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THIS WEEK AT THE CLUB
Season 83, Week 02 of 25 – February 4, 2025
It’s Tuesday night, the start of session two of Season 83, and four closely matched players – Wendy, Peta, Roger and Dahlia – are seated at the “playoffs table” prior to beginning the games that will decide who gets to face DavidS and, just possibly, unseat him from the Club Championship. The four finalists appear calm and even exchange a few pleasantries, but Hilites gleaned an idea of what might be going through at least one or two minds: “What are we trying so hard for – the terror of sitting opposite The Champ for a maximum of five but more likely three games, since it’s the best of five and David very often wipes it up in three?” The general consensus seems to be that while he may lose a game here and there, David cannot be toppled by anyone currently in the club – and yet life can be unpredictable. See the playoff results below.
Richard beat Judy in a close game. “Near the end he played REGAVE for a good score and I hesitated greatly over whether or not to accept it. In the end I made the wrong choice and challenged – it’s good.” Richard: “Regave has an interesting anagram – GREAVE, which is armor for the shin.” GREAVED is also good.
Shirley put down the unlikely-looking SQUEG. “I didn’t think it was a word, but it stayed on the board and got a decent score. Then Pamela added an S to it and I thought I was being clever by challenging – but it’s good!” It means to oscillate in a highly irregular fashion.
Wendy: “I had PECTINS and INSPECT on my rack. What I played was INCEPTS, not actually knowing if it was a word. The play was held, but not challenged – and it’s good, meaning to commence or undertake.”
Pamela admired two words played by DavidS: SAWBONES and MONGEESE. (It’s worth noting that MONGOOSES is acceptable as well.) David: “I opened the game with BROTH, to which Pamela added -ERS. And I had to think for a second – those who make broth?” We’ve all had the experience of first reading a word incorrectly. Judy: “Marion prefixed an A to bed, and I asked myself, ‘What kind of verb is ABE?’”
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A | W-L-T | Spread |
Dahlia (WINNER!) | 4-2 | 241 |
Peta | 4-2 | 50 |
Wendy | 3-3 | 50 |
Roger | 1-5 | -341 |
WWW: Peta, Liran, Elana, Shirley, Lisa
WOW: SAWBONES, MONGEESE (DavidS), TEXTURE (Susan), LANDSIDE (Elana)
PHOW: AUDIOED (Susan), SUDSINGS (Rita), EUPNOEAL (DavidS)
High Win, High Loss, High Triple:
A: 489 (DavidS), 399 (Wendy), 1314 (DavidS)
B1: 454 (Elana), 369 (Pamela), 1260 (Elana)
Scores over 500:
100-pt play: EXTERNS, 113 (Elana)
Attendance: 27