Pittsburgh Scrabble Club

Pittsburgh Scrabble Club We meet weekly for 3 hours of Scrabble fun (and prizes). New players are always welcome. Contact us at [email protected] for details.

04/02/2026

This week's cool bingos at our club:
CENTARES measures of land area (REASCENT; REENACTS; SARCENET)
CARINAS anatomical parts shaped like the keep of a ship (ACRASIN; ARNICAS; SARCINA)
OUREBIS oribis (African antelopes)
CORVIDS members of a family of passerine birds
FERACITY the state of being prolific or fruitful

02/13/2026

This week's cool bingos:
MERLINS birds of species Falco columbarius (LIMNERS)
SIENITE syenite (an igneous rock)
YOUTHEN to make or grow young
LOOGIES boluses of phlegm (GOOLIES, OLOGIES)

01/18/2026

Cool bingos from our last two club meeting:
TWEENER a player having some but not all of the qualifications for two or more positions
ENVIROS advocates for the preservation of the natural environment (RENVOIS; VERSION)
OLEINES oleins (the liquid portions of a fat)
RETINES substances in cells that re**rd growth and cell division (ENTIRES; ENTRIES; TRIENES)
OLIVINES certain minerals
HEMATAL hemal (pertaining to the blood)
RENTIERS those who receive a fixed income (INSERTER; REINSERT; REINTERS; TERRINES)
GARROTED executed by strangling
REDSHIRT to keep a college athlete out of varsity play in order to extend his eligibility
APERIENT a mild laxative
SCORIAE pl. of SCORIA, the refuse of a smelted metal or ore (ORACIES)
OSETRAS golden or brownish caviars (OSSETRA)

12/13/2025

This week's cool bingos:
MATTOID a mentally unbalanced person
WHELPED gave birth to
SOREHEAD a person who is easily angered or irritated
SLAVERED drooled, driveled
WASTAGE something that is wasted

12/04/2025

This week's cool bingos at our club:
ZASTRUGI pl. of ZASTRUGA, sastruga (a ridge of snow formed by the wind in polar regions)
VERITES techniques of filming so as to convey candid realism (RESTIVE; SIEVERT; VERIEST)
KILOMOLE one thousand moles
TOADIED engaged in servile flattering (IODATED)
TRAMELS hinders (ARMLETS; LAMSTER)

11/13/2025

This week's cool bingos:
SADIRONS heavy flatirons
DINGEYS dinghies (small boats) (DYEINGS)
ARIETTE arietta (a short aria) (ITERATE)
FOLIATES hammers into thin plates
PIQUANCY the quality of being piquant (agreeably sharp in taste)
MAGISTER a master or teacher (MIGRATES; RAGTIMES; STERIGMA)
WASSAIL to drink to the health of
PIEBALD a spotted animal (BIPEDAL)
STIPPLE to draw, paint, or engrave by means of dots or short touches (TIPPLES)
CYSTOID a cyst-like structure

We had 24 eager Scrabble fans from Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New York gather in Pittsburgh for 7 rounds of tile-slinging f...
11/03/2025

We had 24 eager Scrabble fans from Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New York gather in Pittsburgh for 7 rounds of tile-slinging fun at the Steeltown Scrabble Showdown. The winners are shown in the attached photos. We look forward to continuing the fun next spring.

Photos:
Div A: Gary Perman (1st, 5-2 +415), Bryan Lewis (2nd, 5-2 +322), Tina Cur (1st Class B, 4-3 -7), Barbara Epstein (high win 514-277), Tom Chang (director)

Div B: Tom Chang (director), Debbie Gawryle (1st Class B, 4-3 +291), Stephanie Waite (1st, 6-1, +385), Joyce Stock (high win 401-272), Ralph Wivell (2nd, 5-2 +253)

Div C: Tom Chang (director), Don Gawryla (3rd, 4-3 +149), Kim Barlow (1st, 6-1 +446), Sam Allen (high win 427-292), Brian Begly (2nd, 6-1 +422)

Most letters from "PITTSBURGH": Joyce Stock with THESPIAN (5 letters, 86 points)
Highest-scoring word using only 1-point letters: Stephanie Waite with TONSURE (85 points)

10/30/2025

This week's cool bingos:
NATATION the act of swimming
MINGIEST meanest and stingiest
GRUNTLES puts in a good humor
ORALIST an advocate of oralism (RIALTOS, TAILORS)
HANKIES handkerchiefs
SHINNED climbed by gripping and pulling alternately with the hands and legs

10/23/2025

Tonight's cool bingos at our club:
GALIOTS galliots (small galleys) (LATIGOS)
SAUTOIR a saltire (a heraldic design)
DOGSLED
DONENESS
MANITOS manitous (Algonquian Indian deities)

10/16/2025

Tonight's cool bingos were:
GALLIUMS metallic elements
NITERIES nightclubs
GUERIDON a small stand or table
MENIALS domestic servants (MALINES; SEMINAL)
ERGATES worker ants (RESTAGE)
ARANEID a spider
BAWDIES obscene languages
MITIEST most infested with mites
BEIGNETS types of fritters or doughnuts
STOURIE stoury (dusty (full of dust))

10/09/2025

This week's cool bingos at our club:

TAURINE a chemical compound (RUINATE; URANITE; URINATE)
ANTIGENS substances that stimulate the production of antibodies (GENTIANS)
INFARES receptions for newlyweds
ELIDING omitting (leaving out)
ROUSTERS wharf laborers and deckhands (TRESSOUR)
AMIRATE the rank of an amir
MIDDENS dunghills (heaps of manure)
WANGLED obtained or accomplished by contrivance
LIGATURE to ligate (bind, tie, or secure)
CORTEXES the outer layers of an organ (COEXERTS)

10/02/2025

Tonight's cool bingos:
TELEMAN a naval officer
RAVELIN a type of fortification
EROSIVE causing erosion
DARIOLES pastries filled with cream, custard, or jelly
AERIEST airiest (having the nature of air) (SERIATE)

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