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Best improver for this quarter is Charles Parker, ahead of Fiona Titcombe and Martin Stephens/Wanda de Poitiers, tied in third place.
High-scoring words:
· 149 CALIBERS Richard (9-timer)
· 140 DELOUSER Graham
· 125 REQUITED Richard
· 106 EXTENDS Wanda
· 106 SEXPOTS Deborah
· 102 DORKIEST Richard
· 102 MOUNTED Wanda
· 101 ZETA Wanda
· 100 ZINCITE Helen
· 98 DELIVERS Martin (4-timer)
· 96 COALING Charles
· 95 THRIVES Mary
· 94 HAMSTER Maire
· 94 ZEAL Graham
· 93 MOISTER Graham
· 93 PAINTED Fiona
· 92 SHAKERS Michael
· 92 TOFFEES Hepzi
· 91 FAINTED Graham
· 90 REBATES Graham
· 90 RECLAIM Fiona
· 90 SCARING Graham
· 89 SEALING Michael
· 88 THREADY Martin
· 87 WINTERY Michael
· 85 ANSATED Fiona
· 84 CHAPTERS Maire
· 84 HARPIES Maire
· 83 DISCRETE Joy
· 83 KEENEST Deborah
· 83 PARTISAN Deborah
· 83 PORTIERE Helen
· 82 BLADDER Michael
· 82 MINSTER Maire
· 81 DARNEST Maire
· 81 TRAINEE Maire
· 80 ADJURES Charles
· 80 EXERCISE Keith
· 80 TESTERS Maire
· 80 WEDGIES Maire
· Other words: 79 STREAMS Charles, 77 SPINDLE Charles, 77 SWATTED Maire, 77 TERRIES Maire, 77 TRAWLER Maire, 76 TINDERS Maire, 75 COSHING Charles, 74 MARINER Keith, 74 PLUNGES Maire, 74 SWAGGER Maire,73 DIRTIER Keith, 73 SERVING Charles, 72 BOATERS Maire, 72 LAIRING Maire, 72 SAGGIER Maire, 71 RANTER Maire, 71 SALTIER Keith, 70 FORAGER Keith, 70 TWANGERS Maire, 69 ANTLERS Maire, 69 ROASTER Maire, 68 STAIDER Maire, 67 EQUALISE Joy, 67 STATUES Keith, 67 TEASERS Maire, 66 DISTAIN Keith, 66 INVESTOR Charles, 65 COATING Maire, 65 MAX Maire, 64 TAINTED Keith, 61 RETAINS Maire, 57 LINSEED Keith, 57 UTENSIL Maire, 54 VIOLINS/SCANT Charles
Many bonuses or high-scoring moves by one player in a game:
· DORKIEST 102 GANNETS 69 DERISION 68 GENTILIC 74 BRAIDERS 64 Richard
· ATONIES 74 SLEIGHT 83 SOLATION 70 STOOLIE 70 Helen
· DEARIES 74 MACERATE 86 BANTERS 74 EPERIAS 93 Richard
· FROISES 80 SENATOR 78 TANAGERS 89 RETINUE 88 Wanda
· HELIAST 78 EXPORTED 69 RECITALS 73 CRISPER 84 Helen
· JANITOR 88 GLISTEN 82 PERINEA 73 EROTISED 80 Wanda
· MOLINETS 61 PANTIES 74 STONERN 72 SAVOURS 82 Wanda
· PROMOTER 95 CRUISES 68 STARTING 82 SALTIER 78 Joy
· RATEENS 71 INLIERS 73 PRETEND 77 EBONIST 77 Graham
· RETINAS 74 HEMLINES 66 NUTRIAS 70 OXO 53 Helen
· TAENIAE 66 READING 74 RATOONS 67 PUTZ 70 Wanda
· ACROSTIC 76 AGNISED 88 ISOLATE 63 Helen
· DEMOTES 79 ENGAOLS 84 MOUNTED 102 Wanda
· FANZINE 92 RATINGS 73 TRAINEE 63 Helen
· IGUANAS 74 NAIADES 81 EXTENDS 106 Wanda
· NARDINE 71 OVERDOSE 70 TELFORDS 65 Richard
· VOLLEYS 70 REMAINED 70 REHIRES 72 ZETA 101 Wanda
· FERRETS 75 PARDINE 73 BLURTING 70 Fiona
· MASONITE SPLATTED 86 MINIVERS 98 Helen
· MATTERS 75 WEARIES 92 EDENTATE 72 Wanda
· PAINTIER 64 FIREDOGS 67 SNORERS 80 Helen
· SEXPERT 93 OVERSAD 85 DEVIANTS 89 Helen
· SNEAKED 84 OVERNETS 64 DEMENTED 66 Helen
· THRONES 78 COINTER 92 ATTUNED 88 Wanda
· TOREDOS 70 SOBRIETY 82 TRAIPSE 70 Richard
· UTILISE 74 OTARINE 76 UNITIES 74 Wanda
· VALETING 89 CELLIST 87 REZERO 75 Wanda
· WAISTED 84 HUNTERS 73 MONSTERA 83 Helen
· SHITTER 75 RENTALS 81 Maire
There’s something of a theme in this quarter’s words: DEVIANTS DIRTIER EROTISED PANTIES SEXPERT SEXPOTS WEDGIES, among others : was there something on people’s minds?
Other things:
· New personal bests: Jim 478, Maire 498, Wanda 598
· 10-letter word: EXPOUNDERS 60 Michael
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Name |
Old rating |
New rating |
Rating change |
P |
W |
D |
L |
Average |
Highest score |
Highest ever |
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Charles Parker |
98 |
113 |
15 |
30 |
14 |
2 |
14 |
338.3 |
459 |
509 |
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Fiona Titcombe |
134 |
148 |
14 |
23 |
18 |
0 |
5 |
421.4 |
550 |
551 |
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Martin Stephens |
101 |
109 |
8 |
27 |
11 |
1 |
15 |
334.3 |
442 |
477 |
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Wanda de Poitiers |
156 |
164 |
8 |
39 |
29 |
0 |
10 |
440.1 |
598 |
598 |
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Graham Harding |
175 |
180 |
5 |
47 |
38 |
0 |
9 |
439.0 |
595 |
661 |
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Deborah Porter |
133 |
137 |
4 |
33 |
16 |
1 |
16 |
355.6 |
485 |
542 |
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Michael Spencer |
77 |
80 |
3 |
34 |
8 |
0 |
26 |
303.6 |
424 |
502 |
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Jim Macey |
124 |
126 |
2 |
20 |
9 |
1 |
10 |
351.2 |
478 |
478 |
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Helen Harding |
188 |
190 |
2 |
43 |
36 |
0 |
7 |
432.3 |
557 |
597 |
|
Mary Twomey |
99 |
99 |
0 |
17 |
7 |
0 |
10 |
318.5 |
396 |
430 |
|
Richard Spencer |
186 |
185 |
-1 |
35 |
28 |
0 |
7 |
434.8 |
619 |
625 |
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Hepzi Rodrigues |
133 |
129 |
-4 |
27 |
14 |
0 |
13 |
370.5 |
498 |
554 |
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Pat Llanwarne |
134 |
130 |
-4 |
14 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
347.1 |
415 |
516 |
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Sharon Hewitt |
137 |
131 |
-6 |
14 |
6 |
0 |
8 |
342.5 |
436 |
548 |
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Keith Radbourn |
91 |
82 |
-9 |
27 |
5 |
1 |
21 |
290.5 |
372 |
418 |
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Amanda Lowe |
92 |
80 |
-12 |
29 |
4 |
0 |
25 |
290.9 |
383 |
392 |
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Maire Bennett |
74 |
61 |
-13 |
33 |
2 |
0 |
31 |
294.0 |
498 |
498 |
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Joy Wade |
120 |
106 |
-14 |
25 |
6 |
0 |
19 |
335.6 |
449 |
484 |
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Jen Brennan |
50 |
49 |
-1 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
287.6 |
344 |
436 |
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Maureen Barlow |
122 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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528 |
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Every Easter there are two tournaments run by the Association of British Scrabble Players.
The first is a 10 game tournament starting on Good Friday, and finishing Saturday lunchtime. There is then a larger event consisting of 23 games, starting on Saturday afternoon and continuing until late Bank Holiday Monday afternoon.
This year, three East Berks Scrabble players attended the warm-up event playing in Division A. It should have been a 10 player round-robin for 9 rounds (followed by one duplicate pairing). However the numbers attending were not divisible by 10 and Division A consisted of 18 players.
Richard, Helen and Graham finished midway in the Division, with Richard and Helen winning 5 out of 10 games, and Graham 4. Surprisingly there was only one round when EBSC players played against each other, and here is a photo of Richard and Helen and their completed board.
Richard started well winning 4 of his first 5 games (scoring over 500 in two of those games) but then had to play the top 3 players which halted his progress to the prizes.
Helen’s highlight occurred in game 2 when she played the runner-up in last year’s world championships and won with a score of 496!
Graham started off the tournament with several high scoring losses, but as the tournament progressed, his scores improved and managed a 9-timer dRAISENE for 122 in his penultimate game.
Some of the more unusual words laid in EBSC member games included :
COONTIE. CANTARS, ELINT, WINDAGE, TITMOUSE, VELARISE,RANZEL, JEELIE, YNAMBU, MANTOES.
A very enjoyable tournament!
PS : If you want to know what an YNAMBU is.... here is a picture!
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The Winter League reached its conclusion in early February. Here are the divisional tables - well done to Richard, Deborah and Charles for winning their respective divisions. (Minimum of 17 games).
2023-2024 WINTER LEAGUE
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Played Won Lost Draw Win-Bon AvgBon Total AVERAGE Division A
Division B
Division C
During the season (up to the end of January, subject to bad weather etc), every player will have fixtures rearranged, broadly a range of different players each week. You may play some people more than once. A WIN is worth 10 points, a DRAW 5 points. Sadly nothing for a LOSS.
If you beat a player one Division above you, you get a 10 point bonus (WIN-BON). If you have beat a player 2 divisions above you get a 20 point bonus.
If anyone, winner or loser, in any division, exceeds their average score they will accrue a 5 point bonus. (AVG-BON). It doesn’t matter if you can’t play every week, as the total scores are averaged by the number of games played to see who won the league.
Promotion / relegation for those that play more 17+ games. |
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The 2024 Isle of Wight tournament took place between Friday 26th January and Sunday 28th.
There were 2 separate tournaments of 10 games each, with promotion and relegation.
Pat played in Division C and won 4 games out of 10 in the first tournament, didn't quite promoted and stayed in C for the second tournament where she won 6, narrowly missing out on spread for third place.
Richard, Helen and Graham played in Division A, and all won 5 games out of the first set of 10. Thus ensured they safely stayed in A for the second tournament, where Helen won 5 again, but Richard and Graham only won 5 between them.
Here is Helen playing Richard, and their completed board.
Over the weekend there were lots of high scoring and unusual words played by EBSC members here are a few :
Pat : BLOWIEST (77), OVERDONE(64)
Richard : BANSHEES (158), GLUTAEI (67), ILLATION (66)
Helen : 2 bonuses containing 2 Us - ARDUOUS (77), VULTURES (58) as well as ZOEA (90)
Graham : QUIETEST (106), STOCKILY (107)
Postscript : After the tournaments there was a 3 game unrated tournament between 18 players staying overnight Sunday into Monday. This was won by Helen who won £15. A great end to a great weekend.
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Deborah Porter retains her Best Improver title, ahead of Richard Spencer and Amanda Lowe. This is the first time ever that a past winner has retained their title!
High-scoring words:
· 114 REQUINS Richard
· 113 WORKABLE Joy
· 99 JALOUSE Richard
· 97 WINLESS Graham
· 93 SERIATE Wanda
· 90 CANISTER Graham
· 90 TIGGERS Maire
· 86 DESTAIN Maire
· 86 FALLERS Michael
· 86 RADIOMAN Graham
· 86 SPLENDOR Helen
· 83 BOWSPRIT Charles
· 82 JUSTICES Joy
· 80 DETRAIN Charles
· 77 TRAINED Maire
· 76 GANNETS Maire
· 76 GNATWREN Richard
· 76 STAINED Maire
· 74 OUTLIES Maire
· 73 MASSIVE Joy
· 72 PISSERS Maire
· 70 BOATLOAD Charles
Other words: DIGESTS 69 Maire, ENTRAIL 69 Maire, GRANITE 69 Maire, PRAIRIES 68 Joy, RINGERS 68 Maire, APPARELS 65 Charles, LEASING 65 Joy, MINARET 65 Maire, ENABLES 63 Maire, EJECTA 62 Helen
Many bonuses or high-scoring moves by one player in a game:
· ABSENTEE 88 NESTLES 73 NEONATAL 65 REQUINS 114 Richard
· CREASIER 83 SOLATES 66 EGOTISE 77 GENITOR 78 Graham
· ESTRONE 73 ERASION 75 LOADING 61 REPTILES 74 Graham
· REPLIERS 80 RETUNDS 66 RATIONAL 58 EX 52 Helen
· RUSTIER 76 ADORNERS 61 GARNETS 81 DETANGLE 80 Wanda
· ZA 66 SATIETY 74 BESTOWED 59 TETANIC 86 Helen
· CUTESIE 80 MILORDS 72 LECANORA 74 Richard
· DAUNTERS 79 AQUATINT 86 SLAVING 85 Graham
· ICONISE 69 FORELEG 82 ENTOILED 65 Richard
· FAUTING 82 SHORTER 83 ROSINER 74 Richard
· FIERIER 78 REFLATES 70 PASTERNS 68 Helen
· GIMPIER 78 LEASING 76 CLOUDING 78 Deborah
· MILNEBS 78 STASHIE 73 RELEGATED 86 Richard
· PANOPLY 89 UNDERACT 76 CARBINE 81 Graham
· PLANTER 74 DINGIER 74 MUSTIER 77 Helen
· REMINTS 82 ANTIQUES 67 DEPLANE 73 Helen
· SINCERE 67 SERIATE 93 LIMITERS 63 Wanda
· SMITTEN 66 SALUTING 66 KINDEST 80 Keith
· SOAPIER 73 COATING 66 RAPINES 77 Graham
· TRENDING 68 POUNDERS 89 DELATORS 63 Fiona
· WARPING 75 EXPORTS 90 ATEBRINS 74 Wanda
Other things:
· New personal bests: Amanda 392, Jim 445
· 9-letter words: GRAVESIDE 28 Fiona RELEGATED 86 Richard
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Name |
Old rating |
New rating |
Rating change |
P |
W |
D |
L |
Average |
Highest score |
Highest ever |
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Deborah Porter |
107 |
133 |
26 |
24 |
14 |
0 |
10 |
368.8 |
456 |
542 |
|
Richard Spencer |
171 |
186 |
15 |
28 |
24 |
0 |
4 |
431.3 |
599 |
625 |
|
Amanda Lowe |
79 |
92 |
13 |
14 |
5 |
0 |
9 |
315.1 |
392 |
392 |
|
Joy Wade |
109 |
120 |
11 |
13 |
6 |
0 |
7 |
310.0 |
444 |
484 |
|
Helen Harding |
178 |
188 |
10 |
27 |
23 |
0 |
4 |
435.2 |
539 |
597 |
|
Keith Radbourn |
85 |
91 |
6 |
24 |
7 |
0 |
17 |
282.1 |
348 |
418 |
|
Martin Stephens |
97 |
101 |
4 |
22 |
7 |
0 |
15 |
322.8 |
371 |
477 |
|
Wanda de Poitiers |
156 |
156 |
0 |
24 |
17 |
0 |
7 |
418.3 |
557 |
592 |
|
Graham Harding |
178 |
175 |
-3 |
36 |
27 |
0 |
9 |
440.1 |
578 |
661 |
|
Hepzi Rodrigues |
137 |
133 |
-4 |
18 |
12 |
0 |
6 |
373.9 |
549 |
554 |
|
Fiona Titcombe |
138 |
134 |
-4 |
16 |
8 |
0 |
8 |
376.1 |
482 |
551 |
|
Charles Parker |
107 |
98 |
-9 |
19 |
4 |
0 |
15 |
313.5 |
408 |
509 |
|
Maire Bennett |
84 |
74 |
-10 |
25 |
3 |
0 |
22 |
270.0 |
371 |
448 |
|
Pat Llanwarne |
148 |
134 |
-14 |
17 |
8 |
0 |
9 |
345.3 |
435 |
516 |
|
Michael Spencer |
95 |
77 |
-18 |
29 |
4 |
0 |
25 |
295.1 |
386 |
502 |
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Sharon Hewitt |
141 |
137 |
-4 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
347.2 |
416 |
548 |
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Maureen Barlow |
137 |
122 |
-15 |
11 |
5 |
0 |
6 |
351.4 |
411 |
528 |
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Jim Macey |
141 |
124 |
-17 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
346.2 |
445 |
445 |
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Jen Brennan |
72 |
45 |
-27 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
333.0 |
333 |
436 |
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Ann Shaw |
56 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
317 |
|
Mary Twomey |
99 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
430 |
|
Kate Lester |
101 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
363 |
|
Gillian Cranston |
101 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
448 |
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