RESULTS SUPER-S GAMES 8-27-15

CONGRATS Bill Lapinski and Tom Titus for winning 3 games! Three wins in the super scrabblers’ games maybe comparable to playing 6 standard games of scrabble. Bill scored the high game (HG=1168) and had a high bingo=149 for CASTINGS.  Roy Kamen had the most bingo played=14 total.  Reneé Kahn played 3 words that fit the categories assigned.  Seven participants who are super scrabblers will be attending the WGPO Word Cup during the Labor Day weekend in Portland, Oregon.

The next meeting is scheduled for 9-24-15. A reminder will be posted.  The players listed below are arranged alphabetically by first name.  WN=number of games won; GP=games played; HG=high game; CM=cumulative score; and BP=Bingo played.

BILL LAPINSKI, WN=3, GP=3, HG=1168, CM=3223, BP=10

BOB AGNEW, WN=1, GP=3, HG=803, CM=2076, BP=1

FARHAT SIDDIQI, WN=0, GP=3, HG=697, CM=1880, BP=1

GARY MOSS, WN=2, GP=3, HG=887, CM=2592, BP=10

JANET GOLDSTEIN, WN=1, GP=2, HG=820, CM=1548, BP=3

LYNN GUNN, WN=2, GP=3, HG=964, CM=2671, BP=7

MALIHA MAHMOOD, WN=0, GP=3, HG=904, CM=2476, BP=7

NAJAT REIKES, WN=2, GP=3, HG=990, CM=2759, BP=12

NANCY DOUGLAS, WN=2, GP=3, HG=842, CM=2318, BP=3

PAT REED, WN=1, GP=3, HG=1054, CM=2741, BP=10

PAUL KANTER, WN=0, GP=2, HG=768, CM=1471, BP=1

RENEÉ KAHN, WN=1, GP=3, HG=952, CM=2631, BP=5

ROY KAMEN, WN=2, GP=3, HG=1143, CM=3039, BP=14

TOM TITUS, WN=3, GP=3, HG=942, CM=2692, BP=9

Gary Moss Honors Super-S Club

The photo below set me to thinking about ‘Super Scrabble’.  Did you

know the the first and one of a very few existing Super Scrabble Clubs

is located right here in Orange County, CA.  It’s founder and director is

Maliha Mahmood:  maliha.mendoza@gmail.com

Here are a few important words to know.  All the following are within the current

Official Word List.   These are all 6-letter-words which contain 4 vowels.

AALIIS, ABASIA, ABELIA, ABULIA, ACACIA, ACAJOU, ACEDIA, ACUATE, ACULEI, ADAGIO, ADIEUS, ADIEUX, AECIAL, AECIUM, AEDILE, AEDINE, AENEUS, AEONIC, AERATE, AERIAL, AERIED, AERIER, AERIES, AEROBE, AERUGO, AGAPAE, AGAPAI, AGORAE, AGOUTI, AIKIDO, AIOLIS, AIRIER, AKEBIA, ALEXIA, ALODIA, ALULAE, AMADOU, AMAUTI, AMEBAE, AMOEBA, AMUSIA, ANEMIA, ANOMIE, ANOPIA, ANOXIA, ANURIA, AORTAE, AOUDAD, APIECE, APNOEA, APOGEE, APORIA, AREOLA, AREOLE, ARIOSE, ARIOSI, ARIOSO, AROUSE, ATAXIA, ATONIA, AUBADE, AUCUBA, AUDIAL, AUDILE, AUDIOS, AUGITE, AUNTIE, AURATE, AUREUS, AURORA, AUROUS, AUSUBO, AUTEUR, AUTOED, AVENUE, AVIATE, AZALEA, BAILEE, BAILIE, BATEAU, BAUBEE, BEANIE, BEEBEE, BLOOIE, BOOBIE, BOOBOO, BOOCOO, BOOGIE, BOOHOO, BOOKIE, BOOKOO, BOOTEE, BOOTIE, BOUBOU, BOUGIE, BUREAU, CAEOMA, CAIQUE, COATEE, CODEIA, COOCOO, COOEED, COOEES, COOKIE, COOLIE, COOTIE, COTEAU, COULEE, CURIAE, DAIMIO, DAUTIE, DEARIE, DOOBIE, DOODOO, DOOLEE, DOOLIE, DOOZIE, EASIER, EASIES, EELIER, EERIER, EIDOLA, EKUELE, ELODEA, ELUATE, ELUVIA, EMEUTE, EOCENE, EOLIAN, EONIAN, EOSINE, EPIZOA, EPOPEE, EQUATE, EQUINE, ETOILE, EUPNEA, EUREKA, EURIPI, EXODOI, EXUVIA, FACIAE, FAERIE, FAUNAE, FEIJOA, FEIRIE, FERIAE, FLOOIE, FOODIE, FOOTIE, FOVEAE, GALEAE, GATEAU, GIAOUR, GOALIE, GOATEE, GOODIE, GOOIER, GOOLIE, GOONIE, GUAIAC, GUINEA, HEAUME, HEINIE, HOAGIE, HOODIE, HOODOO, HOOLIE, HOOPOE, HOOPOO, IDEATE, IGUANA, IODATE, IODIDE, IODINE, IODISE, IODIZE, IODOUS, IOLITE, IONISE, IONIUM, IONIZE, IONONE, KOODOO, KOOKIE, KOUROI, LAMIAE, LAOGAI, LAURAE, LEAGUE, LIAISE, LOANEE, LOOIES, LOOKIE, LOONIE, LOUIES, MEALIE, MEANIE, MEDIAE, MEINIE

REMINDER: 8-27-15 SUPER-S GAMES 10:00AM

HAPPY SUMMER!  Text 714-654-4308 or reply to this email. Our games are fun and challenging. Try your best to extend a short word that can be morphed into a longer and pleasantly rewarding word.  Keep an open and receptive mind.  Finding WORDS matter more; high scores will follow.

The instant reward for finding 12- to 13-letter words is now worth $30.  The last winners of this pot were:  Pat Reed, Najat Reikes, Gretchen Cowan, Bill Lapinski, and Nancy Douglas.  The pot for a word with 14 to 15+ letters now has $355.  Play the assigned categories—to qualify for an instant reward, the word must contain 5 letters.  The prize for winning 3 games is $15.

1^st game category:  Do you know your fruits from here to Timbuktu?  Lichee, loquat, cumquat or kumquat, apple, mulberry, pineapple, mangosteen, guanabana, soursop, durian, dates, mango, pears, banana, peach, grapes, grapefruit, orange,  santol, citrus, pomelo or pumelo, jackfruit, pitaya or pitahaya, plums, cherry, guava, etc.

2nd game:  This is easy.  What are you doing or about to do? Swimming, jogging, cooking, exercise, biking, walking, paint, dance, talking, shout, waltz, skate, surfing, write, sleep, tiptoe, scream, garden, stretch, mowing, etc.

3rd game:  Things and materials around your office:  computer, paper, scissor, phone, copier, outbox, organizer, cabinet, faxes, laptop, projector, books, pencils, board, ruler, files, typing, etc.

ALL DAY category:  Words containing –BIR– anywhere in a word.  Examples: BABIRUSA, BELLBIRD, BIRDIE, BIRACIAL, BIRDS, BIRADIAL, BIRAMOSE, BIRCH, BIRCHEN, BIRDBATH, BIRDCAGE, BIRDER, BIRDFARM, BIRDLIME, BIRDMEN, BIRDWATCHING, BIREMES, BIRETTA, BIRIANI, BIRKS, BIRCH, BIRKIE, BIRLE, BIRLING, BIROS, BIRRED, BIRTH, BIRTHED, BIRYANI, BLUEBIRD, BOOBIRD, CATBIRD, COWBIRD, FATBIRD, FRIARBIRD, GAMBIR, JABIRU, JAYBIRD, KINGBIRD, LADYBIRD, MAYBIRD, MBIRAS, OILBIRD, RAILBIRD, REBIRTH, REDBIRD, RICEBIRD, SABIR, SEABIRD, ETC.

LEARN a long word today:  LARGEHEARTEDNESSES has 18 letters.  Somewhere about the middle of the Super-S board, you may start with HEART, EAR, ED, ES, ESS, ESSES, HART, HE, HEAR, HEARTED, LAR, LARGE, NESS, NESES, TE, TED.  If  that line is kept open for possibility, then both players can expand it.  Make it longer:  LARGEHEARTED, LARGENESS, LARGENESSES.  Surprise yourself!

NO MEETING on 9-10-15.  WGPO Word Cup in Portland, Oregon will still be going on that week.  The next meeting is 9-24-15.

RESULTS SUPER-S CLUB GAMES 8-13-15

WELCOME to our latest neophyte super scrabbler Farhat Siddiqi, Ph.D., P.E., of GEO-Environmental, Inc., who surprised everyone by signing up for our next meeting scheduled on 8-27-15.

CONGRATS to the 3-game winners Renée Kahn (HCum=2672), and Roy Kamen finishing with a high cumulative score (HCum=3408)! Roy did it again including the high-scoring game (HG=1223), mostest bonus words (or “bingo”) played=18, and high-scoring bingo word=114 for REKEYED. In addition to Renée’s winning 3 games, she found five words in the assigned categories combined. Good job you all, and keep it up!  We had a great time and memorable camaraderie.  Gary Moss and Maliha are doing a research on the simplest possible way of ranking Super-S players so that one of these days we can have an official tournament in Tustin that will be sanctioned by the Word Game Players’ Organization.

BOB AGNEW, Games=2, Win=0, HG=707, Cum=1403, Bingo=1

GRETCHEN COWAN, Games=3, Win=0, HG=857, Cum=2289, Bingos=4

NANCY DOUGLAS, Games=3, Win=1, HG=766, Cum=2133, Bingo=1

LYNN GUNN, Games=3, Win=1, HG=948, Cum=2574, Bingos=7

RENEE KAHN, Games=3, Win=3, HG=899, Cum=2672, Bingos=6

ROY KAMEN, Games=3, Win=3, HG=1223, Cum=3408, Bingos=18

PAUL KANTER, Games=2, Win=0, HG=785, Cum=1426, Bingo=0

MALIHA MAHMOOD, Games=2, Win=2, HG=839, Cum=1318, Bingos=2

ALIA REHMAN, Games=1, Win=0, HG=394, Cum=394, Bingo=1

PAT REED, Games=3, Win=2, HG=914, Cum=2514, Bingos=8

NAJAT REIKES, Games=3, Win=2, HG=1126, Cum=2732, Bingos=10

FARHAT SIDDIQI, Games=2, Win=0, HG=686, Cum=1079, Bingo=2

TOM TITUS, Games=3, Win=2, HG=1114, Cum=2821, Bingos=8

FERN TRAUSCH, Games=3, Win=2, HG=946, Cum=2533, BINGOS=9

For previous STATS visit superscrabble.wordpress.com.  THE NEXT SUPER-S GAMES: 8-27-15. Please note that Maliha will attend the Word Game Players’ Organization, the WGPO WORD CUP championship in Portland, Oregon on 9-4-15 thru 9-9-15. Regretfully, there will be no Super-S Club games on 9-10-15.  We will resume on 9-24-15.

Super-S Games 8-13-15

Our scheduled meeting is on 8-13-15 10:00 a.m. Text 714-654-4308 or reply to this email.   Please text 714-654-4308 or email to maliha.mendoza@gmail.com.  Words in the following categories must contain five letters or more to qualify for an instant award. New comers will be given “cheat sheets” and shown how to play the super scrabblers’ game.

1st Game category has to do with GEOLOGY:  Basaltic, basalt, metamorphic, stones, rocks, sediment, formation, minerals, igneous, bedding, volcanic, jurassic, glacier, granite, etc.

2nd Game category:  Precious and semi-precious gemstones such as diamond, rubies, emeralds, smaragd, smaragde, pearls, sapphire, moonstone, amethyst, aquamarine, opals, topaz, etc.

3rd Game category:  materials, supplies, equipment for road construction or repair such as crane, caterpillar, pavers, asphalt, aggregate, gravel, cement, barriers, trucks, trailer, bitumen, concrete, etc.

ALL Day category are words containing FER any part of a word, front, middle, or back:  Feral, feracity, feria, ferny, ferrite, refer, prefer, puffer, puffery, tafferel, zaffer, confer, briefer, buffer, coffer, offer, aquifer, loafer, goffer, gofers, hoofer, knifer, knifers, offeror, conferva, defer, efferent, differ, deffer, etc.Download your free app: wgpo-wj2.com. The ebook of Word Judge for Clubs and Tournaments, the official WGPO word list for word game players in North America including Super-S Club Play is now available for free download at www.authorhouse.com/bookstub.  Hard copy will be available at amazon.com before winter 2015.