As Agent Orange down south (in Canada’s eleventh province) is prone to say, my last night at the Toronto Scrabble Club was a total disaster. Again. I lost all three, to take my record to a dismal 11-16. It was 11-7 at one point…
404-470 against John C. I played KAINITS (82) and QUINCE (74). John played ROGERED (72) which I lost a challenge to, not realizing the word ROGER became a verb in the fourth edition of the OSPD. He also played RUNNABlE (67) and LOONiES (81).
331-416 against Max Pan. Max is a new player, and I was challenging words–or not challenging them–when I should have known better. I played ARENITE (74), hooking the T onto -HO. Max lost a challenge of THO. I however lost challenges to Max’s WALIE and UNDY (in retrospect, they are definitely acceptable, and I should have held him before challenging without hesitation). Max played SOUReST (65) and FaCIATED (78)*. I had HOTLINE on my rack and questioned the validity of HOTLINER as there was an -R on the board yet chickened out of playing it. Why would I doubt this?
290-457 against Glenn. Glenn played the game’s only bingos, TOLiDIN (66) and POOREsT (92).
Mark’s nephew Matthew is in town this week and we have planned a dinner at my place for this Wednesday, so I will miss the Club.