I won all three last night to take my record to 41-7:
480-257 against Jonathan. I was behind for the first half of this game, needing to exchange three times, each rack having an abundance of clunky vowels. This occurred before the board became a cramped splatter, which saw the upper left quadrant unused. I was worried for a bit that neither of us would be able to play out. A cramped board can lead to both players having extra turns of minuscule value and my score sheet ran out of room, so I had to continue the score on the tracking sheet part. I played AFREETS (87) and dUSTIEr (75). Jonathan lost fifty points going overtime. I held the rack AABSSTU which makes no 7LW but I am glad I saw its only 8LW, SAXTUBAS.
445-422 against Shiraz. I played RETINES (71), ISATInE (80) and NORMaLS (83) and survived Shiraz’s triple-triple AERATORS (131), which he played through my R in RETINES (as his second R). I am glad I found NORMaLS, as I needed to rear-hook ALS- on the bottom row and thus had to start a word with O or have the O in second position. There are only two 7LW with the rack LMNORS? and the other, MeRLONS, would not have fit. One of my racks was BEOORTY and I saw BOOTERY but doubted it. I did find, however, its only 8LW, BOTRYOSE.
464-249 against Vivina. I played RAISONNE (62) and BEAsTIE (70). With the rack AENNOTU I missed TONNEAU. That is odd, as I am prone to siphoning off EAU and had I done this I would have easily found it. Instead, I looked for 8LW possibilities, like UNATONED.