SPC 2025: Betsey Wood [4-12]

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On this page, you will find information about Betsey Wood, 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 18-13, +518, and is ranked #12 in Division 4.

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): Betsey Surname(s): Wood Home: Concord, MA, United States Hobbies: photography, gardening, writing, yoga, tutoring and traveling

Round by Round
High score: 480 Average for: 379 Average against: 362
Round 1		Wood played #46 Fay Ireland (Stone Mountain, GA) and lost 364 to 380 (a spread of -16). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 0-1, -16.
Round 2		Wood played #37 Joyslin Hodge-Watson (white Plains, NY) and lost 285 to 482 (a spread of -197). Current ranking: #48. Current record: 0-2, -213.
Round 3		Wood played #23 Deb Mulrooney (Epping, NH) and won 367 to 306 (a spread of 61). Current ranking: #46. Current record: 1-2, -152.
Round 4		Wood played #53 Rouzier Dorce (Stone Mountain, GA) and won 419 to 321 (a spread of 98). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 2-2, -54.
Round 5		Wood played #21 Michael Ireland (Lithonia, GA) and won 383 to 310 (a spread of 73). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 3-2, +19.
Round 6		Wood played #26 Bill Coad (North Tonawanda, NY) and won 399 to 291 (a spread of 108). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 4-2, +127.
Round 7		Wood played #50 Nick Abbate (Unknown city NB) and lost 264 to 424 (a spread of -160). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 4-3, -33.
Round 8		Wood played #20 Diane Sleek (Freeport, ME) and lost 297 to 299 (a spread of -2). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 4-4, -35.
Round 9		Wood played #3 Anthony Canzoneri (Fuquay Varina, NC) and lost 336 to 376 (a spread of -40). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 4-5, -75.
Round 10		Wood played #22 Mary Stewart (Columbia, MD) and won 425 to 235 (a spread of 190). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 5-5, +115.
Round 11		Wood played #56 Ida Ann Shapiro (Rego Park, NY) and won 396 to 328 (a spread of 68). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 6-5, +183.
Round 12		Wood played #31 Cathy Poole (Winston-Salem, NC) and won 423 to 387 (a spread of 36). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 7-5, +219.
Round 13		Wood played #27 Richard Savitt (Miami, FL) and won 408 to 329 (a spread of 79). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 8-5, +298.
Round 14		Wood played #9 Nick Coffey (Winston-Salem, NC) and lost 361 to 402 (a spread of -41). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 8-6, +257.
Round 15		Wood played #15 Ross Fidler (Providence, RI) and lost 361 to 380 (a spread of -19). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 8-7, +238.
Round 16		Wood played #10 Nancy Hanley (Wilmington, DE) and won 419 to 332 (a spread of 87). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 9-7, +325.
Round 17		Wood played #4 Paul Rickhoff (Saugus, CA) and won 435 to 423 (a spread of 12). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 10-7, +337. Wood is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 18		Wood played #18 Marie Filandro (Wilmington, DE) and won 387 to 316 (a spread of 71). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 11-7, +408.
Round 19		Wood played #24 Anjelina Noh (Parma Heights, OH) and won 405 to 357 (a spread of 48). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 12-7, +456.
Round 20		Wood played #3 Anthony Canzoneri (Fuquay Varina, NC) again and won 480 to 398 (a spread of 82). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 13-7, +538.
Round 21		Wood played #35 Stephanie Waite (Pittsburgh, PA) and lost 384 to 422 (a spread of -38). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 13-8, +500.
Round 22		Wood played #8 Sarah Bowe (Salt Lake City, UT) and won 380 to 332 (a spread of 48). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 14-8, +548. Wood is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 23		Wood played #11 Bob Hart (Vienna, VA) and won 428 to 375 (a spread of 53). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 15-8, +601.
Round 24		Wood played #2 Diana Bowen (Fairfax, VA) and lost 318 to 470 (a spread of -152). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 15-9, +449. Wood is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 25		Wood played #29 Lea Shin (Metairie, LA) and lost 343 to 431 (a spread of -88). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 15-10, +361.
Round 26		Wood played #6 Kayla Zochowski (Unknown city, MI) and won 388 to 334 (a spread of 54). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 16-10, +415.
Round 27		Wood played #9 Nick Coffey (Winston-Salem, NC) again and lost 330 to 393 (a spread of -63). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 16-11, +352.
Round 28		Wood played #19 Peter Filandro (Wilmington, DE) and lost 348 to 395 (a spread of -47). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 16-12, +305.
Round 29		Wood played #41 Cynthia Scotti (Unknown city QC) and won 418 to 232 (a spread of 186). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 17-12, +491.
Round 30		Wood played #36 Will Nitsch (West Hartford, CT) and lost 325 to 435 (a spread of -110). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 17-13, +381.
Round 31		Wood played #25 Marlena Tremont (Santa Rosa, CA) and won 460 to 323 (a spread of 137). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 18-13, +518.

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