RESULTS 2-21-19 Superscrabble Club

02-21-19 RESULTS, SUPERSCRABBLE CLUB GAMES – 

CONGRATULATIONS to the champions of the month: LYNN GUNN and DAVID PODER. Lynn won 3 games, playing 6 bingos, and 4 category words. David won 3 games and played 14 bingos.

WELCOME to our latest newcomers that made us 20 happy players: BETH BYRNE and KAREN STURM. Thanks to Beth who made us even. These newcomers did pretty well on their first game of Super Scrabble© and we all hope to see them again. KAREN won the high-non-bingo QUIRTS=99, and she also found a category word JELLS (award–ready for pick up).

Congrats to ALAN STERN who blew our minds away…for the first time we saw the highest-point-game in the history of Superscrabble Club:  ALAN scored 1581 during the third game; he also won the high-point-bingo PADRONAS=149. ALAN STERN and YUKI LORITZ tied for the mostest bingo=15 words (awards–ready for pick up).

Congrats to RENÉE KAHN for her highest number of category words ever played!  She mentioned that the assigned category for each game were the only words she studied during the entire period of waiting untill the next Superscrabble Club games.  Indeed  this is incredible, as she played 14 category words the entire day, and playing 6 bingos.

Ten players submitted high-point-bingo words: Evelyn Davis, SEXTINGS=112; Lynn Gunn, FEMINISM=118; Bill Lapinski, SQUARER=118; Yuki Loritz, NOTATION=112; Amnon Meyers, AGNIZES=121; David Poder, OILSEEDS=140; Alan Stern, PADRONAS=149; Fern Trausch, JUSTEST=100; and the winner is Alan Stern!

Seven players submitted high-non-bingo words: Fern Trausch, QADI=86; Beth Byrne, ZERO=70; Karen Sturm, QUIRTS=99; Maliha Mahmood, QUEANS=90; Bill Lapinski, AFFIXING=76; Lynn Gunn, PREZ=90; Yuki Loritz, DETOX=63; and the winner is Karen Sturm!

The following results are posted.  See the blog site: superscrabble.wordpress.com.  Please note that the 3-game winners cannot win the H-game and H-cum awards to exercise fairness to all players.  The numbers can be determined only after carefully looking at the score sheets and comparing the results, hence the delay in the award.

Players	Games Played	Win	H-Game	CUM	Bingos	Category Words	Total  Awards
BETH BYRNE	3	0	867	2313	5	0	5
BOB AGNEW	1	0	755	755	1	0	1
GRETCHEN COWAN	3	2	974	2590	13	0	13
EVELYN DAVIS	3	1	938	2520	11	4	15
JANET GOLDSTEIN	3	1	868	2368	5	3	8
LYNN GUNN	3	3	932	2653	6	4	51✪
RENÉE KAHN	3	2	789	2223	6	14	76*
BILL LAPINSKI	2	2	1103	2914	11	0	11
YUKI LORITZ	3	1	1122	2937	15	1	20*
MALIHA MAHMOOD	3	1	946	2481	3	0	3
AMNON MEYERS	3	2	1007	2759	10	0	15
GARY MOSS	1	0	834	834	2	0	2
DON PLATT	3	0	871	2260	3	1	4
DAVID PODER	3	3	1078	3092	14	0	39✪
NAJAT REIKES	3	2	943	2545	6	5	31*
JOANIE SCAFUTO	3	1	759	2065	2	4	22*
ALAN STERN	3	2	1581	3404	15	2	45✪✪
KAREN STURM	3	2	1032	2698	6	1	16**
FERN TRAUSCH	3	1	880	2447	7	7	42*
TOM TITUS	3	2	909	2677	7	0	7

✪Includes: 3-game award $25; $1/bingo; and $5/category word.  ✪✪ High-game $10, high-cum $10, # of bingos, # category words, and high-bingo.

*Includes: #of bingos and # of category words.  ** $1/bingo, $5/category word, and high-non-bingo.

 Next Superscrabble Games:  MARCH 21, 2019.  A reminder will be posted a week prior along with examples of category words.

 

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.