SPC 2025: Joel Horn [2-11]

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On this page, you will find information about Joel Horn, who is competing at the 2025 Scrabble Players Championship. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. This player currently has a record of 16.5-14.5, -466, and is ranked #25 in Division 2.

Lower on this page, you can find brief self-reported biographical details of the player, statistics on the player’s past several years of rated tournament play in North America, a graphic showing the player’s ups and downs at this tournament, and a round-by-round report on the player’s opponents and games.

Background Information
	Given name(s): Joel Surname(s): Horn Home: Reading, MA, United States Awards: won BAT 2018 Hobbies: Badminton, Mah Jongg Occupation: Retired

Round by Round
High score: 532 Average for: 382 Average against: 399
Round 1		Horn played #53 Natalie Dicou (Woodland Hills, UT) and lost 331 to 458 (a spread of -127). Current ranking: #58. Current record: 0-1, -127.
Round 2		Horn played #50 Gary Perman (Blairsville, PA) and won 424 to 340 (a spread of 84). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 1-1, -43.
Round 3		Horn played #23 Yaacov Barak (Pittsburgh, PA) and lost 375 to 462 (a spread of -87). Current ranking: #50. Current record: 1-2, -130.
Round 4		Horn played #67 Shelley Kirk (Wyoming, OH) and lost 269 to 402 (a spread of -133). Current ranking: #56. Current record: 1-3, -263.
Round 5		Horn played #60 Benjamin Ansell (Los Angeles, CA) and lost 377 to 444 (a spread of -67). Current ranking: #62. Current record: 1-4, -330.
Round 6		Horn played #49 Connie Creed (Philadelphia, PA) and lost 324 to 404 (a spread of -80). Current ranking: #63. Current record: 1-5, -410.
Round 7		Horn played #41 Vicky Julian (San Francisco, CA) and lost 334 to 575 (a spread of -241). Current ranking: #65. Current record: 1-6, -651.
Round 8		Horn recorded a bye with a spread of 50 points. Current ranking: #63. Current record: 2-6, -601.
Round 9		Horn played #30 Robin Lewis (Houston, TX) and lost 436 to 445 (a spread of -9). Current ranking: #65. Current record: 2-7, -610.
Round 10		Horn played #65 Arthur Finkle (Coral Gables, FL) and lost 347 to 381 (a spread of -34). Current ranking: #65. Current record: 2-8, -644.
Round 11		Horn played #63 Cynthia Seales (Stone Mountain, GA) and won 388 to 371 (a spread of 17). Current ranking: #64. Current record: 3-8, -627.
Round 12		Horn played #62 Beth Mix (Manchester, CT) and lost 401 to 441 (a spread of -40). Current ranking: #64. Current record: 3-9, -667.
Round 13		Horn played #66 Edward Stewart (Ellicott City, MD) and won 459 to 322 (a spread of 137). Current ranking: #62. Current record: 4-9, -530.
Round 14		Horn played #39 Arnie Horowitz (Framingham, MA) and won 403 to 375 (a spread of 28). Current ranking: #59. Current record: 5-9, -502.
Round 15		Horn played #31 Gary Skowronski (Okemos, MI) and won 385 to 293 (a spread of 92). Current ranking: #54. Current record: 6-9, -410.
Round 16		Horn played #47 Paul Avrin (New York, NY) and won 396 to 386 (a spread of 10). Current ranking: #47. Current record: 7-9, -400.
Round 17		Horn played #24 Mark Fidler (Waltham, MA) and lost 302 to 441 (a spread of -139). Current ranking: #56. Current record: 7-10, -539.
Round 18		Horn played #56 Ken Louie (Whittier, CA) and tied at 357. Current ranking: #52. Current record: 7.5-10.5, -539.
Round 19		Horn played #36 Asif Ali (NORMAN, OK) and lost 266 to 484 (a spread of -218). Current ranking: #56. Current record: 7.5-11.5, -757.
Round 20		Horn played #25 Kevin Burbridge (Newcastle, CA) and lost 361 to 569 (a spread of -208). Current ranking: #60. Current record: 7.5-12.5, -965.
Round 21		Horn played #64 Letitia Sears (Vancouver BC) and lost 341 to 425 (a spread of -84). Current ranking: #61. Current record: 7.5-13.5, -1049.
Round 22		Horn played #59 Verna Richards Berg (New York, NY) and won 442 to 284 (a spread of 158). Current ranking: #60. Current record: 8.5-13.5, -891.
Round 23		Horn played #61 Skyler Lutz (New York City, NY) and lost 297 to 399 (a spread of -102). Current ranking: #61. Current record: 8.5-14.5, -993.
Round 24		Horn played #44 Caesar Jaramillo (Seagraves, TX) and won 458 to 379 (a spread of 79). Current ranking: #58. Current record: 9.5-14.5, -914.
Round 25		Horn played #32 Bruce D Ambrosio (Los Angeles, CA) and won 408 to 366 (a spread of 42). Current ranking: #55. Current record: 10.5-14.5, -872.
Round 26		Horn played #54 David Engelhardt (Baltimore, MD) and won 371 to 355 (a spread of 16). Current ranking: #49. Current record: 11.5-14.5, -856.
Round 27		Horn played #51 Sheikh K Dukuly (Liberia) and won 352 to 346 (a spread of 6). Current ranking: #42. Current record: 12.5-14.5, -850.
Round 28		Horn played #35 Hannah Lieberman (New York, NY) and won 434 to 350 (a spread of 84). Current ranking: #38. Current record: 13.5-14.5, -766.
Round 29		Horn played #43 Marty Gold (Arlington, VA) and won 532 to 436 (a spread of 96). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 14.5-14.5, -670.
Round 30		Horn played #48 Carol McDonald (Northboro, MA) and won 456 to 362 (a spread of 94). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 15.5-14.5, -576.
Round 31		Horn played #57 Clay Herron (Dover, DE) and won 429 to 319 (a spread of 110). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 16.5-14.5, -466.

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