I won all three last night, and the second game was a come-from-behind win where I was down at one time by 137 points. It’s not over till it’s over!
445-351 against Dave K. My bingos: NURSINGS (70) and PIETIES (74) / Dave: STINgeRS (62).
419-411 against Steve. Steve took an early lead with ACHIOtE (66) and TABLOID (86), leaving me struggling with a score in the high 100’s while Steve surpassed 300. I was able to play SANCTUM on the TWS for 104 to come back, making the score 340-327 in Steve’s favour. I had three more plays left to try to overtake him. With those plays totalling 30 + 44 + 18 (yet not able to go out) I eked out a win by eight. If I could not play SANCTUM, the only tile available to bingo through was an E. That combination doesn’t make an eight, but SANCTUM does play through the obvious S, an I (TSUNAMIC) and a J (MUNTJACS). Had an I or a J been open, I probably wouldn’t have found either (and I wouldn’t have even considered building through the J). I can see myself looking for words with the -IC suffix but the TS- beginning might have thwarted me finding it.
432-360 against Sophia. My bingos: WIShERS (76), COALErS (76, where I hooked the S onto the front of WIShERS) and RETINOID (80) / Sophia: none.