DC Scrabble Club 171 Weekly Reports 2015

2015 Weekly Reports

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Ted Mast 4-2 +327 13 bingoes Carol Tillson 3-0 +370 2 bingoes Ted Gest 3-1 +16 3 bingoes Tat Reistrup 3-1 +40 4 bingoes Harrison Benford 2-0 +127 4 bingoes Carole Denton 2-1 +80 3 bingoes Gary Emanuel 2-3 -42 7 bingoes Ralph Moore 2-3 -171 5 bingoes Veronica Thomas 1-1 +75 2 bingoes Trudi Benford 0-2 -194 1 bingo Jampal Rowe 0-2 -355 1 bingo Carol Colloton 0-5 -393 5 bingoes

Bingoes: * indicates a phoney

terrors, swipers, reposer, unrisen, singlet, grassier, relates, paliate*, diciest, toniest, unheard, jousted, erectile, etoiles, stanines, quacked, hairier, spending, deniers, tertiary, despite, reheats, repping, deveins, dahlias, corners, earring (2 times), bickered, changers, deliver, dialers, indures*, copiers, thrones, fancies, banties, periods, standee, minnies, servant, intorts, jeweler, seconal, inosite, roseola, deposes, realise, onliest, routines

Challenges: * indicates challenge upheld

voom* yoms* coze* dea* hext* bach stuntier* siron* ajees*/yas, onliest

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Veronica Thomas 5 - 1 +346 13 bingos Brent Weil 3 - 1 +181 8 Marcia Bowen 2 - 0 +203 2 Carol Tillson 3 - 2 +293 6 Ted Mast 3 - 2 +55 6 Ralph Moore 2 - 3 -141 7 Paula McMartin 1 - 3 -192 Carol Colloton 1 - 3 -305 2 Ted Gest 0 - 2 -197 John Stinson 0 - 3 -252 2

Bingos reported * - not acceptable

ZEATINS, ELUTION, SOONEST, DANDIEST, EATERIES, ENCLOSE, STRAFING, DECOROUS, TREASON 66, TINNIEST, 68, RIVALED 63, ENTRAIN 72, TRADERS 72, MINARETS 80, REINTER 72, SWINGLE, ROSTELLA, SANTERA, RESOLING, AVENUES, INDICTED, TARDIES 74, MAXING 76, REAMING 93, HODDIES* 76 ENTWINED 78, CARRIES 72, RODENTS 77, ANTISERA 64, ABUSING 82, PRATERS, 77, ADRENAL 70, VIOLATED 62, RONDEAUX 72, JEERING, POBLANO, ANTISEX, LADRONS, TONNERS, FOSTERS, COSIGNED, SPEARED, REPLIES, LUNETTE, SWARMING, BROWLESS, COUNTING 68, BANTERS 66

Challenges won

GON*, BEANIER*, DUNGE*, BEDO*, FATALES*/OVUMS* PROVINGS*, DONATERS*, ANTITEAR*, UNADORED*

Challenges lost

SWINGLE, BROWLESS, NODDY, EVITES, GUTTY

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

We're sorry to report that our former longtime member Doug Hoylman has passed away at 72 on Nov. 2. Doug played his last tournament here in 2009. He competed in 81 tournaments, ending with a rating of 1316. In our club's first major tournament in D.C., in 2006, he won his division with a 15-3 mark. Doug was renowned in the crossword puzzle world, winning the American Crossword Puzzle Championship six times. He worked as an actuary at Geico.

My favorite story about him involves Scrabble only indirectly. One day in 1999, he mentioned he was going to be on national TV that week, but only his voice. I had no idea what he was talking about. It turned out that his Scrabble and crossword friend Trip Payne was the third contestant on "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire," which has a "call a friend" feature. Doug helped Trip win $32,000 by giving him the right answer to the question where did Ted Kaczynski teach before he became the unabomber. (Answer: University of California at Berkeley.)

Nov. 3 club results, from director Carole Denton:

Carole Denton	3-0	+102	1 bingo
Veronica Thomas	3-2	 +86	9 bingos
Ted Gest	3-2	 +13	3   "
Gary Emanuel	3-2	  +6	2   "
Jason Jones	2-2	 +40	4   "
Paula McMartin	2-2	-296	
Ralph Moore	2-3	 156	7   "
Jenny Backus	1-1      +40	1   "
John Stinson	1-2      -13	6   "
Carol Tillson	1-3	 -36	8  "
Ellen Shurman	0-1	 -39

In lists below, * = not acceptable

BINGOS

ADVISER AERIEST AMATEURS BLINKER BREADING CANDLERS CHILIES DREARILY DRUGGING ENLISTED ENTASIA ENTRIES FORTIES FRONTERS GESTING* HITTERS INCISES INSIDES MERINOS NESTERS OPALINE ORBIEST OUTSIDE OVALINE PINWHEEL READINGS REGENTS RETAILER SADISTS SHADINGS SMARTIES SPEAKING SPEARING STONIEST STORING STRIDES TETHERS TRADING TWISTER VARIANT

CHALLENGES WON

ALONEST* APINGS/TENSERS* ANTERIAL* CHOWAN* DOWTING* FIED* FLAWN* LINTHES* NAWT* NEH* RAINEES* RETESTINGS* RETRED* SWIT* TAGTEAM* TRODS* UPGLANCE* YAGU*

CHALLENGES LOST

CANDLERS ROAN STELLAE STOA TESTINGS VENGE