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 THIS WEEK AT THE CLUB

Season 82,  Week 10 of 25 – October 01, 2024

If the Iranians thought that by rocketing Israel during the Scrabble Club’s session last Tuesday they had exposed our soft underbelly, they were mistaken. In what has to be the Hilite of the year, the 17 Scrabble enthusiasts who fearlessly showed up simply decamped into the Himmelfarb School’s protected space – conveniently located next door to our customary library venue – and, putting up with the mild inconvenience of limited space, calmly proceeded with their games, punctuated from time to time by the sound of telephone calls (a no-no in more peaceful Scrabble times) from anxious family members in Israel and abroad.

A prize of free entry to the club next time for the best words relating to either the New Year or the Iranian missile attack produced ERUPT, COVER, and other entries. Peta wins for playing words in both categories: SOLDIER and VIRTUE. 

With “fire” never far from our minds these days, it seems timely to note that FIREE, someone who has – lo aleinu – been dismissed from a job, features among the latest words added to our lexicon. Other fire-words that could come in useful at the right moment are FIREBACK, a cast-iron plate along the back of a FIREPLACE; FIREBASE, a military base from which fire is directed against the enemy, and FIREBOAT, a boat equipped with firefighting apparatus. Then there are the insects FIREFLY and FIREBRAT – while FIREBUG doesn’t belong with them but is an arsonist. There are in fact an astonishing number of fire-compounds to be aware of, the cutest being FIREPINK, a flowering plant.

Richard scored well with SOYUZ, to the chagrin of his opponent, who knew it was a Russian spacecraft but thought it was a proper name and therefore challenged it. Peta got away with VALENT and SECTED, which look like words, but aren’t. Ditto JudyM, who played BOYZ with panache, explaining later, “If YOOF is good as a nonstandard spelling of YOUTH, why shouldn’t BOYZ be?” It will, apparently, have to wait for a future new word list.

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, Richard

WOW:  HYGIENES (Roger), COMELIER (Pamela), ENOUGHS (Jonathan)

PHOW: BOYZ (JudyM)

High Win, High Loss, High Triple:

A: 604 (Wendy), 367 (Dahlia),  1291 (Wendy)

B1: 417 (Pamela), 401 (Susan), 1185 (Susan)

Scores over 500: 604 Wendy

100-pt play:

Attendance: 17