Games FEB 21, 2019 Superscrabble Club

SUPERSCRABBLE CLUB GAMES: FEBRUARY 21, 2019 (Thursday).  Venue: 2130 Chandler Drive, Tustin 92782. Please confirm to maliha.mendoza@gmail.com, text at 714-654-4308, or voicemail: 714-544-4746.  There are two players whose birthday falls in February:  NAJAT REIKES (2/27) and JAMILA ATCHA (2/25)—please let me know if you can make it; we enjoy celebrating your upcoming birthday.

Finders of words in the following assigned categories for each round will receive an award.  The words must contain 5 letters or more to quality.  The examples are limited because words with less than five letters are not included in the examples.

ROUND 1:  Words containing …M… 2 M’s anywhere in a word; THIS IS ALSO THE ALL-DAY CATEGORY:  Examples: AMMETER, AMMETERS, AMMINE, AMMINES, AMMONIA, AMMONIAC, AMMONIACAL, AMMONIATION, AMMONIC, AMMONIFIES, AMMONIFY, AMMONITE, AMMONIUM, AMMONO, AMMUNITION, ARMAMENT, ASTIGMATISM, ASYMMETRIC, BIMORPHEMIC, COMMA, COMMAND, COMMANDO, COMMEND, COMMIE, COMMIES, COMMOVE, COMMS, DEMIMONDE, DIMMER, DIMORPHISM, EMBALM, EMBALMS, EMMER, EMMET, EMMIES, EMPYEMA, JAMMING, MAMMAL, MAMAS, MEMORIAL, MEMORIES, MEMORY, MILLIGRAM, MIMETITE, MIMOSA, MIMOSAS, MOMMIES, MOMMY, MORPHEME, MORPHEMES, MUMMIES, MUMMY, SUMMARIES, SUMMARY, SUMMER, SUMMERY, YUMMY, etc. There are many more.

ROUND 2:  Words beginning with JA and JE: Examples: JABBED, JABBER, JABBING, JABIRU, JABIRUS, JABORANDI, JABOT, JACAL, JACAMAR, JACANA, JACARANDA, JACINTH, JACKAL, JACKS, JACKIES, JACKY, JACKASS, JACKBOOT, JACKDAW, JACKET, JACKFISH, JACKFRUIT, JACKKNIFE, JACKLIGHT, JACKLEG, JACKPOT, JACKS, JACKSCREW, JACKSTAY, JACKSTONE, JACKSTRAW, JACONET, JADES, JADED, JADEITE, JAEGER, JAGER, JAGGED, JAGGERY, JAGGY, JAGGIES, JAGUAR, JAGUARUNDI, JAILER, JAILOR,  JAILS, JAILBIRD, JAKES, JALAP, JALAPIN, JALOPIES, JALOPY, JALOUSIE, JAMMED, JAMMING, JAMBS, JAMBEAU, JAMBEAUX, JAMBOREE, JANGLE, JANITOR, JANIZARY, JAPAN, JAPING, JAPONICA, JARGON, JARLS, JASMINE, JASPER, JASSID, JAUNTY, JAVELIN, JAWBONE, JEALOUS, JEALOUSY, JAZZMAN, JEANS, JEBEL, JEHAD, JEERS, JELLS, JELLY, JETON, JETPORT, etc.

ROUND 3:  What are you today, or what were you doing yesterday? Examples: AIMING, ARMING, BAKED, BAKING, BARKING, BIKING, BLENDING, BOWLING, BOXING, BRUSHED, CAMPING, CASTING, CLEANED, COLORING, COOKING, CALLED, CANNING, CHEWED, CHEWING, CHOPPING, CLAPPING, DANCED, DANCING, JUMPED, JUMPING, JUICING, JAYWALK, PAINTING, PAINTED, PLAYED, PLAYING, PUNCHED, PUNCHING, SPEAKING, SPOKE, SEWING, SWIMMING, SINGING, TALKED, WALKED, WALKING, WHISPERING, TWIRLING, MUNCHING, SHOOTING, SCULPTING, DRAWING, WRITING, etc.

LEARN a long word to win the 12- to 13-letter-word category (the reward pot contains $315); or play 14- to 15-letter word or longer (the pot contains $415). Players who find a long word together may split the prize. Many thanks to Yuki Loritz for her contributions to both pots during last month’s games.  You can do it!

BAMBOOZLEMENT=13 letters. Start somewhere at the middle. Here are some words to build on:  BAM, BOO, AMBO, BAMBOO, BAMBOOZLE. The plural form of BAMBOOZLEMENTS contains 14 letters.  The word will qualify for both categories: the 12- to 13-letter word, and the 14- to 15-letter-word or more. Adding the S at the end is better because the award is higher.  BAMBOOZLEMENT is a noun meaning to deceive or get the better of someone by means of trickery or flattery (Internet Dictionary).

 Next games at the Superscrabble Cub:  MARCH 21, 2019.

RESULTS 1-24-19 SUPERSCRABBLE GAMES

SUPERSCRABBLE GAMES – JAN 24, 2019 RESULTS

CONGRATULATIONS to our champions for winning 3 games:  ALAN STERN and TOM TITUS.   Alan had the highest number of bingos=15; Tom found 5 bingos.  We’re back to the usual schedule of playing 3 games.  We only have one deviation from this norm in December when we play 2 games and a non-Scrabble game to enjoy a different kind of game.

A detailed look at the score sheets revealed: DAVID PODER won the High-Point-Game =1183 and the High-Point-Cum =3120; ALAN STERN won the H-Bingo-Word QUERISTS =194 points; LYNN GUNN won the H-Non-Bingo-Word FAQIR =81 points; and RENÉE KAHN won more category words than anyone else, because she studies the assigned category words that Maliha lists in the REMINDER-email. Again CONGRATS to all winners! Everyone is a winner at the Superscrabble Club.  In case I failed to mention it before, the games at the Superscrabble Club is an open mini tournament. Visit our blog site at superscrabble.wordpress.com.

RESULTS 1/24/19 GAMES:  Players	GAMES	WIN	High Game	CUM	Bingos	Cat. Word	Total $ Win
BOB AGNEW	1	1	873	873	1	0	1
GRETCHEN COWAN	3	2	896	2317	5	0	5
EVELYN DAVIS	3	2	1118	2759	11	0	11
JANET GOLDSTEIN	3	0	780	2141	1	1	6
LYNN GUNN	3	0	863	2284	4	1+HNB	14
RENÉE KAHN	3	1	746	2071	3	4	23
YUKI LORITZ	3	2	1031	2873	13	0	13
MALIHA MAHMOOD	2	1	781	1595	2	0	2
AMNON MEYERS	3	1	1107	2930	11	0	11
DON PLATT	3	1	807	2300	4	0	4
DAVID PODER	3	2	1183	3120	13+HPG & HCS	0	33
NAJAT REIKES	3	1	899	2610	8	0	8
ALAN STERN	3	3	1262	3384		0	45
FERN TRAUSCH	3	1	1078	2809	6	1	11
TOM TITUS	3	3	894	2583	4	0	29

HBW=high bingo word; HNB=high non-bingo;  HPG=high point game; HCS=high cumulative score

Thanks to Yuki for contributing to both the pots for long words.  Also we crooned to those whose birthday was belatedly celebrated in January:  LYNN GUNN and YUKI LORITZ.

Next month’s Superscrabble Games:  FEBRUARY 21, 2019.  A reminder will be posted around a week prior to the event.

 

COMING UP – JAN 24, 2019

SUPERSCRABBLE GAMES – JANUARY 24, 2019 (Thursday).  Venue:  2130 Chandler Drive, Tustin 92782. Please respond if you’re coming:  maliha.mendoza@gmail.com, text at 714-654-4308, or voicemail: 714-544-4746.  There are two players whose birthday falls in January:  LYNN and YUKI—please let me know if you can come.  By now, you all should know that Superscrabble Club is not just an ordinary club.  Like a family, we also celebrate special days in our life such as birthdays and Yuletides.

Finders of words in the following assigned categories for each round will receive an award; the words must contain 5 letters or more to quality.  The examples are limited from 5 to 8-letter words.

ROUND 1:  Words containing …GUA… must be together in a word:  ARGUABLE, AGUACATE, GUACHARO, GUACO, GUACOS, GUAIAC, GUAIACOL, GUAIACS, GUAIACUM, GUAIOCUM, GUANACO, GUANACOS, GUANASE, GUANASES, GUANAY, GUANAYS, GUANIDIN, GUANIN, GUANINE, GUANINES, GUANINS, GUANO, GUANOS, GUANS, GUARACHE, GUARANA, GUARANAS, GUARANI, GUARANIES, GUARANIS, GUARANTY, GUARD, GUARDANT, GUARDDOG, GUARDED, GUARDER, GUARDERS, GUARDIAN, GUARDING, GUARDS, GUARS, GUAVA, GUAVAS, GUAYULE, GUAYULES, and many more in the dictionary.

ROUND 2:  Words relating to GEMS, MINERALS & ROCKS: Examples: AGATE, ANATASE, ARKOSE, ALUNITE, AMETHYST, ANALCIME, ANALCITE, ANDESITE, APHANITE, ARENITE, ARKOSE, ARKOSIC, ARSENATE, ARSENITE, AUGITE, AZURITE, BERYL, BERYLS, BAUXITE, BIOTITE, BORATE, BORNITE, BRECCIA, CALCITE, CITRINE, CYANITE, CUPRITE, DACITE, DIAMOND, DIOPSIDE, DOLERITE, EMERALD, ERYTHRITE, EUCLASE, GARNET, GRANITE, KYANITE, LAZULI, LAZULITE, LAZURITE, LAVAS, LEUCITE, LIMONITE, MICAS, MIMETITE, OBSIDIAN, OXALATE, OXIDES, PEARLITE, PYROPE, PYRITE,  QUARTZ, RUBIES, SODALITE, SMARAGD, TOPAZ, ULEXITE, WAVELLITE, XENOLITH, ZINCITE, ZOISITE, ZIRCON, etc.

ROUND 3:  Words containing HAI anywhere in a word.  For example: ARCHAIC, CHAINED, CHAINES, CHAIR, CHAIRED, CHAISES, HAICK, HAICKS, HAIK, HAIKA, HAIKS, HAIKU, HAIKUS, HAIL, HAILED, HAILER, HAILING, HAILS, HAIMISH, HAINT, HAIRBALL, HAIRCAP, HAIRCUT, HAIRDO, HAIRED, HAIRGRIP, HAIRIER, HAIRIEST, HAIRILY, HAIRLESS, HAIRLIKE, HAIRLINE, HAIRLOCK, HAIRNET, HAIRPIN, HAIRS, HAIRWING, HAIRWORK, HAIRWORM, HAIRY, etc.

ALL DAY CATEGORY:  Words WITHOUT VOWELS. I found these words with 5 letters or more without vowels; some will take an “S”, others might not.  BYRLS, CRWTH, CRYPT, CYSTS, FLYBY, FLYSCH, GHYLL, GLYCYL, GLYPH, GYPSY, HYMNS, RYNDS, PHPHT, PSYCH, PYGMY, RHYTHM, SHYLY, SLYLY, SPHYNX, STYMY, SYLPH, SYNCS, SYNCH, SYNTH, SYZYGY, THYMY, TRYST, TSKTSK, TYPPS, WYNNS, WYNDS, XYLYL, XYSTS. Which ones will take an S?

LEARN a long word to win the 12- to 13-letter word (the reward pot contains $290); or play 14- to 15-letter word or longer (the pot contains $390). Players who find a long word together may split the prize.  Extra funds were leftover from the Christmas party, which were added to each category pot—all from players who couldn’t make it.  Again thanks to you all for my Christmas present.  I’m surely going to enjoy all of it!

You can do it!   PHOT, PHOTO, PHOTOG, GRAPH, GRAPHIC: PHOTOGRAPHIC (12 letters); PHOTOGRAPHIES (13 letters); PHOTOGRAPHICALLY (16 letters).

The next Superscrabble Games:  FEBRUARY 21, 2019.

Results: Superscrabble 12-20-18

SUPERSCRABBLE GAMES – 12-20-18 RESULTS

WELCOME to CAROLINA CELIS who came for the first to Superscrabble Games.  It was an honor to see her finally made it.  And congrats for achieving 733 points for your first Superscrabble game.

CONGRATULATIONS to the FOUR champions this month: GARY MOSS,AMNON MEYERS, DAVID PODER, and EVELYN DAVIS.   There were two Superscrabble Games played, so the two-game-winners gets the same award as though they played 3 games.  WOW! Remember players: This is our diversion from now on every Christmas Superscrabble Games!  This includes Gretchen’s traditional family game of LEFT, RIGHT, AND CENTER! Center is the pot for each dice turn; the person who has $1 left in her/his possession is the big winner. We’re adopting it as our Christmas diversion game instead of playing 3 Superscrabble Club games.  You must take along 3 dollars to participate in this diversion; but remember it’s only once a year.  This year’s experience was truly fun-filled.

GARY played 5 bingos, 5 category words, and the highest non-bingo word QUINS=102 AMNON won 2 games, played 9 bingos, 3 category words, and the high-point bingo=123 REALIST.  DAVID won 2 GAMES, 11 bingos, and 3 category words. EVELYN won 2 games, 5 bingos, and 10 category words.  The second big winner for the category words is RENÉE KAHN who garnered 8 valid category words. Congratulations again to all the winners.  Keep up the good work and impressive results as it gives you a good brain exercise.  AND congrats to GRETCHEN for winning the Center Pot for the LRC game.

As mentioned many times before, all champions are disqualified to win the High-Cum and High-Point game awards to give chance to others.  After detailed examination of the score sheets, the H-POINT game=1090, and the H-CUM=2008 goes to ALAN STERN.  Congratulations Alan! In addition, Alan also won 2 category words.  BOB AGNEW played 3 category words; Maliha has the envelope for the award.

Players	GAMES Played	WIN	H-Game	H-CUM	Bingos	Category Word	Total Awards
BOB AGNEW	1	0	752	752	1	3	4
CAROLINA CELIS	2	0	794	1527	3	4	7
GRETCHEN COWAN	2	0	842	1654	4	4	8
EVELYN DAVIS	2	2	906	1728	5	10	16
JANET GOLDSTEIN	2	1	780	1556	2	1	3
LYNN GUNN	2	1	920	920	2	3	5
RENÉE KAHN	2	1	807	1531	3	8	11
AMNON MEYERS	2	2	1090	2099	9	3	13
MALIHA MAHMOOD	2	1	867	1686	2	NR	3
GARY MOSS	2	2	937	1816	5	5	12
DON PLATT	2	0	770	1519	2	1	3
DAVID PODER	2	2	1076	2194	11	0	12
JEFF POLAN	2	1	848	1476	5	0	5
NAJAT REIKES	2	1	990	1757	6	4	10
JOANIE SCAFUTO	2	0	785	1472	2	0	2
ALAN STERN	2	1	1090	2008	10	2	14
FERN TRAUSCH	2	1	979	1770	6	2	8
TOM TITUS	2	1	991	1758	5	2	7

Total awards include the championship award, which equals to 1, the highest-point-bingo-word, and the highest non-bingo-word.

The next Superscrabble Games:  JANUARY 24, 2018.  A reminder will be posted about a week prior.

 

REMINDER: SUPERSCRABBLE 12-20-18

REMINDER: Superscrabble games is scheduled for 12-20-18 (Thursday) at 2130 Chandler Drive, Tustin 92782.  Please text at 714-654-4308 or email Maliha.mendoza@gmail.com.

The finders of words in the following categories will receive an award of $5/word.  The words must contain 5 or more letters to quality.

ROUND 1:  Words containing ONE and only one vowel.  Examples:  CRYSTAL, PSCHENT, DRAWN, DRECK, DIRKS, SMALL, VASTLY, WITCH, WHICH, FIGHT, SIMPLY, SHODDY, METHYLS, MYTHY, MYSELF, HINDS, WELLS, WORLD, WORLDLY, THYMI, THYMUS, WORTHY, SCRUBBY, JUSTLY, FIRSTLY,THIRDLY, FIFTHLY, THYSELF, SINGLY, FORTH, BLESS, THYMI, THYMUS, VERBS, LIGHTS, WORDS, FINDS, GHOST, CANDY, HOLLY, BIRTH, STORY, FILMS, SCARF, THANK, THINK, BRING, etc.

LUNCH BREAK, PLUS GRETCHEN’S FAVORITE GAME:  “Front, Left, and Right“, well it’s a dice game.  We will do 2 Superscrabble games that day instead of 3.  Prize distribution:  The winner of two games will receive a prize of $25.  Each bingo word is $1.00. Highest cum score =$10. High single game points =$0.01/point: example 1245 points =$12.45.  Highest bingo-point compared to others =$5.  Highest point non-bingo word =$5. Category words =$5/word.  Note:  If GRETCHEN cannot direct the “Front, Left, and Right, we will do a third game.  In this case, we will announce what the Category words will be for the 3rd game.

ROUND 2; this is also an ALL DAY Category:  Christmas-related words.  The word must contain 5 letters to qualify.  Examples:   BELLS, JINGLE, YULES, HOLIDAY EPIPHANY, YULETIDE, ADVENT, GIFTS, CAROL, EGGNOG, CANDLE, ELVES, CANDY, GINGERBREAD, HOLLY, PEACE, ANGEL, MANGER, MISTLETOE, MAGUS, NATIVITY, GARLAND, SLEIGH, STOCKING, REINDEER, FROSTY, MERRY, WINTER, WREATH, FESTIVE, MERRYMAKING, HERALD, ORNAMENTS, MITTENS, CHIMNEY, BLUSTERY, SNOWMAN, SCROOGE etc.

WHO’S LEARNING LONG WORDS?  LEARN two long words to win the 12- to 13-letterwords =$140; and the 14- to 15+letters =$240 in the box.  Players who find the long word together will split the prize.  Examples came from Amnon: SNOW BOAR DING for 12- to 13-letter word (forming SNOWBOARDING); and ANTE PEN TI MATE, ULTIMATE for 14- to 15+letter words (forming ANTEPENULTIMATE).

The next Superscrabble Club meeting is scheduled for January 24, 2019.  Visit the blog site:  superscrabble.wordpress.com.

RESULTS – 11-15-18, Superscrabble Club Games

SUPERSCRABBLE GAMES – 11-15-18 RESULTS

CONGRATULATIONS to our two champions this month: LYNN GUNN and AMNON MEYERS. WOW! Lynn has won 3 games during these 2 consecutive months: October and November 2018.  LYNN played 8 bingos, and 1 category word.  AMNON won 3 games and played 12 bingos.  YUKI LORITZwon the H-Game=1092 during the first round, and the High-CUM=2922after 3 games.The highest point bingo word ADVISORS=167 was played by YUKI, and NAJAT REIKES found the highest point non-bingo ZEDS=96. EVELYN DAVISdominated the category words finding 10 appropriate 5-letter words.  Congrats to EVELYNwho earned the highest total awards on 11-15-18. She’s our new Category-Word-Queen. YUKI LORITZ andDAVID PODER tied for the mostest bingos=15 each played during the 3 games. Thanks to LYNN GUNN for showing TIFFANY KIMhow to play our favorite game. A special thanks to AMNON for his continued voluntary contribution to the long-word pot, which will be split between two categories: 12 to13-letter-word and the 14 to 15+letter word.

The following results are poste at the blog site: superscrabble.wordpress.com.  Please note that the 3-game winners cannot win the H-Game and H-Cum awards in exercising fairness to all players. After carefully looking at the score sheets and comparing the results, the H-Game and H-Cum winner is determined, hence the delay in the award procedure.  NR in the matrix means NOT RECORDED.

Players	GA      GAMES Played	WIN	H-Game	CUM	Bingos	Category Words	Total $ Awards
BOB AGNEW	2	1	898	1546	1	0	1
GRETCHEN COWAN	3	2	972	2710	10	1	15
EVELYN DAVIS	3	2	1072	2687	9	10	59
JANET GOLDSTEIN	3	1	947	2459	6	0	6
LYNN GUNN	3	3	1020	2814	8	1	38
RENÉE KAHN	3	2	966	2402	4	8	44
TIFFANY KIM	2	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	1
YUKI LORITZ	3	1	1092	2922	15	0	45
MALIHA MAHMOOD	2	0	872	1640	4	0	4
AMNON MEYERS	3	3	1042	3060	12	0	37
ANH NGUYEN	2	1	NR	NR	NR	NR	0
DON PLATT	3	1	879	2231	3	2	13
DAVID PODER	3	2	1076	2881	15	0	15
NAJAT REIKES	3	2	999	2780	9	8	54
JOANIE SCAFUTO	3	1	814	2111	2	5	27
TOM TITUS	3	0	934	2619	8	0	8

The next Superscrabble Games:  DECEMBER  20, 2018.  A reminder will be posted a week prior.

NOV. 15, 2018 Games – Superscrabble Club

NOVEMBER 15, 2018.  Fall is here slowly but surely.  Be strong and cling to your tree of life; you cannot be carried away by the rest of the falling leaves. There are still tons of beauty and lovely smiles in the living and natural surroundings you can see and feel all around you positively.  Discard negative thoughts and ideas.  Just be happy and thankful.

ALL-DAY games of Superscrabble Club can perk up your memory and wit.  This is also a time to celebrate birthdays that happened during the month of November, belated and up-coming.  During lunch break, we will sing a joint birthday celebration for: EVELYN DAVIS [11/6], RENEE KAHN [11/9], NANCY BURCH [11/20], and JOANNA COHEN [11/12].  Birthday individuals, please RSVP and let me know if you’re coming.

This announcement and invitation to join our games for 11-15-18 require an RSVP.  Please call 714-544-4746 and leave a message if nobody can answer.  The venue is:  2130 Chandler Drive, Tustin 92782.  You may also text a message to Maliha at 714-654-4308 whether or not you’re coming. The space is limited.  Pairing begins at 10:00 a.m.

The following infos are for the newbies (first time to play Superscrabble Club games].  There is no fee; a volunteer teacher can show you how to play.  A “Cheat” sheet will be allowed for the next 3 games.  There is no need to bring your equipment.  There are prizes to reward your memory sharpness–check out the 5-17-18 blog at superscrabble.wordpress.com.

Winners of 3 games get $25; a bingo word is worth $1. Highest-point bingo is $5, high-point game is 1¢ per point [1250 pts = $12.50], highest-point cum is $10, and highest-point non-bingo word is $5.  Winners of 3 games are not qualified to win the high-point game and the high-point cum.  Everyone will get a chance to win something and have fun. Study the assigned categories to enjoy more awards. THE EXAMPLES BELOW are incomplete; some singular or plural variants are missing.  These were taken from last year’s announcements.

ROUND 1:Words containing the letters POL… at the beginning of the word. Example:POL
 POLACK
 POLACKS 
POLAR
 POLARISE
 POLARISED
POLARISES
 POLARS POLDER POLDERS POLE POLEAX POLEAXE POLEAXED POLEAXES POLEAXING
 POLECAT
 POLECATS 
POLED 
POLEIS
POLELESS
 POLEMIC POLEMICS POLEMIST POLEMISTS POLEMIZE POLEMIZED POLENTA POLENTAS POLEYN POLEYNS POLICE
 POLICED
POLICEMAN POLICER 
POLICERS POLITE POLITELY POLITER POLITESSE POLITEST
 POLITIC
 POLITICAL POLITICK POLITICKS POLITICLY POLITICO POLITICOS POLITICS POLITIES POLITY POLKA POLKAED POLYAMINE POLYAMORY POLYANDRY POLYANTHA POLYANTHI POLYBAG POLYCOT, etc. NOTE: The examples listed above are limited to 5-9 letters. There are about 680 words beginning with POL in Word Judge for Clubs and Tournaments 2016 Edition.

ROUND 2:Words pertaining to farming and gardening, including materials and tools:Example: AGRARIAN AGRONOMY BATERRY BREED CARABAO COMPOST CROFT CROPS CROFTING CULTURE ESTATE FARMS FARMED FARMING FARMLAND FERRULE FORKS HACIENDA HARVEST HOLDING HOMESTEAD HORSES HYDROPONIC KIBBUTZ ORGANIC PLOWS RAKES RANCH RANCHES RANCHERO RANCHING SHOVEL SHOVELS SMALLHOLDING SPADE SPADES TANGS TILLER TILLERS TRACTOR, etc.

ROUND 3: Words containing with double “-NN-” together. Examples: ANNAL ANNALIST ANNALS ANNAS ANNATES ANNATTO ANNEAL ANNELID ANNEX ANNEXATION ANNEXE ANNEXED ANNEXES ANNONA BANNABLE BANNED BANNER BANNEROL BANNERS BANNET BANNETS BANNING BANNISTER BANNOCK BANNS CANNA CANNABIC CANNABIN CANNABIS CANNAS CANNED CANNEL CANNELS CANNER CANNIER CANNING CANNOLI CANNONS CANNOT CANNULA CANNY, etc.

ALL DAY CATEGORY: Words starting with X…, but must contain 5 letters or more to qualify. Examples: XANTHAN XANTHIC XANTHIN XANTHONE XANTOUS XEBEC XENIA XENIAL XENIAS XENIC XENOBLAST XENOGAMY XENOGENY XENOLITH XENON XENONS XENOPHOBE XENOPUS XENOTIME XERARCH XERIC XEROSIS XEROX XERUS XIPHOID XYLAN XYLEM XYLENE XYLIDIN XYLITOL XYLOID XYLOL XYLOPHONE XYLOSE XYLYLS XYSTER, etc.

WHO’S LEARNING LONG WORDS? On 11-15-18, the instant reward for a word with 14 to 15+ letters will be worth $200; the 12- to 13-letter word will be $95. To qualify for a reward in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and All-Day games category words, the valid word must contain 5 letters or more. Examples were contributed by Amnon Meyers sometime ago: SNOW BOAR DING for 12- to 13-letter word (SNOWBOARDING=12 or SNOWBOARDINGS=13); and ANTE PEN ULTIMATE for 14- to 15+letter words (ANTEPENULTIMATE=15 or ANTEPENULTIMATES=16).  Finding CYANO + ACRYLATES in plural form is another 14-letter-word: CYANOACRYLATES.