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 THIS WEEK AT THE CLUB

Season 86, Week 06 of 25 – November 03, 2026

Dahlia will be riding for Alyn in the wheels of love bike ride this month – you can sponsor her here: https://sponsor.alyn.org/dfriedman

DavidS finally prevailed against Peta in the tussle for the Club Championship, but Peta put up a good fight and they went to five games. Congratulations to both.

An interesting perspective from David after a loss in Game 4: “Experts who are way behind in a game try to destabilize the board. The fancy term is ‘increasing entropy’ [introducing a measure of disorder, randomness or uncertainty]. And there is no better way to do that,” said David, “than to place a bingo tile on an open triple line. If that doesn’t do the trick, place another bingo tile on another triple line. It worked in my game – giving me a real shot at a triple-triple with a decent draw – except that I didn’t see the 3×3.” To the comment that such a move takes a measure of courage, he replied, “What’s the other option? To just lose.”

A curious observation from Peta on the workings of the Tile Fairy: “David played RIGID – and the next five letters I drew were… RIGID!”

At the finish of a close game, Lisa first played the topical REVOTES, and then NEUTERED her opponent with a second bingo.

Peta is hopeful that a Winter Scrabble Tournament can be arranged for the Wednesday of Chanukah, December 9, but she needs another four players. If you haven’t already signed up, take note!

Brenda: “I misspelled PERK and wrote PERC. Pamela didn’t challenge it, but afterwards I wished she had – because PERC is good! It is a solvent.

Overheard: “That was a pretty AVERAGE play.” “How did you do?” “Don’t ask. It was a game I want to forget!” – prompting in response the lines attributed to the poet John Dryden: I am sore wounded but not slain/I will lay me down and bleed a while/And then rise up to fight again.

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: Rita, Lisa

WOW:  GRAVIDAS (Steve), ADIOSES (DaivdS)

PHOW: OUTPAID  (Steve)

High Win, High Loss, High  Triple:

A: 542 (Steve), 368 (DavidS), 1340 (Steve)

B1: 412 (May), 365 (Judy), 1163 (Lisa)

Scores over 500:

100-pt play: PINCHED 101 (Steve)

Attendance: 20