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And here is the table definition:

words=> \d words_games;
Table "public.words_games"
Column | Type | Modifiers
----------+--------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------
gid | integer | not null default
nextval('words_games_gid_seq'::regclass)
created | timestamp with time zone | not null
finished | timestamp with time zone |
player1 | integer | not null
player2 | integer |
played1 | timestamp with time zone |
played2 | timestamp with time zone |
score1 | integer | not null
score2 | integer | not null
hand1 | character varying[] | not null
hand2 | character varying[] | not null
pile | character varying[] | not null
letters | character varying[] | not null
values | integer[] | not null
bid | integer | not null
Indexes:
"words_games_pkey" PRIMARY KEY, btree (gid)
Check constraints:
"words_games_score1_check" CHECK (score1 >= 0)
"words_games_score2_check" CHECK (score2 >= 0)
Foreign-key constraints:
"words_games_bid_fkey" FOREIGN KEY (bid) REFERENCES words_boards(bid)
ON DELETE CASCADE
"words_games_player1_fkey" FOREIGN KEY (player1) REFERENCES
words_users(uid) ON DELETE CASCADE
"words_games_player2_fkey" FOREIGN KEY (player2) REFERENCES
words_users(uid) ON DELETE CASCADE
Referenced by:
TABLE "words_chat" CONSTRAINT "words_chat_gid_fkey" FOREIGN KEY (gid)
REFERENCES words_games(gid) ON DELETE CASCADE
TABLE "words_moves" CONSTRAINT "words_moves_gid_fkey" FOREIGN KEY (gid)
REFERENCES words_games(gid) ON DELETE CASCADE
TABLE "words_notes" CONSTRAINT "words_notes_gid_fkey" FOREIGN KEY (gid)
REFERENCES words_games(gid) ON DELETE CASCADE
TABLE "words_scores" CONSTRAINT "words_scores_gid_fkey" FOREIGN KEY
(gid) REFERENCES words_games(gid) ON DELETE CASCADE