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 THIS WEEK AT THE CLUB

Season 83,  Week 24 of 25 – July 29, 2025

Mazal tov to Avi on the birth of his fourth child, a third daughter. Club members may like to know CHILDING, a word acceptable in WOW24 that looks as if it could be a verb form, but isn’t. Its two primary meanings are: 1. bearing children, hence pregnant; and 2. productive or fruitful. Also good but rarely seen on a Scrabble board is CHILDE, a youth of noble birth.

It was a treat to see Josh return on one of his rare visits to the club. He left with “one of each”: a loss, a win and a tie. Recalling his game with Yaakov, who had played OURIES onto the triple for 27 points, he said: “I held the play for a long time, as it seemed phony. But I didn’t want to lose my turn – a mistake. With the S already there in the upper right-hand corner, he was able to play SEALANTS down to the middle triple. That S could have set me up instead of him, but the cookie crumbled in his favor.” Ironically, Josh’s outplay of RETIE was what tied the game. 

OURIE (also OORIE) is among those words that most of us know but hesitate to define. It’s a Scottish word meaning dismal or chilled – and obviously cannot be pluralized.

May’s winning streak of 12 games was broken Tuesday night by Brenda. Well done to both! May’s SCARLESS is good and wasn’t challenged. Did you know that PERVO (the word, not the condition) is legitimate? One player scored high with the O of his bingo, COUNTRY, niftily attached to PERV.

Judy got away with PRANKER, which should of course be PRANKSTER. It’s worthwhile noting PRANKISH, which means mischievous. DavidS moved well ahead of his opponent near the end of a close game to win with INDOLES, the plural of a type of chemical found in vegetables such as cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower. He recalled a game against Steve “many moons ago in which before we started, Steve announced: ‘May the better man lose.’”

From the Scrabble etiquette book: If you’re standing by watching a game, breaking a player’s concentration with a comment or question is a no-no. If you don’t appreciate onlookers while you’re playing, let them know, politely.

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 or Elana up to a week in advance.

WWW: Steve

WOW: THEOLOGY (Josh),  TEACAKE (Elana)

PHOW: METALOID (Steve), PRANKER (Judy), DOTTINGS (Yaakov)

High Win, High Loss, High Triple:

A: 499 (Steve), 407 (Dahlia),  1273 (Steve)

B1: 444 (Elana), 406 (Shirley), 1157 (Elana)

Scores over 500:

100-pt play: 

Attendance: 19