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ZOOIDAL in round 7. If anyone's thinking about TRUANCIES, it's still OK on apterous but it's a mass noun and in my opinion, should be taken out.

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GUANACO was one of the sevens in round 1. Also GOBDAWS in the BODEGAS round.

Well done Callum on a strong performance against a pretty good opponent. You seem to be improving steadily as your run progresses.

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Jordan F wrote:Alex Fish is up to 3 wins

I wonder if anyone's ever become an octochamp twice in the same series before?

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 1 October 2013. October is here and today we reach the 60th preliminary of the series, already equalling last series' total! :o Let's get on with the game. C1: Champion Callum Todd (2 wins, 153 points.) A sixth form student from Leeds who finished top of the C section at ...

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It was decided that Dylan and Rob would go first, with Ben and I hosting. In fact, Ben did most of the work, with me just taking notes and asking for numbers targets. The game promised to be a cracker and it didn't disappoint. Quarter final C1: Dylan Taylor (3/4 wins, ? points.) C2: Rob Foster (3/4 ...

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Good game by both of you. The third numbers game in particular was excellent under pressure. Well done to Callum for coming out on top in a close game. Unlucky Adam, particularly with the first numbers game but you played well.

NANOBE in round 4.

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Again I was hosting first, so over to Dylan and Tony. Round 2, game 1 C1: Dylan Taylor (2 wins, ? points.) C2: "T for" Tony Atkins (1/2 wins, ? points.) Host: Jack Worsley OT: Other words or solutions. R01: A W E H I D T R E R02: C E R O G E S R O R03: A S Y O D G I E E R04: 50, 100, 25, 4...

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If Mike's prepared to publish some more, I'll more than happily do one myself. I enjoyed reading them a while back too and would love to read some more.

Ben, I've read all five parts of your experience and I'd still like to read some more, so it's certainly not too waffly.

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I was drawn on table 4 with Mike Brown and Kerry Alcock. I hosted the first game. Round 1, game 1 C1: Kerry Alcock. C2: Mike Brown. Host: Jack Worsley OT: Other words or solutions. R01: I U E I A L X P S R02: N M P A O I D T O R03: D S S D A O O L E R04: 100, 9, 1, 4, 2, 4. Target: 821. R05: L M B A...

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In round 5, I declared ECOTAGE and Jack H declared COMPETE. I'm not sure about the conundrum time (I'd have guessed 2 to 2.5 seconds) but it certainly felt like more than a second. Otherwise thanks for the swift recap, Tony. I'll post some of my own as well as the games I hosted shortly.

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Callum Todd wrote: Did anyone try to play governers?

I somehow managed to hold back as I was convinced I'd had either the singular or plural disallowed before. For a moment I was worried I'd made a huge mistake so I was relieved to hear that it wasn't in.

2 away on 3rd numbers: ((7+6)x9+4+1)x8 = 976

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 24 September 2013. It's another potentially big day in the series as another one of our own aims for the perfect eight. C1: Champion Alex Fish (7 wins, 704 points) is hoping to become the fourth octochamp of the series, just two weeks after Jen Steadman was crowned. The t...

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(That was posted before Rachel did it the same way) Well done, but have you made 872 yet? There at least 2 ways to do it, it seems. No words beaters today though. I only got to 875. :( Amazed that Rachel needed extra time to get the last one as 9x5x5x4 seemed to stand out immediately as the base to...

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Like Mark said, learning that list is always a good place to start. In my early days, I relied on stemming and falseagrams a lot but over time, the words I used to spot with these techniques became easy to spot without stemming or falseagrams. It's best to stem with words that you mostly or always s...

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I got OUTGONE in round 7 but missed the other beaters. OGIVES in round 12 too.

Well done Alex on a great octorun, just two short of 800 I think.

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It seems to be working fine now, Kieran.

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Tony Atkins wrote:Another beater available in R12 but I didn't get it.

SPLENIUM was there for 8. I didn't get the first one though.

PRISONED for an alt. in round 11.

Well done to Alex on another strong performance, hopefully octochampdom will follow tomorrow.

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NORTENA/NORTENO in round 1 and FISHEYE in round 5.

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Tony Atkins wrote:Also seems they missed a 9 in R1 though I didn't get it...

PERFECTOS was there but I wouldn't have gone for it. I thought PERFECTO was an exclamation but apparently it's a type of cigar.

ELEVONS (R5) and ANGORAS (R10) for a couple of alternatives.

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 17 September 2013. Sorry about the lateness but here we go again. C1: Champion Alex Fish (2 wins, 204 points.) An accountant from London, he made a strong winning debut on Friday with a score of 106. Yesterday he had it much tougher as he only beat Michael Douglas (not th...

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Also OPEROSE in round 2.

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JONGLEUR for a beater in round 8.

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Graeme Cole wrote: Less well known is that Jack Worsley appeared on the show in 1983 under the pseudonym Mark Nyman.

Wow, I have aged well since then!

At -9 years of age, does that make me the youngest contestant ever?

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Countdown recap for Friday 13 September 2013. It's Friday the 13th which we all know is seen as unlucky. Today it's true as I'm afraid you're stuck with me for the second time this week. While Andy is having a good time in the US, I'm acting as a stand-in recapper for him. Today we have a battle bet...

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Very good debut performance by Alex, he definitely looks capable of winning a few more.

LORICATE in round 11.

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James Robinson wrote:
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James Robinson wrote: Steady play by Natalie in her 2 games so far, but I believe a "Fish" is coming out of water tomorrow.
Abdirizak Hirsi?
I was thinking the more obvious clue with "Fish", and Alex Fish personally.

Oops, of course.

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James Robinson wrote: Steady play by Natalie in her 2 games so far, but I believe a "Fish" is coming out of water tomorrow.

Abdirizak Hirsi?

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I noticed the new clock too but forgot to mention it here.

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Mark Deeks wrote:Haven't got my dictionary to hand, as I somehow lost it while moving house, and Lexplorer is down. But I seem to remember LOBULATE isn't valid, and only LOBULATED was. Confirm or deny, someone?

LOBULAR, LOBULATE and LOBULATED are all adjectives according to my OED3.

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R1: LOBULATE.

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 10 September 2013. The big day has arrived. Jen Steadman has the chance to make history in more ways then one, let's see what happens! :) C1: Champion Jen Steadman (7 wins, 833 points) is on the brink of making history, which I'll explain more in a moment. She currently h...

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Looks like the only other beater available is the last numbers which is supposed to be 99% difficult. Which of the 4-large experts got it I wonder? Doesn't really count as I was way out of time but here's what I eventaully did: (100x50x2-75)/25+7= 404. Got to 403 in the time using a similar method ...

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Congrats to Jen on a great run, very well deserved female records, even if you do get sick of hearing about them. It's going to be an exciting finals with you, Dylan, Glen and possibly Zarte if he makes it. I thought your opponent played very well too and would certainly have been capable of winning...

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ENORMOUS in round 7. Surely something better in round 8 too?

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This round also sees Jen equal David O'Donnell's record for the most consecutive rounds scored in: 84. Thanks to Jack for pointing this out. Thanks for the mention but I don't think I should take too much of the credit. It was you who did the hard work and I would never have known without it. :P

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Did Ned just break what I think he broke? If so, I'm not mad at Ned, but that hurts. Very very well done to Jen regardless. He didn't deny her a max game but he denied her another record of sorts: most consecutive rounds scored in. I read the Ask Graeme thread about this and the record was 84 set b...

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Round 3: 100, 4, 4, 3, 2, 8. Target: 460. C1: 498. (100 - 8) x (3 + 2) (10) C2: 498. (4 + 8 + 3 + 100) x 4 (10) Score: 25-10 (max 25) If they declared 498, they shouldn't get points! Haha, forgot to change it from last week's recap. :oops: :) That's why the recap writer can't come back quickly enou...

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Dave Preece wrote:Wasn't ASSENDING there for a 9 in one round?

Unfortunately it's ASCENDING.

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Jojo Apollo wrote:
Andy Platt wrote:Lol, spotted CORONAE when I was there in person, missed it today. Getting old.
Taxi for Platt.

This.

Superb yet again, Jen! Your opponent was a brilliant laugh too.

MPINGOS in round 11 to equal NOISOME.

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Corrected.

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 3 September 2013. We've been spoilt with quality lately and it's by no means over, as Jen's run is only two games old, with hopefully another six to follow. ;) C1: Champion Jen Steadman (2 wins, 216 points.) She's just graduated from the University of Exeter and is hoping...

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Jordan F wrote:I counted a 14 maxer for Jen, anyone else want to confirm that? If so, fantastically well done.

Yeah, it was a 14-maxer with just the second numbers game denying her a max game. Very well played again, Jen.

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I'll take Friday the 13th then if no one else objects.

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ARROYOS was lovely, well done on another great performance, Jen! Unlucky with DEGROUPED^ too.

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Zubair Patel wrote:Is apolunes a valid word ?

Sadly, APOLUNE is only valid in the singular, nice try though.

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Great debut, Jen, very well done! HALOGEN was a very good spot.

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RHENIUM in round 11.

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Well played over your seven games, Gemma and unlucky today. Hopefully you'll have done enough to make the finals. Well done to Peter though, loved his fist pump when he buzzed in on the conundrum.

SATIATE for an alt. to MATIEST in round 5.

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Jack Worsley has a Bevins number of 3. Jack Worsley... played Jonathan Rawlinson in the final of Series 66... ... who played Neil Zussman in the quarter-finals of the 30th Birthday Championship... ... who played Kirk Bevins in the semi-finals of Series 60. Awesome stuff, Graeme! You could also go fr...

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Ian Volante wrote:"County Meade"? I assume you mean County Meath!

Yeah, just listened to it again and it definitely makes more sense. Fixed, thanks.

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 27 August 2013. So we're back on full weeks for a while and what a week it could be! We have the possibility of another octochamp being crowned by the end of it as well as the eagerly-awaited debut of another apterite. First of all, let's see what today's show will bring....

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PILEWORT and SEVRUGAS in the first couple of rounds.

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Graeme Cole wrote:GAITER wouldn't be valid in the singular, but it's fine in the plural.

GAITER is fine in both the singular and plural. The dictionary has an entry for GAITER and states that it's usually GAITERS, which means both are acceptable. Did Susie make this comment?

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 20 August 2013. Greetings Countdown fans, welcome to what is sadly the last show of a truncated week. C1: Champion Gemma Church (2 wins, 180 points.) An apteforumite who has the odd combination of web designer and jewellery designer. After an impressive 102 debut score, s...

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LEHENGA as an alt. to NEBULAE/EUGLENA. DC didn't get OVERSEA.

Well done again, Gemma!

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You mean LEGATORS , James? ;) On the subject of misdeclaring length, how many people have offered a word that's more than nine letters long in a letters round? I know of three cases which I'll list below, are there any more? http://wiki.apterous.org/Episode_3907 http://wiki.apterous.org/Episode_5488...

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Tony Atkins wrote:Anybody get the 8 for a beater in the last letters?

SONGSTER was there. Also GERANIOL/LONGHAIR in round 11.

Very good debut there, Gemma! SPACIOUS and TABLOID in particular were great spots and I hope you can keep this up.

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 13 August 2013. Sorry for the lateness but here is Tuesday's recap. C1: Champion Dylan Taylor (5 wins, 600 points.) Born in Honduras, but living in Hampton, Cheshire, he has taken the show by storm so far. He needs to average 122 points per game in his last three to break...

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ROSARIUM in round 2.

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Shame about ANTHOLOGY, and he was clearly looking for GASTRULAE in the last letters too, which would've been brilliant. 8-) 8-) I was hoping for an I or E for LIGATURES or REGULATES respectively, didn't see that one though. ANTHOLOGY was a tough one, I had loads of possible answers but not that one...

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