Family Day weekend Scrabble


Mark and I played twelve games of Scrabble over the recent long weekend. I won eleven. There were several occurrences that I found interesting enough to write about.

I always draw my tiles from the bag one at a time, even when I know that I am emptying the bag. In two of our games I discovered that the final tile that I drew was the blank.

Bingo Count over twelve games:

CraigMark
CORBEILS (70)STORINg (74)
CHEERiO (68)ENDORSE (68)
HEMIOlA (80)PARITIES (83)
DISASTER (70)COLLiDE (83)
ASTERIA (74)TRAILeD (69)
MImOSAS (84)TOaDIEs (75)
CARNIES (82)REVILES (70)
SONIcATE (74)TRoThED (74)
REGIONS (70)
GOTCHES (115)
TRANCING (76)
STRIKES (89)
NAIADES (61)

I played no bingos in the game I lost.

My draw after SONIcATE was likely the most lucrative rack I have ever picked in a lifetime of Scrabble:

KOQVWXZ = 42 points. I drew this rack in the middle of the game. Imagine if I had emptied the bag and Mark bingoed out! I kept this rack and played off the unique tiles one-by-one for big scores:

QI for 31
WEEK for 63
ADOZE for 75
OX for 52

My draw after NAIADES was another expensive replenishment: AEFJOXZ.

Read about my record for most costly end-of-game leave.

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