Eric Harshbarger's SCRABBLE® Website
After a three year break, I've started playing tournament Scrabble games again. I'm quite rusty (not having even played casual games since I stopped in late 2004). These days there is an excellent website available that keeps track of players' statistics from tournament results, so I will not go to all of the trouble to repeat those here.
I will, however, try to keep track of other stats from tournaments, ones which are not officially recorded. I have a theory that my typical game score can be estimated by (300 + 50 * B), where "B" is the number of Bingos in a game. The first tournament calculates out perfectly with the averages... and I will continue to record future results to refine my estimation.
| Location |
Date |
Rds |
Avg Score (A) |
Avg Opp Score (X) |
A-X |
Blanks/Rd |
Bingos/Rd (B) |
A-50*B |
Notes: PHONIES*, LONG WORDS (#), other |
| Boston, MA (Main Event) |
26-Apr-08 |
15 |
408.5 |
412.8 |
-4.3 |
1.13 |
2.07 |
305 |
played: POGONIPS, TYRANNIC, PARSNIPS, APERITIF |
| Boston, MA (Early Bird) |
25-Apr-08 |
6 |
397.5 |
373.3 |
24.2 |
0.67 |
1.50 |
322.5 |
|
| Dallas, TX |
7-Mar-08 |
21 |
398.6 |
404.0 |
-5.4 |
1.10 |
2.05 |
296.2 |
|
| Charlotte, NC |
15-Feb-08 |
14 |
391.9 |
424.0 |
-33.9 |
0.93 |
1.79 |
302.6 |
|
| Reno, NV (Main Event) |
19-Jan-08 |
19 |
411.6 |
392.3 |
19.3 |
1.21 |
2.26 |
298.4 |
played the 9-letter UNDERPINS through DE |
| Reno, NV (Late-Night) |
19-Jan-08 |
6 |
381.8 |
380.5 |
1.3 |
1.17 |
1.5 |
306.8 |
|
| Reno, NV (Early Bird) |
18-Jan-08 |
8 |
402.0 |
404.4 |
-2.4 |
1.5 |
1.875 |
308.3 |
played VENEREAL as a triple-triple (140 pts) |
| Albany, NY |
29-Dec-07 |
24 |
375.2 |
425.8 |
-50.6 |
0.83 |
2.00 |
275.2 |
played a favorite word: ORRERIES as a natural double-double... 82 pts |
| Asheville, NC |
10-Nov-07 |
14 |
393.4 |
391.1 |
2.3 |
0.786 |
1.786 |
304.1 |
WHITEHAT*, comments |
| Birmingham, AL |
20-Oct-07 |
12 |
387.5 |
410.1 |
-22.6 |
0.750 |
1.750 |
300.0 |
AXALATE* |
Personal Bests
A list of some of my personal records from tournament play:
- High Win: 615 (opponent: 284). Los Gatos, CA. May 2003.
- High Loss: 462 (opponent: 466). Reno, NV. January 2004.
- Most Bingos in a Game: 5 (a number of times; one example: UNITIES, SAUTOIRE, COTTIERS, STATIONS, NONLEGAL; New Orleans, LA, Aug 2004).
- Most Bingos in a Row: Several times with 3 in a row (most recently, opening a game in New Orleans, LA, Aug 2004: HANDOUT, ESPALIER, NATIVITY).
- Longest Word Played: I have played a few 9 letter words (LATHERING for example; and GRATIFIED by hooking a G in front of RATIFIED), but I have yet to play a word 10 letters or longer. I did play 10-letter DEBONAIRER* between a D and ER already on the board, but, alas, it is a phony and was challenged off the board.
- Highest Scoring Play: 176 (MOTLEYER, Reno, NV. January 2004).
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