BUNgos

BUNgos (quiz)

Our own Zev Kesselman coined the word BUNgo to mean a bungled bingo. This specifically designates a bingo whose player miscalled one or both blanks, resulting in a phony word, when one or more legitimate bingos could have been played. Note that a BUNgo is a BUNgo irrespective of whether it is challenged off the board.

Example: a player plays “ANIMA?E”, calling the blank as “L”, thereby forming the phony ANIMALE*. A call of “T” would have yielded the legitimate bingo ANIMATE.

Quiz yourself (optional, may not work on all devices)

The table below lists some of the BUNgos that have been played over the years in the JSC. So that you may quiz yourself, the valid play(s) are initially hidden in the table. To reveal each (one at a time) hover your pointer (e.g., mouse) over the “show me!” text; if you’re using an iPad or other tablet, simply tap with your finger lightly on “show me!”.

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#	PLAYER	OPPONENT	SITUATION	DECLARED	VALID PLAY(S)	OUTCOME
1	Seymour Rosen	Zev Kesselman	SPERMIN?	G (SPERMING*)		[1]
2	JJ Jonah	Sam Orbaum	QUIS?ING	H (QUISHING*)		[1]
3	Zev Kesselman	Hazel Haberer	?LOSSIE	G (GLOSSIE*)		[1]
4	Steve Goldberg	Zelig Leader	DEPLA?ED	C (DEPLACED*)		[1]
5	David Litke	Edythe Friedlander	SORTE?S	E (SORTEES*)		[1]
6	Alice Jonah	Steve Goldberg	WHEELIE?	R (WHEELIER*)		[1]
7	Steve Goldberg	Zev Kesselman	T?TANICS	I (TITANICS*)		[1]
8	Zev Kesselman	Brian Moss	USQUABA?	S (USQUABAS*)		[1]
9	JJ Jonah	Steve Goldberg	OESTR?NE	I (OESTRINE*)		[1]
10	Berenice	Madeline	GURGLE?S	R (GURGLERS*)		[1]
11	Steve Goldberg	Sara Schacter	NEOLIT?S	E (NEOLITES*)		[2]
12	David Litke	Steve Goldberg	RAIN?EAR	G (RAINGEAR*)		[1] [3]
13	Zev Kesselman	Rena Schwartz	?LINTIER	G (GLINTIER*)		[2] [5]
14	Steve Goldberg	Aryeh Wetherhorn	BEANER?	S (BEANERS*)		[2]
15	Zev Kesselman	Esther Gerber	COR?INA	T (CORTINA*)		[2] [5]
16	David Litke	Dahlia Friedman	J?LTIEST	I (JILTIEST*)		[2]
17	Zev Kesselman	Zelig Leader	?UTDOWNS	P (PUTDOWNS*)		[2] [5]
18	Zev Kesselman	Madeline Wetherhorn	PEPTO?E	S (PEPTOSE*)		[2]
19	Sam Orbaum	Steve Goldberg	NEURO?A	N (NEURONA*)		[2]
20	Steve Goldberg	Etta Margalit	O?RALIS	U (OURALIS*)		[2]
21	Zev Kesselman	Aryeh Wetherhorn	CATLIN?	E (CATLINE*)		[2]
22	Steve Goldberg	Rena Blumenthal	?EMINATIONS	S (SEMINATIONS*)		[2] [4]
23	David Litke	Ami Tzubery	AGIOTA?E	T (AGIOTATE*)		[2]
24	Aryeh Wetherhorn	Rena Schwartz	DIOXIN?	T (DIOXINE*)		unknown
25	Zev Kesselman	Roger Friedland	VE?GENCE	T (VENGENCE*)		[2]
26	Joel Bailey	Chani Katz	?UMERIC	T (TUMERIC*)		[1]
27	Mia Pincu	Zev Kesselman	WAS?IE?	T..R (WASTIER*)		[1]
28	Elana Marsden	Zev Kesselman	UNWIELD?	S (UNWIELDS*)		[1]
29	Zev Kesselman	Pamela Loval	NEATHE??	RS (NEATHERS*)		[1]
30	Chani Katz	Zev Kesselman	CAULIN?	G (CAULING*)		[2]
31	Judy Montague	Zev Kesselman	LIPLI?E	N (LIPLINE*)		[1]
32	Wendy Elliman	Roger Friedland	EROTI?E	S (EROTISE*)		[3]
33	Joel Bailey	Chani Katz	THRO?ING	B (THROBING*)		[1]
34	Zev Kesselman	Rafi Stern	?OOLEES	C (COOLEES*)		[2]
35	Hilda Ben-Nun	Cilla Meroz	REI?ING	C (REICING*)		[2]
36	David Spolter	Ruth Ogdan	P?LLIER	I (PILLIER*)		[1]
37	Zev Kesselman	Queene Parnes	AR?ORIES	B (ARBORIES*)		[1]
38	Steve Goldberg	Zev Kesselman	L?DDITE	U (LUDDITE*)		[2]
39	Steve Goldberg	Hadassah Braun	ZONATE?	S (ZONATES*)		[2]
40	Judy Segal	Taffy Sassoon	FRES?ER	S (FRESSER*)		[2]
41	Hadassah Braun	Zev Kesselman	STIN?ED	G (STINGED*)		[1]
42	Dahlia Friedman	David Spolter	LIQUI?Y	E (LIQUIDY*)		[2] [6]
43	Zev Kesselman	Peta Pellach	ATRESIA?	E (ATRESIAE*)		[1]
44	Zev Kesselman	Wendy Elliman	REC?NNED	A (RECANNED*)		[2]
45	Bernard Rosinsky	Aryeh Wetherhorn	ANNO?ER	T (ANNOTER*)		[1]
46	David Spolter	David Litke	BA?ISTA	T (BATISTA*)		[2]
47	Aryeh Wetherhorn	David Spolter	SULF?RS	E (SULFERS*)		[1] [7]
48	Asher Scheiner	Shirley Zauer	RE?ISTER	L (RELISTER*)		[1]
49	Zev Kesselman	Dahlia Friedman	CORD?TES	A (CORDATES*)		[1]
50	Asher Scheiner	Susan Bedein	WI?CHER	T (WITCHER*)		[1]
51	Asher Scheiner	Yehuda Meroz	DELA?ING	C (DELACING*)		[2]
52	Taffy Sassoon	David Spolter	P?LLIEST	I (PILLIEST*)		[1]
53	Paul Serkin	May Schulz	W?LDINGS	E (WELDINGS*)		[2]
54	Kim Glassman	Joan Tsitsianov	V?LTURE	O (VOLTURE*)		[2]
55	Zev Kesselman	Wendy Elliman	ROU?ABLE	T (ROUTABLE*)		[2]

OUTCOME (LEGEND)

[1] Challenged off with a sigh of relief from opponent and a big post-game
AAAAARRRRRGGGGHH! by the player.

[2] Play went unchallenged and stayed on the board.

[3] This one was particularly painful for the player. He needed this last
rack, out play bingo to win.

[4] This 11-letter bingo was played to an IONS already on the board, and is
probably the longest North American (OSPD) bungo ever played. The word
is acceptable by British (OSW) standards.

[5] Play vindicated by OSPD4.

[6] Play vindicated by OSPD5.

[7] Unblockable