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

 THIS WEEK AT THE CLUB

Season 85, Week 06 of 25 – May 5, 2026

Club members approaching our playing room were met by a tastefully arranged and yummy-looking kiddush. “Who’s celebrating?” they asked as they filed in. “It’s a surprise,” answered director Elana, mysteriously. Most surprised of all was Judy when Elana introduced the session by announcing that the club was honoring her for having submitted her 200th edition of Hilites. Wendy, who preceded Judy in the job, was given due credit.

Summertime, and the playing is lively: Sunday July 19 is when our Summer Tournament will be held, once again at the Hibba Center in Jerusalem. Details will be sent nearer the date.

Frustratingly, the Q too often stays resolutely aloof from its natural partner, U. Rena: “I had two U’s on my rack, which I dumped. I then drew the Q plus six consonants. I dumped the Q – and later found myself confronting no less than three U’s in one draw.”

Richard stressed the importance of closing down the board when you’re winning. “I was behind by 91 points. But my opponent had left a triple square open – which enabled me to bingo out with 74, and win by one point.”

DavidS played FISTNOTE from an F already on the bottom middle triple, “the only eight-letter word that could reach the triple” in the right-hand corner. What is a fistnote? Explaining that it is the symbol of a fist with the index finger pointing to a comment in a printed text, David helpfully sent a photo showing a fistnote which appears in the Shulchan Aruch. “They are also found in secular academic works,” he added.

Elana: “Dahlia put down SOLATION, which I didn’t know [it’s the process by which a gel liquifies]. She then added an S to make SOLATIONS, which I challenged; but it was good. Later on in the game she added an I to read ISOLATIONS – but by that time I didn’t feel like challenging any more!  As luck would have it, it’s also good.”

Steve bingoed out with TILAPIA, a freshwater fish. His opponent was rueful as he reflected that “I could have blocked that bingo spot, but didn’t.” Commented Steve: “You know what they say: ‘Games aren’t won, they’re lost.’”

 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: BIOTECH (Liran), CYANIDE, UTOPIAS (Elana), MISJUDGE (DavidS), VALIANTS (Susan)

PHOW: SOUTINE (Yaakov)

High Win, High Loss, High  Triple:

A: 536 (DavidS), 419 (Yaakov), 1480 (DavidS)

B1: 423 (Lisa), 399  (Richard), 1161 (Pamela)

Scores over 500: 536 (DavidS), 526 (Dahlia)

100-pt play: REMAILED 131 (Dahlia), ANTIQUES 104 (Elana)

Attendance: 19