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 THIS WEEK AT THE CLUB…

*** Season 77,  Week  03 of 25 – November 30, 2021  ***

The third night of Chanukah was celebrated in body and soul via the traditional lighting of candles by Roger and a tray of sufganiot provided by Susan. David welcomed Shoshana and Mordechai Scharf from Efrat and mentioned that there is now a Scrabble group there. Perhaps other participants will venture in our direction. Sign-up for the Scrabble tournament on December 20 continues for two more weeks; the final date is December 14.

Congratulations go to Bernard, the winner of five out of six games in his first-ever playoff. As a reward – they say to be careful what you wish for – he now faces the best of five games against DavidS for the club championship. DavidL came second, followed by Steve and Wendy.

Madeline’s invitation this week was to record unexpected Chanukah words played. Some sweet treats went to Division A’s Susan for FOILED, and Nechama in Division B for HERO. Other contenders were RULER (Roger) and RELIT (May). RENA offered VOMITERS (after eating too many sufganiot).

Kudos to Elana, who achieved her highest score ever of 588, including four bingos: TOUGHEST, TILTABLE, WHITENS and FLIRTED. In another game she played MISLIKED, which was (wrongly) challenged. JudyM realized the merit of really seeing your letters when she moved to start a game with VETO, leaving her with RIG – then had a dizzy moment in which she changed her play to VERTIGO. An 80-point kickoff never hurt anybody. She also emitted a small MIAU of pleasure at being able to place the feline word across three others.

In a game against Aryeh, Roger played EMBUE. “I knew it wasn’t good,” said Aryeh, “but I left it.” Encouraged, perhaps, by this apparent success, “he played YEG near the end – which I challenged, thereby winning the game.” (YEGG is a safecracker, likely derived from John Yegg, the alias of a bank robber in the late 19th and early 20th centuries).

Scrabble School examined the intriguing question of -ING. The conclusion was that fixating on this suffix can be counterproductive since many words contain those letters in different combinations. Staying mentally flexible enough to adapt after each new play is the surest way to score.

He’s no would-be Hamlet, but DavidS nevertheless soliloquized: “In creaming me by over 150 points, Peta played TOBY for 50. As I held the play, I asked myself: “Toby, or not toby?” (The play, meaning a drinking mug, is good.)

WWW: JudyM, Susan, Aryeh, Chani, DavidS

WOW: BRUXISM(Liran), SCARIFY(Aryeh),  STICKLE(Steve),  MISLIKED(Elana),  BASIFIED(DavidS),  ISLETED(Chani).  ENSUITE(Pamela),  DISUNITY(Rita)

PHOW: SCALINE(DavidL)

High Win, High Loss, High Triple:

A:    519(DavidS), 405(DavidL), 1462(DavidS)

B1:  588(Elana), 377(Nechama), 1363(Elana)

100-pt plays: WASHABLE, 110(Bernard)

Attendance: 32