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THIS WEEK AT THE CLUB
Season 81, Week 12 of 25 – April 16, 2024
Wendy’s devotion to Scrabble has never been in doubt and, sure enough, she showed up at our Jerusalem club, primed for battle, a mere seven hours after the birth in Tel Aviv of her third grandchild. A hearty mazal tov to the proud savta from the Scrabble Club “family.”
In her game against Elana, with PROVEN already on the board, both players went for a prefix on the triple word that would win them the game. When Elana’s OUTPROVEN didn’t prove good, Wendy affixed DIS-, proving that alertness to all possibilities is crucial. Wendy: “Actually, it was Elana’s OUTPROVEN that gave me the idea.”
Many players have learned the hard way that it’s also crucial to keep track of the number of letters that remain in the bag toward the end. Brenda: “I was losing throughout the game. My opponent thought no more letters were left in the bag – but there were two. They enabled me to bingo out – and I won!”
Peta made the welcome announcement of a Summer Tournament to be held at Shir Hadash in the German Colony on Wednesday, July 24; more information, including where to park, to come nearer the date. Those whose brains never really wake up till later in the morning were gratified to hear that on this occasion the tourney would not get going until 10 am.
Members were happy to see Joel Elkins on one of his return visits to Jerusalem and the club. A worthy opponent to DavidS, his phony ENSHRINER remained on the board, while his bold NONHEROS did not. Note, however, that NONHEROES is good – just one of the many vagaries of the Scrabble dictionary. David: ”When Joel played MIC, I had every end hook – A, E, S and K.” Hooking the K to make OAKIEST got him 98 points, MICK being (disparaging) slang for an Irishman. ”I thought it was cute,” David said, “that my final two plays were VENDETTA and NAZI.”
A further example of the unpredictability of the dictionary, another player pointed out, is that while NITE is perfectly good, TONITE, with which she opened her game, isn’t. Luckily, it wasn’t challenged.
Did you know that in addition to being plants that bud, BUDDERS are extremely potent concentrates of cannabis? One player who took the chance of scoring a bingo hadn’t the foggiest, but felt a pleasurable giddiness when NWL18 deemed it acceptable. On the whole, though, it’s healthier to stick with a PRETZEL, as Steve did.
If you missed the opportunity to communicate your hilite in person at the club you can email it to judymo@netvision.net.il or WhatsApp it (054-5552355) up until noon the following day. If you wish to mark any occasion by bringing refreshments to the club, please check with Susan up to a week in advance.
WWW: David S, Liran, JudyM
WOW: CINERIN (DavidS), EDIFICES (Avi), CATHODE (Chani)
PHOW: ESSENES (Brenda)
High Win, High Loss, High Triple:
A: 590 (DavidS), 399 (Rita), 1470 (DavidS)
B1: 515 (JudyM), 408 (Hilda), 1418 (JudyM)
**NEW!!** Scores over 500: 590 (DavidS), 515 (JudyM)
100-pt play:
Attendance: 26