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by Ray Wilding
Tue Sep 05, 2017 1:16 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 5th September 2017 (Series 77, Prelim 45)
Replies: 6
Views: 5710

Spoilers for Tuesday 5th September 2017 (Series 77, Prelim 45)

LINESMAN a beater in R2

WOMBED is in but TOMBED isn't. :roll:
by Ray Wilding
Mon Sep 04, 2017 1:48 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Monday 4th September 2017 (Series 77, Prelim 44)
Replies: 2
Views: 4076

Spoilers for Monday 4th September 2017 (Series 77, Prelim 44)

ADENOUS or DOUANES for beaters in R12

Also, how did that guy miss 950??
by Ray Wilding
Fri Sep 01, 2017 1:28 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday 1st September 2017 (Series 77, Prelim 43)
Replies: 1
Views: 2509

Spoilers for Friday 1st September 2017 (Series 77, Prelim 43)

9*6*5*2-25 in R6

A deceptively difficult 2L in R9 - good luck to anyone trying to solve it.
by Ray Wilding
Thu Aug 31, 2017 10:04 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 31 August 2017 (Series 77, Prelim 42)
Replies: 6
Views: 5561

Re: Spoilers for Thursday 31 August 2017 (Series 77, Prelim 42)

You can edit the title by editing the posts.
by Ray Wilding
Tue Aug 29, 2017 1:36 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 29th August 2017 (Series 77, Prelim 40)
Replies: 6
Views: 3520

Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 29th August 2017 (Series 77, Prelim 40)

100+(9+7+1)*8 for another method to 236 in R9
by Ray Wilding
Tue Aug 29, 2017 1:21 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 29th August 2017 (Series 77, Prelim 40)
Replies: 6
Views: 3520

Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 29th August 2017 (Series 77, Prelim 40)

TOOLSHEDS I think is the first TTT in a long time to not be an ascension conundrum.
by Ray Wilding
Mon Aug 28, 2017 1:20 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Bank Holiday Monday 28th August 2017
Replies: 3
Views: 2836

Spoilers for Bank Holiday Monday 28th August 2017

(75-50/25)*10+3 for a simpler method in R3.
by Ray Wilding
Wed Aug 23, 2017 2:18 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 23 August 2017 (Series 77, Prelim 37)
Replies: 4
Views: 4491

Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 23 August 2017 (Series 77, Prelim 37)

(25*9-7)*4-3 an alt method in R6
100+75-25*8*3/50 an alt method in R9
by Ray Wilding
Thu Aug 17, 2017 1:17 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 17th August 2017
Replies: 3
Views: 2978

Spoilers for Thursday 17th August 2017

HELLIONS in R2
by Ray Wilding
Tue Aug 15, 2017 1:25 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday, 15th August 2017
Replies: 16
Views: 11626

Re: Spoilers for Tuesday, 15th August 2017

ADORNATE in R4
by Ray Wilding
Fri Aug 11, 2017 1:34 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday 11th August 2017
Replies: 18
Views: 14153

Spoilers for Friday 11th August 2017

VIRAEMIC to beat VIREMIA in R8.
by Ray Wilding
Wed Aug 09, 2017 10:26 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Best 9 of all time
Replies: 17
Views: 17330

Re: Best 9 of all time

By sheer unlikelihood, MYOGLOBIN (which has never occurred in normal on apterous) is surely best.

UNITARIOS is damn impressive given the very short time it was valid for.
by Ray Wilding
Wed Aug 09, 2017 1:26 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 9 August 2017 (Series 77, Prelim 27)
Replies: 9
Views: 5741

Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 9 August 2017 (Series 77, Prelim 27)

Zarte Siempre wrote: Wed Aug 09, 2017 1:15 pm ASTROITES in R1 as a beater.
Zarte Siempre wrote: Wed Aug 09, 2017 1:24 pm FAIRLEADS as a R4 beater.
I had both of these but your posts were too quick for me.
by Ray Wilding
Mon Aug 07, 2017 1:28 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Monday 7th August 2017
Replies: 2
Views: 2027

Spoilers for Monday 7th August 2017

XENOGRAFT to beat FRONTAGE in R4
by Ray Wilding
Fri Jul 21, 2017 1:20 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday 21st July 2017
Replies: 2
Views: 2462

Spoilers for Friday 21st July 2017

(7*4-10)*3*10+1 for 541 in the first numbers.
WAVELESS in R5
by Ray Wilding
Thu Jul 20, 2017 1:31 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 20th July 2017
Replies: 0
Views: 1877

Spoilers for Thursday 20th July 2017

FUNKIAS in R5
by Ray Wilding
Tue Jul 11, 2017 1:15 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 11th July 2017
Replies: 3
Views: 2818

Spoilers for Tuesday 11th July 2017

OMNIBUSES to beat DC's NIMBUSES in R1
TIDELESS in R10
by Ray Wilding
Tue Jul 11, 2017 1:03 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Has MOTLIER ever actually been valid?
Replies: 3
Views: 3606

Re: Has MOTLIER ever actually been valid?

You're very much out of the loop on this. The free ODO doesn't give any comparatives/superlatives for any word any more. Countdown uses a premium version that still gives them. MOTLIER has very much always been valid, here's how the entry used to look: https://web.archive.org/web/20160815003943/http...
by Ray Wilding
Thu Jul 06, 2017 1:28 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 6th July 2017
Replies: 0
Views: 1882

Spoilers for Thursday 6th July 2017

SENARIUS for a beater in R5
LOCATIVES in R11
by Ray Wilding
Wed Jul 05, 2017 1:37 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday July 5 2017
Replies: 4
Views: 2544

Re: Spoilers for Wednesday July 5 2017

(50+8*8-3)*9 for a more fun way to 999
by Ray Wilding
Thu Jun 29, 2017 1:11 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 29th June 2017 (Series 76, SF2)
Replies: 13
Views: 6622

Spoilers for Thursday 29th June 2017 (Series 76, SF2)

Jeff Clayton vs Moose Rosser

DUBNIUM for an alt to MAUDLIN.
by Ray Wilding
Wed Jun 28, 2017 1:12 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 28th June 2017 (Series 76, SF1)
Replies: 4
Views: 3058

Spoilers for Wednesday 28th June 2017 (Series 76, SF1)

Stephen Read vs Annie Humphries

I ticketed INCLUDER on March 7th, before this was filmed, it should've been in... Perhaps something to do with using premium ODO?
by Ray Wilding
Tue Jun 27, 2017 1:13 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 27th June 2017 (Series 76, QF4)
Replies: 6
Views: 3677

Spoilers for Tuesday 27th June 2017 (Series 76, QF4)

Elliott Mack vs Annie Humphries
by Ray Wilding
Mon Jun 26, 2017 1:14 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Monday 26th June 2017 (Series 76, QF3)
Replies: 8
Views: 4605

Spoilers for Monday 26th June 2017 (Series 76, QF3)

Moose Rosser vs Wesley Jardine
Spoil away...
by Ray Wilding
Wed Jun 21, 2017 1:23 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 21st June 2017 (Series 76, QF1)
Replies: 6
Views: 3317

Spoilers for Wednesday 21st June 2017 (Series 76, QF1)

Stephen Read vs James Slater, let the battle commence!
by Ray Wilding
Wed Jun 14, 2017 1:45 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 14th June 2017
Replies: 2
Views: 2713

Spoilers for Wednesday 14th June 2017

A lot of 9s available today
PINKWEEDS and CELLAROUS in rounds 5 and 8, but I failed to get the 9 in the IMPLODES round.
by Ray Wilding
Fri May 26, 2017 2:01 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday, 26 May 2017
Replies: 14
Views: 11429

Re: Spoilers for Friday, 26 May 2017

ACTOREENS in whichever round it was.
by Ray Wilding
Wed May 24, 2017 2:00 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 24th May 2017
Replies: 0
Views: 1615

Spoilers for Wednesday 24th May 2017

A remarkable 9/10 letters rounds were darrenic today, I only managed two of them (DONATIVE and WHITTLED).
by Ray Wilding
Fri May 05, 2017 1:03 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday 5th May 2017
Replies: 1
Views: 1431

Spoilers for Friday 5th May 2017

Apterite Stephen Read is in the challenger's seat today.
by Ray Wilding
Mon Mar 27, 2017 1:21 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Monday 27 March 2017
Replies: 0
Views: 1926

Spoilers for Monday 27 March 2017

NOUMENA in R2
TUNABLE in R11

Late R14 solution: (50-4*3)*3*7-25
by Ray Wilding
Fri Mar 24, 2017 2:25 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday 24 March 2017
Replies: 4
Views: 3282

Re: Spoilers for Friday 24 March 2017

QUEUERS in R2
TAILGATED in R4
by Ray Wilding
Tue Feb 21, 2017 2:44 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 21st February 2017
Replies: 0
Views: 1215

Spoilers for Tuesday 21st February 2017

RIDEWAY in R11
by Ray Wilding
Tue Jan 24, 2017 2:41 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 24th January 2017
Replies: 8
Views: 2496

Spoilers for Tuesday 24 January 2017 (Series 76, Prelim 11)

Lots of beaters today

DIALIST in R4
ASSONATE in R5
WORRITED in R7
UNSUBTLE in R8
by Ray Wilding
Fri Jan 20, 2017 2:44 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday 20 January 2017 (Series 76, Prelim 9)
Replies: 16
Views: 10145

Re: Spoilers for Friday 20 January 2017 (Series 76, Prelim 9)

More likely that PORNIER was found by DC in that round and that's why they were cut.
by Ray Wilding
Tue Jan 17, 2017 7:35 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Monday 16 January 2017 (Series 76, Prelim 5)
Replies: 9
Views: 3736

Re: Spoilers for Monday 16 January 2017 (Series 76, Prelim 5)

There are no plurals given in the ODO at the moment, except in the premium version. The plural is FOVEAE and FOVEAE only.
by Ray Wilding
Thu Dec 22, 2016 4:49 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 22nd December 2016 (2nd Semi-Final)
Replies: 6
Views: 2829

Re: Spoilers for Thursday 22nd December 2016 (2nd Semi-Final)

Not that it makes any difference, but should LUPINES have been allowed? I can only see LUPINE on ODO as an adjective and as a North American variant spelling of LUPIN. Was this an oversight, or is the American spelling rule not enforced these days? Very convincing performance by Andrew there. Bad l...
by Ray Wilding
Fri Dec 16, 2016 2:56 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday 16 December 2016 (Series 74, 2nd Quarter Final)
Replies: 5
Views: 2487

Re: Spoilers for Friday 16 December 2016 (Series 74, 2nd Quarter Final)

POLITE

PRINTOUT and ALARMISTS were very good spots. Congrats Stephen.
by Ray Wilding
Fri Nov 04, 2016 2:27 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday 4th November 2016
Replies: 2
Views: 1017

Re: Spoilers for Friday 4th November 2016

PTOMAINE in R4
by Ray Wilding
Fri Oct 28, 2016 1:54 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday 28th October 2016
Replies: 3
Views: 1284

Re: Spoilers for Friday 28th October 2016

ALLOCUTE/LOCULATE in R12
by Ray Wilding
Thu Oct 06, 2016 2:36 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 6th October 2016
Replies: 5
Views: 2052

Re: Spoilers for Thursday 6th October 2016

OATMEALS in R8 also
by Ray Wilding
Thu Oct 06, 2016 2:25 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 6th October 2016
Replies: 5
Views: 2052

Re: Spoilers for Thursday 6th October 2016

AVIRULENT in R4
by Ray Wilding
Mon Oct 03, 2016 2:52 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Monday 3rd October 2016
Replies: 6
Views: 2184

Re: Spoilers for Monday 3rd October 2016

REQUINTO in R13
by Ray Wilding
Mon Sep 05, 2016 2:42 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers For Monday September 5th 2016
Replies: 9
Views: 3290

Re: Spoilers For Monday September 5th 2016

QUOTITY in R10
by Ray Wilding
Thu Sep 01, 2016 2:48 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 1 September 2016
Replies: 4
Views: 1835

Re: Spoilers for Thursday 1 September 2016

DUATHLON in R12
by Ray Wilding
Tue Aug 30, 2016 3:12 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 30 August 2016
Replies: 1
Views: 941

Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 30 August 2016

TRAINSPOT in R5, UNTWINED in R7 and ETHMOIDS in R11.
by Ray Wilding
Mon Jul 25, 2016 2:31 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers For Monday July 25th 2016
Replies: 6
Views: 2214

Re: Spoilers For Monday July 25th 2016

LADRONE in R5
((50-4)*10-7)*2 an alt method in R6
MIDSOLES in R10
QUANNET in R11
by Ray Wilding
Wed Jul 20, 2016 2:46 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 20 July 2016 (Series 75, Prelim 16)
Replies: 13
Views: 5280

Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 19 July 2016 (Series 75, Prelim 16)

Did Stephen offer DOTTIER in R11? There was only one T...
by Ray Wilding
Wed Jul 20, 2016 2:28 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 20 July 2016 (Series 75, Prelim 16)
Replies: 13
Views: 5280

Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 19 July 2016 (Series 75, Prelim 16)

It's the 20th, and you're welcome.

HOSPITAL for an 8 in R2 if you're not Rob Foster.