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 Director: Elana Simons, 054 220 6238, elanalibby@gmail.com

 THIS WEEK AT THE CLUB

Season 82,  Week 12 of 25 – October 15, 2024

Our sparkling refurbished library venue at the Himmelfarb School was dedicated last week in honor of the eight students who lost their lives in the current war. May their memory be for a blessing.      

We welcomed Elana’s uncle David Toubkin, visiting from Haifa. Although he said he hadn’t played Scrabble for decades, he gamely stuck the evening out to the end and claimed to have enjoyed the experience. One member was overheard saying she had just played “Uncle David,” so his presence was clearly felt. 

There may be Scrabble players out there put off by the fact that we are competitive; but in fact our club also has players who come for the fun of the game and aren’t too bothered if they win or lose. So if you know anyone who would enjoy a unique Tuesday night Scrabble experience with the added bonus of meeting some nice people, send them along!

This being the season in which palm branches can be seen in abundance, assiduous Scrabble players, ever looking to extend their vocabulary, will be happy to include PALMIER, a pastry shaped like a palm leaf, and PALMLIKE, resembling a palm tree. PALMIEST exists as the superlative of PALMY, which means marked by prosperity. PALMETTO (plural -os or -oes) and PALMYRA are both tropical trees.

DavidS: “Wendy bingoed with ROADIES, leaving one in the bag. It was the dreaded V, but, following my turn, not only did she have a place for it – adding the V to ARIA – the place was unblockable! And she saw it right away.” That, commented another player, is high-class play, even though she didn’t win the game. JudyM essayed ROADY, which was immediately, and rightly, challenged off.

Pauline played UNDATE, which isn’t good, and was mildly peeved to learn that she could instead have played UNGATED, “but I wasn’t sure.” “Live and learn” could be the club’s unofficial motto.

Another player learned that WILLY isn’t acceptable when separated from NILLY, and had to remove it willy nilly. For those interested in etymology: The term is derived from the Shakespearian “will ye, nill ye,” which in turn likely goes back to the Latin volens (willing), nolens (unwilling).

Rita: “I played a nice word, CATSPAW” (which actually means a light wind). ”I attached the S to RANG – and as soon as it was challenged, I said ‘OMG! What have I done?’ But… it’s good!” Turns out RANG is a traditional Bengali brass drum or gong.

No scrabble this week – next session is the 29 October.

Don’t forget to sponsor Dahlia for her ALYN bicycle ride this year!! It takes place in November and any donation you can afford will be happily received. You can either catch her at the club to give her cash or you can donate via her personal page on the ALYN website https://sponsor.alyn.org/dfriedman  ELS

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: DavidS

WOW:  SQUIRREL (Pamela), OCULIST (DavidS), CATSPAW (Rita)

PHOW: OUTSEAT (Susan)

High Win, High Loss, High Triple:

A: 473 (DavidS), 412 (Liran),  1358 (DavidS)

B1: 486 (Richard), 391 (JudyM), 1208 (Shirley)

Scores over 500: 

100-pt play: FIDGETS 112 (Peta)

Attendance: 23