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National Scrabble Association Club #565 (Northwest)
Club Results—2008– 2009 Season

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Session Results - September 21, 2008

# Name Win-Loss Spread Bingos per Game Points per Game Club Rating
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1 Ed Saunders 7-1 +523 1.8750 404.6250 1647 | (+2)
2 Janis Clem 4-2 +230 1.5000 390.0000 1386 | (+36)
3 Bob Knouse 2-2 -89 0.5000 341.5000 1338 | (+12)
4 Richard Spence 2-4 +8 1.8333 370.8333 1470 | (-44)
5 Karen Lundeen 2-6 -331 0.6250 341.3750 1273 | (0)
6 Carol Knouse 1-3 -341 0.5000 338.7500 1257 | (-3)

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Session Notes - September 21, 2008 Session

This session marked the eighth week of NSA Club #565 (Northwest)'s 2008-2009 season!

Bob and Carol Knouse returned to club today bearing sliced apples and caramel dip, Karen Lundeen brought some Fiddle Faddles, Ed Saunders put out some fig newtons, and Janis Clem added yet more chips to the normal array of chips adorning the goodies table today. Thanks to all who provided snacks for the group.

We've added a new dimension to the club proceedings with the introduction of Quackle and Internet Scrabble Club play as our new alternative to the dreaded "sit-out". On those occasions when we have an odd number of actual humans to play, Quackle and ISC will be available to the odd man out as either a very worthy opponent or as a learning tool. Games against Quackle and ISC will not count in the regular club standings, but, if used wisely, may very well have an effect on those standings later in the year. More computer activities may be made available in the near future.

The tournament rules division was joined by 6 players who played 36 games in which we scored 13,254 points for a 368.17 point-per-game average. Of the 44 recorded bingos we played, five were phoneys that went unchallenged.

Some numbers and whatnot for the tournament session include:

Some interesting bingos:

We featured two regular contests this week.

The first was The Colors Of Our Lives Contest awarded to the player who turned in the highest scoring play of a word that is, or incorporates within it, the name of a color. Richard Spence turned in a 17 pt play of CYAN, but he also had a 68 pt bingo of TANGLES to guarantee the win and the $4.50 prize.

The second was the "G" What A Contest for the highest scoring play of a word that begins with the letter "G". Those who've eaten cooked okra know that GLUTENS (Janis Clem - 67 pts) can be pretty gross but Karen Lundeen's 74 pt play was GROSSER yet, but Richard Spence made enough noise to win the $4.50 prize with his 77 pt play of GRUNTERS.

Ed Saunders knocked off a couple of the Progressive Jackpots this week, garnering 110 pts for his bingo SHEWING. Then, facing a "Bingo Out Or Lose" situation in a different game, Ed had a rack of AEIPST? and one open bingo line through an existing "TI" in the middle of the board.
Ed managed to find one of the two playable 9s and dropped PAInTIEST for 64 pts and the win. (See if you can come up with the other 9 just for the heck of it. . . .)

Ed's $7.82 winnings will be donated back to the club kitty.

No one cashed in on either of the other Progressive Jackpots this week and each shall have $1.12 added to it. We have paid out $109.42 in prizes this season. Click here for a complete list of prizes awarded during the 2008-2009 season.

The next session (September 28, 2008) shall feature the following contests:
• Show Me The Money! Contest - 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 somewhere within it, some form of money. (e.g. QINTARS, PATACAS, DRACHMAS, TWOPENNY, OUGUIYA, TAMBALAS, SIMOLEON, WAMPUMS, QINDARKA, etc.)
• "V" Is For Vicugna Contest! - A quarter of dues collected shall be awarded to the player who turns in the highest scoring play of a word that begins with the letter "V". (e.g. VICUGNA, VIRAGOS, VALORIZE, VULGATE, VAVASOR, VEEPEES, VOLUTIN, etc.)
•Triple-Triple Progressive Jackpot* - $2.05 plus a sixteenth of the session's dues will be awarded to any player who scores a Triple-Triple play.
•100+ Play Progressive Jackpot* - 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 - $3.91 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.

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Bingos

The following is a list of bingos played by players at NSA Club #565 (Northwest) on September 21, 2008
Phony bingos are listed in red, lowercase.

Janis Clem (9 bingos)
ELONGATE
FOAMIER
GLUTENS (ENGLUTS)
praddler
retoned (ERODENT)
SAUCIER
SEVERITY
TEARING (GRANITE, GRATINE, INGRATE, TANGIER)
TWINKLER

Bob Knouse (2 bingos)
HEARINGS (HEARSING, SHEARING)
STRAITS (ARTISTS, TSARIST)

Carol Knouse (2 bingos)
AVOIDER (AVODIRE)
COLLATES

Karen Lundeen (5 bingos)
astream
GROSSER
LANTERN
RAINIER
STAINERS (ARTINESS, RETSINAS, STEARINS)

Ed Saunders (15 bingos)
ALMNERS
AMERCED (CREAMED, RACEMED)
BROMINES
CAPTURES
DORMIENT
EDITION
IDEATION (IODINATE)
INCREATE (CENTIARE, CREATINE, ITERANCE)
PAINTIEST
PASTRIES (PIASTERS, PIASTRES, RASPIEST, TRAIPSES)
SENTINEL
SHEWING (WHINGES)
SLUMPED
TITRATES (ATTRITES, RATTIEST, TARTIEST, TRISTATE)
UNAWARE

Richard Spence (11 bingos)
AVENGERS (ENGRAVES)
GRUNTERS (RESTRUNG)
LENIENT
mutaters (MATUREST)
NEUTERS (RETUNES, TENURES, TUREENS)
QINTARS
ROOMIEST (MOORIEST, MOTORISE)
TANGLES (GELANTS)
triplers
UNROLLS
UNSOILED (DELUSION, INSOULED)

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Combined Results for the August 2008 - July 2009 Season (as of September 21, 2008)

  • Click here for a roster of Recreational Players
  • Click here for Season-to-Date Club Rankings

    • Name
    (click for details)    		 Club
    Rating    		 Games
    Played     		Won Lost Win
    %     		Bingos
    Played     		Bingo
    Avg     		Phony
    Bingos
    Played     		Phony
    Bingo
    %
    Clem, Janis 1386 23 10 13 .435 26 1.130 3 11.54
    Jacobson, Sarah 1233 51 15 36 .294 12 0.235 1 8.333
    Knouse, Bob 1338 11 6 5 .545 5 0.455 0 -----
    Knouse, Carol 1257 10 4 6 .400 3 0.300 0 -----
    Kornell, Monique 1546 2 1 1 .500 1 0.500 0 -----
    Lundeen, Karen 1273 59 24 35 .407 36 0.610 3 8.333
    Saunders, Ed 1647 61 47 14 .770 127 2.082 4 3.150
    Spence, Richard 1470 39 21 18 .538 54 1.385 3 5.556
    Club # 565 NW (8 Players) 1394 256 128 128 .500 264 1.031 14 5.303

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    Season Schedule and Past Session Results

    NSA Club #565 (Northwest) meets each Sunday. The 2008-2009 schedule is below. Click on past dates for completed session results.

    08/03/08 | 08/10/08 | 08/17/08 | 08/24/08 | 08/31/08 | 09/07/08 | 09/14/08 | 09/21/08 | 09/28/08 | 10/05/08 | 10/12/08 | 10/19/08 | 10/26/08 | 11/02/08 | 11/09/08 | 11/16/08 | 11/23/08 | 11/30/08 | 12/07/08 | 12/14/08 | 12/21/08 | 12/28/08 | 01/04/09 | 01/11/09 | 01/18/09 | 01/25/09 | 02/01/09 | 02/08/09 | 02/15/09 | 02/22/09 | 03/01/09 | 03/08/09 | 03/15/09 | 03/22/09 | 03/29/09 | 04/05/09 | 04/12/09 | 04/19/09 | 04/26/09 | 05/03/09 | 05/10/09 | 05/17/09 | 05/24/09 | 05/31/09 | 06/07/09 | 06/14/09 | 06/21/09 | 06/28/09 | 07/05/09 | 07/12/09 | 07/19/09 | 07/26/09

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    The 500 and 600 Clubs and Triple-Triple Plays

    Name 500 and 600 point games Triple-Triple Plays
    Ed Saunders 575, 543, 535, 511, 500 ATELIERS 131 pts
    Richard Spence 541, 534, 512

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