for 65, but got 85 for LEASHED!
Jay J. sat right down and won his first one, with a 398 score. He found words like FROTHING, TENSEST, and STRIKERS.
Kurt had a victory mid-afternoon, and found STALEST.
Christine had a huge 413 win, and played SUNRISE and BUSSING.
Jacob enjoyed a couple of nice wins, including a 457! Bingos included DISPOSE, STORIES, BEANIES, DISEASE (85!) and BUGLERS, the latter for a whopping 95 points, a “double-double.” Oh yes, and CARRIONS, which some airlines are now charging for…no, wait.
Suzanne only lost once today and brought us some goodies to eat! She found NOBLEST and REMINDS, plus had the highest non-bingo play with VEX for 63.
George M. won half his games today, and he found some high-scoring bingoes like DIPOLES for 78, INVOICE for 94, and the high play of the day with SEQUINS for 114! Maybe that was in his 494 game, the high game of the session!
Lorraine would have been 3-2 were it not for her high loss of 398. She is our Bingo Queen this week, with 8 of them, including words like UNNERVES and CALCITES.
Trish had a 3-2 day, with 6 bingoes, plus an unusual and well-placed SCRY for 54!
Leslie had two games over 400, on the way to her 3-2 afternoon. 7 bingoes, with only a few phoneys thrown in there to keep us on our toes.
Louis was 4-1, starting out with a 403 win, and he found words like LUNATES, SCOLDER, SNEERING, and TAILORS. He and Lorraine will soon be heading to Charlottesville for a big tournament.
Undefeated? Mark was 5-0, and was Bingo King once again with 8 of them, most of them straightforward, although OFTENEST sounds like a mouthful. He got the most points for FAINTER (92), which is RETINA plus an F. And Mark only had one game scoring less than four hundred.
Ok, Ruchi’s Holiday Scrabble Party is this Wednesday. Most of us locals will stay for 7 games starting at 10 AM, but you can arrive late and/or leave early. Ruchi’s house is at 1744 Bear Creek Road in Leicester NC and GPS works! Not a “tournament” and no fees involved. You can contribute to lunch by bringing something, but it's not absolutely necessary as there is usually plenty of food. If you haven’t already, you need to let Ruchi know for sure, by phoning or texting 865-661-1115, or you could email her at rucgup@gmail.com It would help with planning if you could even let her know you were NOT coming, but only if you haven’t already!
Ok, hope to see you sometime soon!
Bill
Results
(standings, averages, highs, all bingos & non-bingos)
Z Sunday Scrabble Rapport
