OK, 'from club' rather than 'at club', since most of the things I don't find out until I go home and go over my games. except this first one:
1. Always, always take a minute to look for a better play! ZA is on the board, 6 spaces away from the TWS. I hold G for, like, 6 turns trying to come up with a word (chicken out on GURNET). On (what should have been mine and their) last turn, I have EEGINRV and immediately plop down GRIEVE for 46. Smack the time clock, smack forehead. There was a lane starting with S on the board. Luckily I was already way ahead.
2. ZEBRAS takes an S! Neat. I didn't actually have the opportunity to play this, but was looking up extensions of ZEBRA since it was on the board. Winners are ZEBRAFISH and ZEBRAWOOD.
3. RICING takes a front hook of T(and P)! Luckily my opponent didn't know either, it would've cost me the game.
4. I'm learning the value of playing phonies a bit more, especially against lower rated players. Played OVERLINE* and FULMATED* even though I was pretty sure both weren't good. In both games, they were my only bingos and definitely helped me win in one.
5. On the other hand, I need to take a little more time to block potential bingos after an opponent plays a phony and I challenge it off. Got rid of BLARIER* and BRAILER*, but left an E open and opened a lane with an M in it- both not terribly difficult words to find. Whoops.
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