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     LEXINGTON SCRABBLE PLAYERS CLUB #108 NEWS FOR FEBRUARY 9, 2012

       PLAYER                 RATING    WINS LOSSES    AVERAGE
       ------                 ------    ---- ------    -------
     1 Evans Clinchy           1777      37    15        437
     2 Mark Fidler           + 1765      47    15        399
     3 John Cheras             1747       3     0        442
     4 Steven Saul           - 1746      49    20        419
     5 Richard Buck          + 1738      36    26        405
     6 Joel Horn             = 1737      95    38        412
     7 Merrill Kaitz           1735      28    10        418
     8 Ben Harrison          + 1722      85    39        425
     9 Judy Horn             + 1720      86    56        406
    10 Mike Wolfberg         - 1719      37    23        412

       PLAYER                 RATING    WINS LOSSES    AVERAGE   RANK
       ------                 ------    ---- ------    -------   ----
    Amphlett, Nick             1691/A     7     3        379 
    Aronie, Emmanuel         ! 1549       3    11        342      34
    Azrin, Linda               1624       6     7        382      26
    Becker, Bob              - 1704      32    29        404      15
    Bergmann, Jake           - 1715      32    19        406      12
    Cassel, Claudia          + 1633      34    69        348      23
    Choslovsky, Marla        - 1573       2     4        353      32
    Cole, Judy                 1686/A    13    13        389 
    Day, Catherine           + 1600      10    24        337      31
    Day, Jesse                 1818/A    10     0        467 
    Durdan, Carl               1717       7     5        405      11
    Finn, Marshall             1630       5     5        373      24
    Ghosh, Souparno            1669      14    13        387      20
    Giovinazzo, Linda        - 1625      21    35        364      25
    Goldstein, Marc          + 1551       7    38        325      33
    Gonzales, Steven         + 1481       9    54        312      35
    Greenberg, Morris        + 1707       8     1        431      13
    Hass, Trevor               1479/A     0     4        324 
    Katz, Larry              - 1691      39    48        381      18
    Kraus, Marvin            + 1602      21    66        348      30
    Kt., Trx.                - 1611      23    59        342      28
    Kulig, Chris             - 1676      51    60        377      19
    Lambert, Rebecca         + 1698      15    15        403      17
    Leifer, Dave               1916/5     5     0        420 
    Leifer, Scott              1741/A     3     2        360 
    Lipkin, Seth               1760/A     3     2        421 
    Lutts, Tim               + 1646      14    10        386      22
    Marshall, Norma            1552/A     6    34        332 
    McDonald, Carol            1668/A    19    10        384 
    McMahon, Megan             1545/A     3    10        326 
    Revkin, Barbara          + 1701      15    14        390      16
    Rosenthal, Rob             1693/A     3     0        473 
    Sinacola, Chris          - 1707       5     4        396      13
    Spiller, Diana           + 1650      11    18        378      21
    Vijayakumar, Sinna         1732/A    22    13        411 
    Wood, Betsey             - 1616      14    29        356      27
    Yorra, Wayne             + 1608      15    35        355      29

Players in the top ten are listed only at the top of this sheet,
since there is not enough room to also include them in the full list.

                        (over for the news)

There were 28 players in attendance when we last met on February 2, 2012.

Congratulations to Claudia for having the high-above-average game last
week, in which she scored 559, 61.9% above her average. She played four
bingos in this game.

Another high score: Rebecca 600

High losing scores:
 Ben H. 416 to Mike W. 442, Bob B. 411 to Judy H. 483,
 Bob B. 404 to Morris 442, Mike W. 403 to Ben H. 415,
 Steven S. 400 to Marvin 434

High rating increases: Catherine +16, Wayne +16

These are the words challenged or considered last week:

NEB, ORS, UPA, FARL, HWAN, JESS, LATI, LEON, MERC, NAHS, NERF, ORAS, PAHS,
PITH, RUNE, SOCA, STOY, WENS, YODS, ZHIS, BAWTY, COLZE, EATHS, QAIDS,
RENAL, RICHE, RUFFY, SHOJI, WICKY, ZINEC, ABIDED, AERIES, DELITE, GAMMEL,
GELITE, UNMIRE, VANNED, WHIRRA, AERATER, ANGRIES, ARABISE, BOOMKIN,
BRONZES, DARTIER, GOLLIES, HOMIEST, IRONEES, LADDIES, LEANERS, MINIONS,
PASTIES, QUINTAS, RELINED, RESINER, SENORAS, TERRIOR, TIRADER, UNSMELT,
UNSTATE, WEAVIER, YOGURTS, AIRTRADE, ALEXINES, BATTENER, BOUSTIER,
ENTITLER, OUTFROWN, PREOILED, RECOALED, RELODGED, REORBITS, SANTERAS,
TOWNLESS, TRENTING
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NEB (BEN), ORS, FARL, HWAN, JESS, LATI (ALIT TAIL TALI), (ENOL LENO LONE
NOEL), MERC+, (FERN), (OARS OSAR SOAR SORA), (HAPS HASP PASH), PITH, RUNE,
SOCA+ (OCAS), (TOYS), WENS (NEWS SEWN), YODS, BAWTY, (CLOZE), (HAETS HASTE
HATES HEATS), QAIDS (QADIS+), RENAL (LEARN), SHOJI, ABIDED (BADDIE),
AERIES (EASIER), (ELEGIT), (MUREIN MURINE), VANNED, (EARINGS ERASING
GAINERS REAGINS REGAINS REGINAS SEARING SERINGA), BOOMKIN, BRONZES,
(TARDIER TARRIED), HOMIEST, LADDIES, LEANERS, MINIONS, PASTIES (PATSIES
PETSAIS TAPISES), QUINTAS (ASQUINT), RELINED (REDLINE), (RERISEN), SENORAS
(REASONS), (TARDIER TARRIED), UNSTATE (ATTUNES NUTATES TAUTENS TETANUS),
YOGURTS, ALEXINES, BATTENER, (NETTLIER), OUTFROWN, RECOALED (COLEADER),
(ORBITERS), SANTERAS+, TOWNLESS

Joel and Richard had a low tie of 327-327. The club record for a low
tie is considerably less, and that was -10 to -10. Joel also tied with
Larry last week 363-363.
 
Barbara Ring, a player from CA, posted to CGP that there is an interesting
web page about giant versions of board games, and this includes some
Scrabble boards. See: http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/114603

These lead to 7-letter words...
 FAN+COIL
 POP+BEES
 DIRT+PIE (2)
 RAT+BITE (2) - you may make a wrong guess here
 KEN+LIST (2)

Our club web site: http://LSC.wolfberg.net or via http://ScrabbleClub.com

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