Lisa Odom [#72] at WSC 2005

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On this page, you will find information about Lisa Odom, who is a contestant in at the 2005 World SCRABBLE® Championship, held November 17–20 in London. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight EDT. Odom currently has a record of 13-11, +272, and is ranked #38.

Lower on this page, you can find brief self-reported biographical details of the player, 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): Lisa Surname(s): Odom Home: St. Louis Park, MN, United States Age: 47 Awards: Top rated woman except when I'm not Hobbies: singing, guitar, design junkie, light verse, ventriloquist manque Occupation: Quality Assurance Analyst WSC 1993 Rank: 15 WSC 1999 Rank: 23 WSC 2005 Team: United States

Rank Diagram

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Round-by-Round
High score: 497 Average for: 404 Average against: 393
Registration		Odom is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (1 hit).
Round 1		Thailand	Odom played #75 Manop Phiphatboonserm (THA) and lost 398 to 410 (a spread of -12) . Current ranking: #57. Current record: 0-1, -12.
Round 2		Nigeria	Odom played #73 Olatunde Oduwole (NGA) and lost 388 to 509 (a spread of -121) . Current ranking: #87. Current record: 0-2, -133.
Round 3	Larger photo available	South Africa	Odom played #46 Trevor Mark Hovelmeier (ZAF) and lost 315 to 525 (a spread of -210) . Current ranking: #98. Current record: 0-3, -343.
Round 4	Larger photo available	Oman	Odom played #31 Cecil Fernandes Prabhu (OMN) and won 467 to 333 (a spread of 134) . Current ranking: #85. Current record: 1-3, -209.
Round 5		Sweden	Odom played #13 Marten Bjorkman (SWE) and won 406 to 345 (a spread of 61) . Current ranking: #74. Current record: 2-3, -148.
Round 6		United States	Odom played #77 David Poder (USA) and won 464 to 387 (a spread of 77) . Current ranking: #50. Current record: 3-3, -71.
Round 7		Kenya	Odom played #61 Patrick Litunya (KEN) and won 497 to 355 (a spread of 142) . Current ranking: #33. Current record: 4-3, +71.
Round 8		India	Odom played #12 Akshay Bhandarkar (IND) and lost 371 to 411 (a spread of -40) . Current ranking: #47. Current record: 4-4, +31.
Round 9		Sri Lanka	Odom played #4 Shaila Amalean (LKA) and lost 450 to 471 (a spread of -21) . Current ranking: #62. Current record: 4-5, +10. Odom is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (2 hits).
Round 10		Israel	Odom played #80 Paloma Raychbart (ISR) and lost 404 to 421 (a spread of -17) . Current ranking: #72. Current record: 4-6, -7.
Round 11		Nigeria	Odom played #47 Anthony Ikolo (NGA) and lost 343 to 429 (a spread of -86) . Current ranking: #82. Current record: 4-7, -93.
Round 12		Netherlands	Odom played #16 Anand Buddhdev (NLD) and won 447 to 372 (a spread of 75) . Current ranking: #71. Current record: 5-7, -18.
Round 13		Ireland	Odom played #67 Brendan McDonnell (IRL) and lost 369 to 462 (a spread of -93) . Current ranking: #80. Current record: 5-8, -111.
Round 14		Kuwait	Odom played #94 Rohaina Tanveer (KWT) and won 493 to 402 (a spread of 91) . Current ranking: #71. Current record: 6-8, -20.
Round 15		England	Odom played #66 Edward Martin (Eng) and lost 365 to 367 (a spread of -2) . Current ranking: #77. Current record: 6-9, -22.
Round 16		Malaysia	Odom played #101 Kien Hung Yeo (MYS) and won 410 to 335 (a spread of 75) . Current ranking: #69. Current record: 7-9, +53.
Round 17		United States	Odom played #50 Jason Katz-Brown (USA) and won 388 to 295 (a spread of 93) . Current ranking: #60. Current record: 8-9, +146.
Round 18		Sri Lanka	Odom played #96 Lakshan Wanniarachchi (LKA) and won 380 to 362 (a spread of 18) . Current ranking: #49. Current record: 9-9, +164.
Round 19	Larger photo available	Zambia	Odom played #49 Paul Yandisha Kalumba (ZMB) and won 418 to 337 (a spread of 81) . Current ranking: #41. Current record: 10-9, +245.
Round 20		England	Odom played #37 Helen Gipson (Eng) and won 408 to 376 (a spread of 32) . Current ranking: #37. Current record: 11-9, +277.
Round 21		Canada	Odom played #45 Ron Hoekstra (CAN) and lost 325 to 369 (a spread of -44) . Current ranking: #45. Current record: 11-10, +233.
Round 22		Canada	Odom played #97 Joel Wapnick (CAN) and lost 352 to 444 (a spread of -92) . Current ranking: #49. Current record: 11-11, +141.
Round 23		New Zealand	Odom played #81 Nigel Richards (NZL) and won 434 to 307 (a spread of 127) . Current ranking: #44. Current record: 12-11, +268.
Round 24		United States	Odom played #65 Joey Mallick (USA) and won 415 to 411 (a spread of 4) . Current ranking: #38. Current record: 13-11, +272.

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