Contest Center News - Results for March-April 2002
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CONTEST RESULTS - MARCH-APRIL 2002
9 TO 5
Fifteen players found this 846-point solution
with highest row scores
and words earliest in alphabetic order
to win $29.87 each:
John Bird,
Gary Blythe,
Robert Crane,
Derek Davies,
Sheldon Degenhardt,
Gary DeMarco,
Donna Fritschka,
Debbie Garcia,
Richard Jones,
Bob Maimone,
Gary Miller,
Pat Muirhead,
Joel Prescott,
David Smallberg
and Douglas Tench.
Several players had the same letter more than once in a
row or column.
I L K N F C T V A 174
A D J L T R N M I 172
F H A C L K B T U 168
C T R B S A E L F 167
G M T H D L R I B 165
HIGH LETTER
Eighteen players found this 1311-point solution
with highest row scores
to win $20.89 each:
John Bird,
John Cahalane,
Robert Crane,
Sheldon Degenhardt,
Gary DeMarco,
M. E. Duffy,
Donna Fritschka,
Debbie Garcia,
Bonita Hauff,
Richard Jones,
Bob Maimone,
Gary Miller,
Paul Ossip,
Joel Prescott,
Darlene Sandstedt,
David Simmonds,
David Smallberg,
and Ed Whittaker.
Several players used invalid words, or did not circle the
highest-scoring letter in each word.
A D J I L K 167
L T R F H A 166
E L F T V A 165
N F C R B I 155
N M I O B J 148
H B M N S F 137
C H M R F D 130
P H D E G O 126
P K G S C H 117
4 BOXES
Twenty-three players found this 889-point solution
with highest row scores
and words earliest in alphabetic order
to win $17.74 each:
John Bird,
Robert Buggenhagen,
Peter Burns,
Robert Crane,
Gary DeMarco,
Al DeStefanis,
M. E. Duffy,
Donna Fritschka,
June Gorski,
Vincent Greco,
Bonita Hauff,
Gerald Jacobson,
Richard Jones,
Gary Miller,
Pat Muirhead,
Paul Ossip,
Jean Palmer,
Adam Paxson,
Heather Robertson,
Ferd Schulmerich,
David Smallberg,
Douglas Tench
and Kevin Voll.
Several players scored incorrectly or circled the same letter twice.
C L K N F C 156
B T U G M T 146
L T R R B I 142
A Z T E L K 150
H D L I L K 161
M A J I M F 134
HALF & HALF
Thirty players found this 673-point solution
with highest row scores
and words earliest in alphabetic order
to win $15.74 each:
John Bird,
Gary Blythe,
Frank Bochniak,
Lewis Brescoll,
Peter Burns,
Robert Crane,
Gary DeMarco,
Al DeStefanis,
M. E. Duffy,
Donna Fritschka,
Debbie Garcia,
John Gilun,
Bonita Hauff,
Gerald Jacobson,
Llewellyn Jones,
Gerry Levinson,
George Milkovich,
Gary Miller,
Pat Muirhead,
Paul Ossip,
Jean Palmer,
Michael Plesa,
William Porter,
Joel Prescott,
Charles Rawnsley,
Heather Robertson,
Manny Rocabo,
Cheryl Rockhill,
Darlene Sandstedt
and Robert Todd.
Several players used invalid words, or had the letter A
in both halves of the diagram.
A D J I L K 118
T V A E L F 115
B S A N F C 112
B T U C L K 111
T U B N M I 110
A Z T E L K 107
FIRST & LAST
Thirty-six players found this 800-point solution
to win $14.23 each:
Peter Bereolos,
John Bird,
Gary Blythe,
Frank Bochniak,
Robert Crane,
Sheldon Degenhardt,
Gary DeMarco,
Al DeStefanis,
M. E. Duffy,
Donna Fritschka,
Debbie Garcia,
Ernest Greene,
Bonita Hauff,
Gerald Jacobson,
Llewellyn Jones,
Richard Jones,
Sally Kirtland,
Harriet Larson,
Bob Maimone,
George Milkovich,
Pat Muirhead,
Paul Ossip,
Jean Palmer,
William Porter,
Joel Prescott,
Charles Rawnsley,
Heather Robertson,
Manny Rocabo,
Darlene Sandstedt,
David Simmonds,
David Smallberg,
Harold Tarpley,
Robert Todd,
Kevin Voll,
Ed Whittaker
and David Wilson.
Several players scored incorrectly.
A D J 58
B T U 54
E L F 59
G M T 54
H D L 58
I L K 60
L A W 53
L T R 58
M G T 54
N F C 58
P H D 44
ADD 4
Only twenty-two players entered this contest.
I believe this ties the record for fewest entries ever.
Of these, 17 got this winning solution, scoring 15986.
A tiebreaking puzzle has been sent.
936 720 228 111 1995
576 344 263 816 1999
329 505 779 387 2000
156 430 729 684 1999
1997 1999 1999 1998
WIN A MILLION
There were 115 players and 57 winners in Round 1,
and 71 players and 36 winners in Round 2
in December
for a total of $1755.
There were 116 players and 58 winners in Round 1,
and 53 players and 27 winners in Round 2
in January for a total of $1545.
Total prize money paid in Win A Million so far is $2285.
The remaining winners have chosen to continue to Round 2
and Round 3.
TOURNAMENT of RICHES
In December there were 16 Round 1 winners
for a total of $545.
In January there were 15 Round 1 winners
and two Round 2 winners
for a total of $695.
Total prize money paid in the Tournament of Riches now stands
at $39,575.
PSYCH
In January there were five winners of $46.20
for a total of $231.
Total prize money paid in Psych now stands at $3,927.
Thirty-eight winners have gotten top solutions and have left the contest.
All remaining players have thus moved up 38 places.
All of the big name players have now either dropped out or
been eliminated.
This makes it a strategic time to start playing Psych.
A new mailing went out around March 1 to both active players and dropouts.
If you did not receive it, and want to get into Psych, now is the ideal time.
Please write as soon as possible.
If there is time, we will send you the March puzzle, otherwise we will send
the May puzzle.
$6,987.57 IN NEW PRIZES WON
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