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Graeme Cole

DC's offering of ACETIC^ in R4 is invalid; it only occurs in the term "acetic acid" and doesn't have an entry on its own.

ASCETIC was there for 7, though.

Graeme Cole

If Tourney Owl is so that you can play a tournament game separately from your opponent, then pencils from Tourney Owl games shouldn't be announced in chat. So that's what Tourney Owl is... didn't know exactly how it worked. I didn't even know slightly how she worked! Played her today - ended quite ...

Graeme Cole

James Bradley wrote:Round 13: Z S W T C A E O A

AM: WASTE (5)
GS: SWEAT (5)
DC: ASCOT (5)
OT: COSTAE (6) WECAST (6)
Score: 74–20 (max 99)

I spotted WECAST^ too, but only because it's been mentioned before as an error in apterous's word list, probably a typo of WEBCAST. It isn't in the dictionary.

Graeme Cole

I got CARPHOTOS in about 3 seconds and still haven't solved HARDYTOIL, FWIW. I think I know the intended solution for HARDYTOIL (THYROIDAL*) , but there's no anagram for it in Lexplorer, so you might be wasting your time trying to think of it. That is indeed the given solution, but you're right; it...

Graeme Cole

Genuinely didn't notice this mainly because like you say the numbers are so piss easy. Conundrums have been quite tricky of late I thought. It took me until about 3pm today to spot today's one and I had to give up on the HARDYTOIL one :x I noticed it too, but luckily it was well easy, but so was th...

Graeme Cole

What year did you graduate? 1981 - you? 1988. I expect lots of the lecturers were the same, though, and probably some of the computers! Do daisy or snow mean anything to you? 2005. By the time I was at Warwick they'd moved the CS department to its own building rather than giving it a few rooms dang...

Graeme Cole

By the way Liam, I think you're overlooking the fact that Anne Robinson quite often mumbles or fluffs the questions, and then scowls angrily if anyone asks her to repeat. I remember one from years ago when Anne Robinson appeared to ask "How many Rs are there in three days?" Contestant sai...

Graeme Cole

Writing things down will probably be a good start! I really should start doing it in Numbers Attack against humans as well. There have been quite a few times lately where I have got the solution in less than 10 seconds, clicked "end round early" and forgotten the solution when the solutio...

Graeme Cole

Round 2: T L A F E L N I O C1: INFLATE (7) C2: ELATION (7) DC: FLATLINE (8) OT: FELLATIO (8) Score: 13–13 (max 14) Did the contestants spot FELLATIO but were asked to offer a 7? If they'd offered FELLATIO (ahem) but someone decided they didn't want to broadcast it, I think it's more likely they'd h...

Graeme Cole

In, please.

Graeme Cole

I was on holiday in Norway all last week, and it turns out they have this chocolate bar.

Graeme Cole

John Douglas wrote:HOGWASH (7) was there R1, but unfortunately not HOGWASHED.

Afraid not. You'd need two aitches.

Graeme Cole

TRIFECTA in round 4.

Graeme Cole

Played my games against Matt Coates last night and was soundly beaten. Therefore I hope Matt goes on to win the tournament now :) Sorry, beat him. :-) Graeme Cole 97 - 84 Matt Coates Matt Coates 77 - 98 Graeme Cole Matt got a nine in the first game which I was nowhere near, causing it to go to a cr...

Graeme Cole

Graeme Cole 83 - 81 Tom Barnes

Tom Barnes 74 - 76 Graeme Cole

Two very close games.

Graeme Cole

Did not know what to do regarding PAGANISE. So have listed it as disallowed by Susie and not counted it on Ned's total but then listed it as OT and included it in the max. Quite retarded yes but I don't know what is best since both apterous and the recap writer says it is valid. I was surprised at ...

Graeme Cole

I still maintain that if I went to work and everyone but me was coughing and sneezing, I'd be the wellest one there. WELL is a monosyllabic adjective, so by the rules of Countdown (as I understand them) weller and wellest needn't be specified, even though I think they sound daft. But then Susie quo...

Graeme Cole

Thanks for all the new ODE3 words, Charlie and others. I just thought I'd mention that Mike Brown's recap said that SENORITA and SENORA are no longer valid in ODE3 because they're capitalised. I've checked the dictionary and this is true, but I've noticed they're both still valid on apterous. The sa...

Graeme Cole

7. TIGHTNESS
11. ILLEGIBLY
18. GRANIVORE
24. YABBERING

Graeme Cole

James Robinson wrote:Is it me, or did anyone else think that the answer to the 2nd TTT was POOFTERS

CURIOSA in round 1 and SIDELESS in round 11.

Yep, seems to have been a popular alternative answer.

Also I got the conundrum in a quarter of a second thanks to MOAR SPOILERZ!

Graeme Cole

Did anyone else notice Jeff made the all-too-common error of saying "astrological" instead of "astronomical" during his opening anecdote? And shout things at the screen as a result?

Graeme Cole

SAUTES in round 2.

Graeme Cole

Round 14: 75, 100, 6, 2, 4, 1. Target: 259. C1: 259. ((100 - 6) x 2) + 75 - 4 (10) C2: 259. ((100 - 6) x 2) + 75 - 4 (10) Score: 83–105 (max 122) I thought there'd be a simpler way to get to 259. As it is, both contestants solve it the way I solved it. There's a slightly simpler way; I did 2*75 + 1...

Graeme Cole

Edward McCullagh wrote:Surprised no-one has picked up on "accidenty" yet

Well played. This might have been asked before, but was your apterous photo taken shortly after the incident with the paramedic?

Graeme Cole

On the subject of computer games, I made this animation about a year and a half ago:

The cool thing about it is that it got passed around the interwebs a lot and eventually showed up on Jordan Mechner's twitter feed.

Graeme Cole

I've got six clues left. No idea what the connection is.

Graeme Cole

Joseph Krol wrote:In round four I presume STODGIER has been removed?

Nope, it's still in. And in any case, I think the recap writer still uses ODE2r. Not sure why the word hasn't shown up in this one.

Graeme Cole

That Dave Dyer is good. Twelve maxes, and beat me by thirty points.

Whoever was waiting to play him next must have been bricking it...

Graeme Cole

Guys, I'm reading the application form atm. Could someone who's applied/appeared tell me what the difference is between "Full Name" and "Preferred name"? I've not applied or appeared, but it looks like they want to know (a) what your actual name is, and (b) what you want your na...

Graeme Cole

We seem to be running out of conundrums already. Yesterday's conundrum was used just 3 series ago. :shock: :o http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2412 Yeah, but the thing about that conundrum is it can easily be scrambled into a number of different anagrams as required. It's very.....

Graeme Cole

Adam Gillard wrote:
Ryan Taylor wrote:
Matt Morrison wrote:Wonder if The Gillard has the calendar?
I reckon he'd deny it.
I don't understand any of this. I gather there's a Countdown calendar and I gather it would be amusing to you if I denied owning one, so here you go: I deny it.

The conundrum on yesterday's calendar page was UATSCHOOL.

Graeme Cole

Those of you with this year's Countdown Calendar will know that I was rather fortunate in this game yesterday.

Graeme Cole

I managed to beat Adam, but only because I'd read that conundrum on Countdown's Twitter feed last month. Spoilers!

Well done on another win, Adam. Hopefully there'll be another four like that.

Graeme Cole

Are we ever going to see a Headnote of Hares, Headword of Hurst, Magazine of Monaghan or Paperback of Pati?

Graeme Cole

Speed Demon:

Graeme Cole 82 - 62 Andrew Herbertson

Graeme Cole

Well played Adam.

Did anyone else notice that strange background noise in round 2 just after Adam offered his word? I thought it might be that they were resetting the clock and the hand needs oiling, but it sounded more like the death rattle of the little goblin that runs around inside it.

Graeme Cole

Speed Demon:

Graeme Cole 80 - 45 James Bradley

Graeme Cole

Same boat here. Haven't seen hide nor hair of my opponents all week.

Graeme Cole

How about if you play 8 consecutive normal 15 rounders, you get eight shirts (regarding the cliché that you must buy many shirts if you are an octochamp) as an item idea? Amusing idea but I don't really want to create an incentive to not experiment. Maybe an item for playing a selection of variants...

Graeme Cole

One of the toilet cubicles at work has had a sign on the door for weeks. At some point I'm going to replace it with its clue:

Processed food router doesn't work (3,2,5)

Graeme Cole

Main event result from a few days ago:

Graeme Cole 74 - 77 Lloyd Pettet
Lloyd Pettet 98 - 85 Graeme Cole

Graeme Cole

gg and all that, but just wondering if anyone else thought, when the new prizes were revealed, "I wonder if that's because of Jack saying he wanted to come second...". What were the prizes? I didn't register. The full OED as before, plus a lifetime subscription to OED online and a laptop.

Graeme Cole

Well done to both players for solid performances throughout the series, and congratulations to Jack not only for the win but for finding another word with which to annoy the Daily Mail. :-) 2 schoolkids in the last 2 finals. Which bright spark in Channel 4 decided to put it further into the school d...

Graeme Cole

Speed Demon:

Matthew Tassier 82 - 76 Graeme Cole

Close game, but that SNAFUED won it for Matthew.

Graeme Cole

According to the new unique words page I'm the only person ever to offer AVOWEDLY, but that isn't true.

Graeme Cole

none of the finals have apto conundrums Kirk, which was planned by Dam Eoin's QF conundrum is on apterous and Eoin solved it in 2.5 seconds the time he solved it. A few days ago Jack mentioned that one of the finals conundrums was inadvertently used in the last heat game (and it isn't an apterous c...

Graeme Cole

There's a distinct lack of items received during rounds 5, 10 and 14 in standard variant. How about a special omelette item for using all six numbers when a simpler solution was possible? It could lead to some fun easy numbers game mess ups from item hunters. And liven up the kinds of numbers round...

Graeme Cole

I've just realised the conundrum read "DIG SUSIE D". That's probably the first time it's taken me longer to work out what the scramble said than to work out what the solution was.

Graeme Cole

Speed Demon:

Graeme Cole 69 - 51 Peter Lee

Graeme Cole

Would be interesting to know how the eye of apterous works (think this has been discussed before) as I've just noticed this: "Your PB in this format is 149; your opponent's is 77. The eye of apterous believes your chance of winning is 19%. Dare you defy it?" My PB is nearly double his and...

Graeme Cole

Kirk Bevins wrote:Just to keep you updated - I've messaged Dan Seasmith twice and Andrew's messaged him once and he still hasn't replied and we have one day left. I'm getting worried..

I've hardly seen him this week either. I'm supposed to be playing him in the main event.

Graeme Cole

The #8 seed, Michael Chadwick, couldn't make it to the finals last month, as he was in SINGAPORE :!: :shock: :o :roll: :? Make of that what you will, but that means a space is left open, and in to fill it is the fans' favourite, PETER GODWIN. Is it just me who finds this somewhat surprising? Michae...

Graeme Cole

Another speed demon:

Graeme Cole 50 - 68 Scott Gillies

Graeme Cole

Speed demon:

Graeme Cole 52 - 112 Kirk Bevins

Oh well, at least it's double figures.

Graeme Cole

James Hall wrote:Likewise:
Innis Carson 114 - 34 Ian Volante

Absolute masterclass. Cheers Innis!

What, do we have to call you Ian Volante from now on?

Graeme Cole

Kirk Bevins wrote:Reopen that calculator because it's possible to get 238 points per game.

But can you make eleven valid nine-letter words from the standard letter distribution?

Exercise for the reader.

Graeme Cole

When Jeff was doing his "top ten songs played in Indian restaurants" thing, is it just me who thought he was building up to "Ring of Fire"?

Graeme Cole

The Account Settings page wrote:Hello Graeme Cole. You have generously donated £30 to the cause.

The account settings page exaggerates my generosity by 50%. Should be £15 for the subscription plus £5 for superstats.

Graeme Cole

Count me in for the main one and the speed one, please.

Graeme Cole

Bit of a nightmare has occurred. I'm just doing the recap watching it back on sky plus but then it cut out around round 4 apparently there had been a fucking power cut. ARSE. So here's what I need if anyone can help: -DC words from round 4 -First numbers game -Both contestants declarations -Both co...

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