Mark and I played nine games over Christmas while staying at the home of his sister Patsy and her partner Jim. I won six, averaging 415 to 359. Here is the bingo breakdown:
| Craig | Mark |
| ARSINES (72) | FOlIANT (82)* |
| HONESTER (65) | METRInG (74) |
| GROANED (93) | FUNNIES (101) |
| STREELS (72) | VErSIONS (61) |
| SLIPpERY (66) | SANDErS (69) |
| INTERAGE (86) | PRESIDE (70) |
| ELODEAS (69) | INROaDS (83) |
| WEDGING (93) | gROUNDER (60) |
| PAROlEE (77) | BEGUILe (75) |
| OUTSNORE (61) | |
| DEAIrING (65) | |
| STiCKER (86) | |
| sTYLIZE (87) | |
| LiMNERS (85) | |
| BaTTENS (81) | |
| REDREAMS (76) | |
| POETISES (64) | |
| ATRAZINE (84) |
I held Mark for a long time on FOlIANT, as I didn’t believe it was a back-formation from EXFOLIANT or DEFOLIANT. In the end, though, I let it go.
Mark beat me in game four 473-374 with three bingos (METRInG, FUNNIES and VErSIONS) to my two, INTERAGE and ELODEAS. FUNNIES was the highest-scoring bingo of our nine games.
In game five WEDGING, PAROlEE and OUTSNORE were played back-to-back, and Mark lost a challenge of OUTSNORE. I played FLAX to the top right TWS for 42 and then later extended it to the left, to the centre TWS with TOADFLAX for 57, which Mark unsuccessfully challenged. I would win that game 566-274.
In game six I used Mark’s blank r in SANDErS to play DEAIrING.