Again I won only one game this week, and the games I lost were to opponents who blasted me with bingos outnumbering me 7-3. For the record I saw no blanks last night. My record so far this season is 29-7:
444-457 against Steve. I opened the game with DOUBLES (74) and also got down ENACTORS (64). Steve played SALIVAtE (60), SHARTED (88) and DEVONIaN (89). One of my early racks was CEFKLST and I saw FETLOCKS yet there was no O on the board yet. There was an open I, in SALIVAtE, yet I never even saw FICKLEST.
373-519 against Yvonne. I played STABBERS (74) and Yvonne busted the board with four bingos: TaRDIVE (78), GREaSIER (59, through the a in TaRDIVE), RECANTED (76) and UnSOWED (80).
454-371 against Sid. After Sid opened the game with YEP (16), I had to trade. The garbage I threw back was OOUVV. Sid then underlapped YEP with AMENitY (75). My replacement rack was AAELRRT, which makes no 7LW and I was able to find its only 8LW, provided there was an open I, to make ARTERIAL. Too bad the i that Sid played was under his P to make Pi. After a bit of struggling I came back to play STATURE (66) and STOLIDER (65).