(November 17, 2024) 15 Scrabblers were busy filling their racks on a Sunday afternoon in Asheville, where we have yet to return to drinkable city water following Hurricane Helene!
We had divisions today, which does result in more waiting time but there are obvious advantages in playing people of your own ilk. ILK by the way has several front hooks, the most unusual of which is F for FILK, a type of popular music that parodies folk songs. Then, in addition to S we have another back hook for ILK with the A for ILKA, an adjective meaning “each.”
John had a 409 game, playing GROUPIE for 72.
George F. got a nice win mid-afternoon, and his QUEEN for 75 was far and away the highest-scoring non-bingo of the session.
Kurt tied his first game of the session, and found REINVENTS for 63.
Louis would have won half his games were it not for his high loss of 400. We did not have salsa lessons across the hall from us today, but Louis did play FANDANGO, along with several other bingoes. Two plurals for FANDANGO.
Jay L. also won half the time, and played my least favorite game. That’s right, “beat the director.” She found OUTINGS, SCREAMS, GREASES, and LOWERED.
Mitzi won half her games, and is considering moving back to New Mexico? Stay with us Mitzi!
George M. did win half his games today, finishing the afternoon with a big 419 win, and playing words like SNARKING, DIARIES, and SLURPED. LOX for 54 was well-placed.
Leslie was 3-1-1, tying her first game. She found 5 bingoes, and got ZEP down for 55!
I was 2-2-1 today, with no games over 400 and of my 4 bingoes, PIGSTIES looked strange but “true.”
Mark was 3-2 today, with the high game of the day at 510. 6 bingoes included the relatively “newish” ETRIERS.
Lorraine, starting out in that upper division, did beat our highest-rated player today with a 405 game, and ended up with a 3-2 record. She played 5 bingoes, with DISSENT scoring the most with 83.
Trish sat right down and had a big 419 win, and her HARKING (91) was the high play of the day. Front C and front S for that one!
Christine, with her first trip back to club from SC, only lost once today and found TUNNAGES, NUMERAL, CLIMATE, and VOYEURS! She had two games over 400, and doesn’t seem “rusty” at all!
Jacob would be 5-0, except he generously let me pick up my first play of our game TREATY which missed the center star during a “bifocal moment.” We ended up tying that game, and he won all his other games. Ordinarily if player A misses the center star to start the game, the director would offer player B the choice of letting the play stand (so that player B can then take advantage of doubling his first play by hitting that star) OR having player A pick up those tiles and lose his turn.
Hope to see you (yes, you) next Sunday afternoon!
Bill
Results
(standings, averages, highs, all bingos & non-bingos)
Z Sunday Scrabble Rapport
