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National Scrabble Association Club #565 (Northwest)
Club Results—2007– 2008 Season
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Session Results - November 11, 2007
| # | Name | Win-Loss | Spread | Bingos per Game | Points per Game | Club Rating new | change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ed Saunders | 6-0 | +714 | 2.3333 | 439.1667 | 1576 | (+27) |
| 2 | Richard Spence | 2.5-2.5 | -180 | 1.2000 | 370.6000 | 1481 | (-11) |
| 3 | Bob Knouse | 2-2 | -269 | 0.7500 | 351.5000 | 1154 | (+22) |
| 4 | Janis Clem | 2-3 | +141 | 1.4000 | 404.8000 | 1398 | (-15) |
| 5 | Judy Carlock | 1.5-4.5 | -103 | 1.0000 | 376.1667 | 1325 | (-23) |
| 6 | Carol Knouse | 1-3 | -303 | 0.2500 | 319.7500 | 1142 | (0) |
Session Notes - November 11, 2007 Session
This session marked the fourteenth of NSA Club #565 (Northwest)'s 2007-2008 season!
We'd like to thank Judy Carlock and Ed Saunders for providing the club
with goodies this week. Judy provided cheese, crackers, and pepperonis and
Ed trotted out a veggie tray and dip.
Elinor Horner and Isabel Keranen comprised the Recreational Division this
week. We're hoping to get some new recreational players into the mix in
the next couple of weeks.
The tournament rules division was joined by 6 players who played 30 games in which we scored 11,454 points for a 381.8 point-per-game average. Of the 37 recorded bingos we played, four were phonies that went unchallenged.
Some numbers and whatnot for the tournament session include:
- High Game - 530 points by Ed Saunders
- Low Win - 363 points by Ed Saunders
- High Loss - 413 points by Judy Carlock (Opponent at 424)
- Bingo King - Ed Saunders for averaging 2.3333 bingos per game
Some interesting bingos:
- ADRENAL \n. an endocrine gland (played by Richard Spence)
- DITHERED \v. to act nervously or indecisively (played by Ed Saunders)
- GOATISH \adj. resembling a goat (played by Janis Clem)
- POSITRON \n. a subatomic particle (played by Ed Saunders)
- PURSLANE \n. a common garden herb (played by Ed Saunders)
- RETINALS \n/pl. RETINENE - a pigment in the retina (played by Richard Spence)
- SAMOSAS \n/pl. a filled pastry turnover (played by Ed Saunders)
- SINUATE \v. to curve in and out (played by Judy Carlock)
- spooner* \phoney. interestingly, FORKER and KNIFER are both valid, but spooner* somehow fell through the cracks (played by Janis Clem)
- And So It Sometimes Goes. . . . Richard Spence reports that in his game with Janis Clem, Janis accidentally dropped a tile on the floor and couldn't find it immediately. Richard located it next to her feet and noticed that it was a blank! When she got it back on her rack, Janis promptly laid it down as an "S" in her 97 point unchallenged bingo "sPOONER". As we just saw in the "interesting bingos" list above, spooner* is not an acceptable word. . . .And so it sometimes goes. . . .
- Weekly Anagram Challenge Bob Knouse gives us our challenge this week. Bob played the bingo ENTAILS, one of SEVEN seven-letter bingos on that rack. See how many of the six anagrams you can come up with. (Answers in "Bingos" section below.)
We featured two regular contests this week.
The first regular contest was the Veteran's Day Contest for the highest scoring play of a word that is representative of the important role our service members have played in the founding and preservation of America and the American way of life. Bob Knouse picks up the $4.50 prize with a 32 point play of the word BRAVE.
The second was the "LL" Contest for the highest scoring play
of a word that contains the couplet "LL"
somewhere within it. Ed Saunders opened his first game with the 78 point
bingo ENROLLS. Richard Spence submitted GILLS
( 21) and Carol Knouse chipped in with GULL (10).
Ed picks up the $4.50 for this contest.
Ed Saunders had a rack of EEIPRSS and needed a bingo to get back into his
game with Janis Clem. He didn't notice anything initially, but he persisted
and finally saw an open "T" with an open "D" two spaces
behind it. Persistence paid off as Ed was able to drop the 9-letter bingo
PERSISTED through the "T" to the
"D" for 68 points and an eventual 6 point victory. Ed also picks
up $4.12 for winning the 9+Bingo Progressive Jackpot.
No one cashed in on any of the other Progressive Jackpots this week and each shall have $1.12 added to it. As of this session we have paid out $130.96 in prizes this season. Click here for a complete list of prizes awarded during the 2007-2008 season.
The next session (November 18, 2007) shall feature the following contests:
•Frogs And Such Contest - On November 18, 1865,
Mark Twain's story The Celebrated Jumping Frog of
Calaveras County was published in the New
York Saturday Press. In honor of this event, a quarter of dues
collected shall be awarded to the player who turns in the highest scoring
play of a word that is the name of, or incorporates the name of within it
, any animal or bird. (e.g. TUATERA, AXOLOTL, HOACTZIN, MURINES, COYPOUS,
GIRAFFES, OCELOTS, KOUPREYS, ANACONDA, WHIMBREL, SEAROBIN, DUGONGS, REREMICE,
etc.)
•"OO" Contest - A quarter of dues
collected shall be awarded to the player who turns in the highest scoring
play of a word that contains the couplet "OO" somewhere within
it . (e.g. TALOOKAS, BOOKWORM, ANOOPSIA, WOOLIES, HARDWOOD, HOODIEST, TOOLBOX,
MONGOOSE, WOORALIS, etc.)
•Triple-Triple Progressive Jackpot* - $1.12
plus a sixteenth of the session's dues will be awarded to any player who
scores a Triple-Triple
play.
•100+ Play Progressive Jackpot* - $4.12 plus
a sixteenth of the session's dues will be awarded to any player who scores
100 or more points in a single play
•Club 565 Progressive Jackpot - $8.04 plus
a sixteenth of the session's dues will be awarded to any player who scores
565 or more points in a single game.
•9+ Bingo Progressive Jackpot* - A sixteenth
of the session's dues will be awarded to any player who plays a bingo of
9 or more letters in length.
* = Jackpot prizes cannot be combined.
Bingos
The following is a list of bingos played by players at NSA Club #565 (Northwest)
on November 11, 2007.
Phony bingos are listed in red, lowercase.
Judy Carlock (6 bingos)
EXECUTED
PREENING
ROUNDEST
SCRAPING (CARPINGS, SCARPING)
SINUATE (AUNTIES)
TRAWLED
Janis Clem (7 bingos)
CAUTIOUS
GOATISH
MARRIAGE
REASONER
REVAMPS (VAMPERS)
spooner (OPERONS, SNOOPER)
TRIPLES (RESPLIT)
Bob Knouse (3 bingos)
ENTAILS (ELASTIN, NAILSET, SALIENT, SALTINE, SLAINTE, TENAILS)
TANGLERS (STRANGLE)
WINGERS (SWINGER)
Carol Knouse (1 bingo)
UNITIES
Ed Saunders (14 bingos)
DITHERED
ENROLLS
ERASION
indowers
NASTIES (ENTASIS, SEITANS, SESTINA, TANSIES, TISANES)
OVERPLAY
PERSISTED
POSITRON (PORTIONS, SORPTION)
provises
PURSLANE
READIEST (SERIATED, STEADIER)
SAMOSAS
SEALANT
unlifted
Richard Spence (6 bingos)
ADRENAL
ANTIQUES
HOISTED
MESSING
RETINALS (ENTRAILS, LATRINES, RATLINES, TRENAILS)
WRONGER (REGROWN)
- Click here for a list of all the bingos played by tournament division players at NSA Club #565 (Northwest) during the 2007-2008 Season
- Click here for a list of all the phony bingos played by tournament division players at NSA Club #565 (Northwest) during the 2007-2008 season
Combined Results for the August 2007 - July 2008 Season (as of November 11, 2007)
| Name (click for details) |
Club Rating |
Games Played |
Won | Lost | Win % |
Bingos Played |
Bingo Avg |
Phony Bingos Played |
Phony Bingo % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlock, Judy | 1325 | 63 | 29 | 34 | .460 | 89 | 1.413 | 7 | 7.865 |
| Janis Clem | 1398 | 19 | 9 | 10 | .474 | 18 | 0.947 | 3 | 16.67 |
| Knouse, Bob | 1154 | 26 | 8 | 18 | .308 | 10 | 0.385 | 0 | ----- |
| Knouse, Carol | 1142 | 27 | 5.5 | 21.5 | .204 | 6 | 0.222 | 1 | 16.67 |
| Kornell, Monique | 1469 | 22 | 11 | 11 | .500 | 27 | 1.227 | 2 | 7.407 |
| Dennis Levy | 1083 | 12 | 5 | 7 | .417 | 10 | 0.833 | 0 | ----- |
| Love, Marina | 748 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 1 | 0.333 | 0 | ----- |
| Lundeen, Karen | 1211 | 35 | 9 | 26 | .257 | 22 | 0.629 | 0 | ----- |
| Readle, Robert | 1046 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5 | 1.000 | 0 | ----- |
| Rhodes, Michael | 1434 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6 | 1.500 | 0 | ----- |
| Saunders, Ed | 1576 | 71 | 54 | 17 | .761 | 149 | 2.099 | 12 | 8.054 |
| Spence, Richard | 1481 | 43 | 30.5 | 12.5 | .709 | 73 | 1.698 | 6 | 8.219 |
| Club # 565 NW (12 Players) | 1256 | 330 | 165 | 165 | .500 | 416 | 1.261 | 31 | 7.452 |
Season Schedule and Past Session Results
NSA Club #565 (Northwest) meets each Sunday. The 2007-2008 schedule is below. Click on past dates for completed session results.
08/05/07 | 08/12/07 | 08/19/07 | 08/26/07 | 09/02/07 | 09/09/07 | 09/16/07 | 09/23/07 | 09/30/07 | 10/07/07 | 10/14/07 | 10/21/07 | Canceled | 11/04/07 | 11/11/07 | 11/18/07 | 11/25/07 | 12/02/07 | 12/09/07 | 12/16/07 | 12/23/07 | 12/30/07 | 01/06/08 | 01/13/08 | 01/20/08 | 01/27/08 | 02/03/08 | 02/10/08 | 02/17/08 | 02/24/08 | 03/02/08 | 03/09/08 | 03/16/08 | (Easter) | 03/30/08 | 04/06/08 | 04/13/08 | 04/20/08 | 04/27/08 | 05/04/08 | 05/11/08 | 05/18/08 | 05/25/08 | 06/01/08 | 06/08/08 | 06/15/08 | 06/22/08 | 06/29/08 | 07/06/08 | 07/13/08 | 07/20/08 | 07/27/08
The 500 and 600 Clubs and Triple-Triple Plays
| Name | 500 and 600 point games | Triple-Triple Plays |
|---|---|---|
| Judy Carlock | 532 | |
| Monique Kornell | 501 | ENACTING for 131 |
| Ed Saunders | 599, 561, 555, 530, 530, 506, 504, 503 | OVERNEAT for 149 |
| Richard Spence | 534, 525, 505 |