They’re both words; it depends on the lexicographer which unfortunately causes the problem. BANEFULLY is in the Collins dictionary but not in Oxford Dictionaries Premium. On balance, unless BANEFULLY is the scramble, I don’t think it’s a good conundrum.
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- Sat Apr 27, 2024 7:48 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 26th April 2024 (Series 89, Heat 84)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 132
Re: Spoilers for Friday 26th April 2024 (Series 89, Heat 84)
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 1:53 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 26th April 2024 (Series 89, Heat 84)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 132
Spoilers for Friday 26th April 2024 (Series 89, Heat 84)
R14: (100+4)*10-50=990 to leave -75/25 and Bob’s your uncle.
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 6:55 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 23rd April 2024 (Series 89, Heat 81)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 102
Spoilers for Tuesday 23rd April 2024 (Series 89, Heat 81)
Good game. Unlucky Iain.
A few unusual maxes below:
R8: NOONMEATS
R11: PONEROID
R12: REPUSHES
A few unusual maxes below:
R8: NOONMEATS
R11: PONEROID
R12: REPUSHES
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 1:33 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 22nd April 2024 (Series 89, Heat 80)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 140
Spoilers for Monday 22nd April 2024 (Series 89, Heat 80)
R7: ORIENTED - not easy to spot.
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 6:18 am
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: The 1% Club
- Replies: 57
- Views: 6443
Re: The 1% Club
A bit disappointed by the ambiguity of some of the questions of late. On yesterday's there were two questions which I think were especially poor. - Making every month 30 days long does not mean you'd have fewer days in a year. A year would still have the same number of days; you'd just have more mo...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 6:26 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: The 1% Club
- Replies: 57
- Views: 6443
Re: The 1% Club
A bit disappointed by the ambiguity of some of the questions of late. On yesterday's there were two questions which I think were especially poor. - Making every month 30 days long does not mean you'd have fewer days in a year. A year would still have the same number of days; you'd just have more mo...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:12 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: No More FA Cup Replays
- Replies: 19
- Views: 302
No More FA Cup Replays
From the 1st Round onwards, there will be no more replays in any of the FA Cup matches.
Thoughts on this?
Thoughts on this?
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:11 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Words you often Misspell
- Replies: 7
- Views: 183
Re: Words you often Misspell
As a child, I could never correctly recall the spelling of ‘necessary’ until a teacher said, ‘one (c)ollar, two (s)leeves.’
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:09 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Words you often Misspell
- Replies: 7
- Views: 183
Re: Words you often Misspell
Piran-HA!
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 1:49 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 10th April 2024 (Series 89, Heat 72)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 226
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 1:32 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 5th April 2024 (Series 89, Heat 69)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 195
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 1:17 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 5th April 2024 (Series 89, Heat 69)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 195
Spoilers for Friday 5th April 2024 (Series 89, Heat 69)
R2: YODELIST - for some reason, not listed as an American spelling like yodeled and yodeling (and yodellist isn’t in at all).
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 8:54 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 1st April 2024 - Mark Mills debuts
- Replies: 17
- Views: 669
Re: Spoilers for Monday 1st April 2024 - Mark Mills debuts
It is a word, to be fair, it’s just not (yet) in Oxford Dictionaries Premium.
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 1:43 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 1st April 2024 - Mark Mills debuts
- Replies: 17
- Views: 669
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 1:12 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 1st April 2024 - Mark Mills debuts
- Replies: 17
- Views: 669
Spoilers for Monday 1st April 2024 - Mark Mills debuts
No foolin’.
OCCUPIED in Round 10.
OCCUPIED in Round 10.
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 11:01 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Is TV making a comeback?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 243
Is TV making a comeback?
30 years ago, when most households could only get 4 channels (BBC One, BBC Two, ITV and Channel 4), between 15 million and 20 million people on the UK would gather round to watch feel-good Saturday night telly: from Blind Date to Gladiators , Noel’s House Party to Generation Game . Nowadays, anythin...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 8:26 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Good Friday 29th March 2024 (Series 89, Heat 64)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 241
Re: Spoilers for Good Friday 29th March 2024 (Series 89, Heat 64)
Similarly for 8 in R8: ASSONATE, and DOLOUR as an alt. in R10.
Any of the top 3 currently can still take this title, if there isn’t a 900 or 1,000 member, depending on how deep they dig in the finals. 9 or even 10 octochamps still possible – this is going to be an exciting second half of the series.
Any of the top 3 currently can still take this title, if there isn’t a 900 or 1,000 member, depending on how deep they dig in the finals. 9 or even 10 octochamps still possible – this is going to be an exciting second half of the series.
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 7:38 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: The Edge
- Replies: 2
- Views: 564
Re: The Edge
Sorry to burst your hot air balloon, but this was axed years ago. It ran for two series which were shown in… 2015!
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:12 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: The 1% Club
- Replies: 57
- Views: 6443
Re: The 1% Club
The questions for 23rd of March were good. I think the questions tend to be better and worse in different episodes over the series, in terms on ambiguity. The 45% question about the clockface had a second correct answer if you account 24-hour format, but that doesn’t make it any less unfair.
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 5:23 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 21st March 2024 (Series 89, Heat 58)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 784
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 21st March 2024 (Series 89, Heat 58)
Not sure how I feel about BEYONDS being allowed. Dictionary specifies "the beyond" as the noun form which doesn't feel like it should take an S I’m inclined to agree. Apterous usually goes by what the dictionary says, when it does say so. On balance I don’t think BEYONDS should be allowed.
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:06 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 20th March 2024 (Series 89, Heat 57)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 930
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 20th March 2024 (Series 89, Heat 57)
Not in: nearest entries are UNSOILED, UNRAILED and UNMAILED.
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 2:23 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 20th March 2024 (Series 89, Heat 57)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 930
Spoilers for Wednesday 20th March 2024 (Series 89, Heat 57)
Toby Byfield debuts. A battle of the Apterites today.
R14: Got 940=((75*25+9)/2)-100/50
R14: Got 940=((75*25+9)/2)-100/50
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 8:48 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 19th February 2024 (Series 89, Heat 35)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 866
Re: Spoilers for Monday 19th February 2024 (Series 89, Heat 35)
r4 OUTCRIED? r11 SOUNDABLE? r12 UNQUESTED? asking for a friend,,,,, All invalid. Just when I thought I'd found a reliable source to check my words (an OUP link posted here recently) I now find out it's UNreliable! Soundable is valid on it! I give up. Curious to know which link. Don’t think I saw it...
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 2:35 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 15th March 2024 (Series 89, Heat 54)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 569
Spoilers for Friday 15th March 2024 (Series 89, Heat 54)
I seem to have miscounted the number of heat games for this week, which may have skewed the heat numbers. Oops! This is definitely game 54 (first week was just 4 shows).
R7: NANOWIRES
R10: OOTHECA
Why is UNPRECISE not on Ascension?
R7: NANOWIRES
R10: OOTHECA
Why is UNPRECISE not on Ascension?
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 10:15 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 13th March 2024 (Series 89, Heat 52)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 684
Spoilers for Wednesday 13th March 2024 (Series 89, Heat 52)
The apparently invalid overbet x looked tempting in Round 10; I had 6 but would have tried it over OVERJET if I were to bid 7. HETERONYM was an excellent solve from Rick Edwards, considering the obscurity and difficulty. I do think conundrums of that difficulty should be reserved for the finals in p...
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 8:33 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1740
- Views: 716423
Re: Ask Graeme?
I bet Pilates is the most frequently declared word on TV Countdown without it ever being allowed: 22 instances in total if you include matched answers.
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 8:17 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 12th March 2024 (Series 89, Heat 51)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 530
Spoilers for Tuesday 12th March 2024 (Series 89, Heat 51)
Nice debut from Apterite and crossword fiend in Lucas Glanville. R4: DIVAGATE R5: HERONITES Max game for me. TALIPES and, more obscurely, ALPISTE, are the useful anagrams of invalid Pilates, which has now been disallowed for the 22nd time (including matched plays). Coincidentally, Rick Edwards was t...
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 9:53 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: The 1% Club
- Replies: 57
- Views: 6443
Re: The 1% Club
This should help: http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/The_1%25_Club It has a live play-along app as well.Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2024 8:41 pm I've still not watched this. Is it like 1 vs 100 (which I've also not watched)?
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 9:48 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: The 1% Club
- Replies: 57
- Views: 6443
Re: The 1% Club
Saw this for the first time yesterday. Can imagine many Countdowners having a go especially if they need 100 players per episode! Anybody else find Lee Mack unbearably facetious? Quite a few Countdowners already have played. I don’t find Lee facetious at all. I find him a natural. Without him this ...
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 9:35 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: The 1% Club
- Replies: 57
- Views: 6443
Re: The 1% Club
Better questions this week. I stupidly failed 25%. I got 1% right, though.
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 2:50 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 7th March 2024 (Series 89, Heat 48)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 889
Spoilers for Thursday 7th March 2024 (Series 89, Heat 48)
5 octochamps in 48 games! What a series!
R1: NURAGHE
R8: AMATIVE
R1: NURAGHE
R8: AMATIVE
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 8:07 am
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: The 1% Club
- Replies: 57
- Views: 6443
Re: The 1% Club
After record ratings, they’ve just renewed 2 more series and we’re only 2 episodes in this current one.
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 7:51 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 5th March 2024 (Series 89, Heat 46)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 665
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 5th March 2024 (Series 89, Heat 46)
Tempting to try ‘Matilda’ in Round 10, but alas capitalised.
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 2:58 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 5th March 2024 (Series 89, Heat 46)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 665
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 7:08 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The Dead of 2024
- Replies: 62
- Views: 5418
Re: The Dead of 2024
Tony Green passed away today at 85. Legendary darts commentator and scorer who made a terrific double act with the late, great Jim Bowen on Bullseye. Sad to learn this after recently watching it on YouTube again.
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 2:53 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 4th March 2024 (Series 88, Heat 45)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 858
Spoilers for Monday 4th March 2024 (Series 88, Heat 45)
R2: URACIL (Kirk word)
This week may or may not see our 5th octochamp in two months.
This week may or may not see our 5th octochamp in two months.
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 8:13 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 29th February 2024 (Series 89, Heat 43)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 758
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 29th February 2024 (Series 89, Heat 43)
50*5-10-4 for a faster 236.
R14 alt: (75*3+3)*2-10=446
R14 alt: (75*3+3)*2-10=446
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 1:06 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1740
- Views: 716423
Re: Ask Graeme?
How many people have won a Countdown teapot and a Mastermind glass bowl? Isabelle Heward is the one I'm aware of. May well be others. Geoff Thomas marginally missed doing the double, arguably failing at the easier task. Another one for sure is Andy Page (bowl in 2003, teapot in 2004). I know it’s a...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 1:03 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: RIP Dave Myers
- Replies: 2
- Views: 667
Re: RIP Dave Myers
Such a sad loss. Talented cook, lovely man above all. We enjoy their recipes. RIP
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 2:09 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1740
- Views: 716423
Re: Ask Graeme?
How many people have won a Countdown teapot and a Mastermind glass bowl?
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 10:13 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: OED vs ODP: what’s the difference?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 845
Re: OED vs ODP: what’s the difference?
Can anybody explain to me like i'm a 5 year old why words get taken out of the dictionary? A lot of the words that have been removed from apterous have been because of misinterpretation of the countdown rules - thinks like percent, readout, outearn etc are now considered to be US spellings of the h...
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 8:39 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: OED vs ODP: what’s the difference?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 845
OED vs ODP: what’s the difference?
There seems to be confusion over what dictionary the show uses. Indeed, the Oxford English Dictionary is often confused with other Oxford dictionaries available, as this tutorial video explains at 2:34. https://youtu.be/JAdoOY3muqw?si=JNbXhFrSu9-sj7Cd So I thought I’d make this clear by explaining t...
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 3:10 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: The 1% Club
- Replies: 57
- Views: 6443
Re: The 1% Club
Anyone knocked out in previous questions before that point should never be brought back. Otherwise players would deliberately get a question wrong to try and walk away with a bit of money on the 1% question, and it wouldn’t be a good game. Not sure I understand this. What benefit is there to delibe...
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:57 am
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: The 1% Club
- Replies: 57
- Views: 6443
Re: The 1% Club
Anyone else find the ending unsatisfactory when we have the scenario where everyone remaining gets eliminated on the same question? Seems a bit of a cop out that all those eliminated on that question just get flung to the 1% question and have the ability to collect the money, or play for the full p...
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 7:48 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: The 1% Club
- Replies: 57
- Views: 6443
Re: The 1% Club
The 5% question was: “YOU is a three-letter word that when you remove the first two letters and just the third letter remains the word still sounds the same. What other commonly-used three letter word does this?” The “correct” answer, according to the show, was WHY - Y. Indeed, the phonetic spelling...
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 7:29 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: The 1% Club
- Replies: 57
- Views: 6443
Re: The 1% Club
Aye, some horrible questions there. I'd have gone 5 instead of 2 on national anthem question, but you can make a strong argument for both. The eyes/is thing was brutal too - it's not so much ambiguous as a question, but when read out... Also, we had a difference of opinion on "first letter of ...
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 6:12 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: The 1% Club
- Replies: 57
- Views: 6443
Re: The 1% Club
Is it just me or were there 3 or 4 questions where you could make a decent argument for more than one answer being correct tonight? 5% question in particular can eff right off Yes, there were at least two, what I called ambiguous, questions last night. Aye, some horrible questions there. I'd have g...
- Thu Feb 22, 2024 2:12 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 22nd February (Series 89, Heat 38)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 526
Spoilers for Thursday 22nd February (Series 89, Heat 38)
Will Michael Calder be the 4th octochamp in 8 weeks?!
Will we get TEN octochamps?!
Will we get TEN octochamps?!
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 8:30 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 19th February 2024 (Series 89, Heat 35)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 866
Re: Spoilers for Monday 19th February 2024 (Series 89, Heat 35)
All invalid.Howie Myers wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 6:18 am r4 OUTCRIED?
r11 SOUNDABLE?
r12 UNQUESTED?
asking for a friend,,,,,
- Sun Feb 18, 2024 10:32 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 8th February 2024 (Series 89, Heat 28)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 935
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 8th February 2024 (Series 89, Heat 28)
I wonder what they'd have done if she'd said something like "UNPOWD ... Oh no, GUNPOWDER". You are the ref . . . I think I'd have to say that she lost, and she shouldn't be able to profit by actually giving the answer away completely, so any sort of rerun would be wrong. Maybe just refilm...
- Fri Feb 16, 2024 5:53 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 16th February 2024 (Series 89, Heat 34)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 486
Spoilers for Friday 16th February 2024 (Series 89, Heat 34)
Would anyone else have been tempted by the invalid ‘opacities’ in Round 1? https://wiki.apterous.org/Episode_8210
R9 alt: (100+5*6-7)*(9-1)=984
R14 alt: (50*3+10/2)*5=755
R9 alt: (100+5*6-7)*(9-1)=984
R14 alt: (50*3+10/2)*5=755
- Thu Feb 15, 2024 8:49 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 14th February 2024 (Series 89, Heat 32)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 480
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 14th February 2024 (Series 89, Heat 32)
FAINEANTS for 9.
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 12:07 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 12th February 2024 (Series 89, Heat 30)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 415
Re: Spoilers for Monday 12th February 2024 (Series 89, Heat 30)
Have a feeling this could be a 9-strong octochamp series, which has happened once before. A very open competition so far having seen some consistent scores among non-Apterites, and we’re not even at the halfway point of Series 89.
- Fri Feb 09, 2024 2:52 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 9th February 2024 (Series 89, Heat 29)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 349
Spoilers for Friday 9th February 2024 (Series 89, Heat 29)
RASCALS for an anagram of SCALARS in Round 2.
Since the recording of this episode, WORLDIE has been added to the premium.oxforddictionaries.com website. Thankfully, it didn’t cost the winner in the end.
Since the recording of this episode, WORLDIE has been added to the premium.oxforddictionaries.com website. Thankfully, it didn’t cost the winner in the end.
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 3:03 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 8th February 2024 (Series 89, Heat 28)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 935
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 8th February 2024 (Series 89, Heat 28)
“Unpowder” was unfortunate. Very unlucky, Katharine. I’m sorry to see you go so soon.
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 2:59 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 8th February 2024 (Series 89, Heat 28)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 935
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 8th February 2024 (Series 89, Heat 28)
I got FACTOTUM, but the lack of E always makes the game harder IMO.Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2024 2:46 pm Although not as long as FACTOTUM, TACTFUL was the standard method contestant-beater in round 4.
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 2:36 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 8th February 2024 (Series 89, Heat 28)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 935
Spoilers for Thursday 8th February 2024 (Series 89, Heat 28)
R2: MASTOID, MIKADOS
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 6:09 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: The 1% Club
- Replies: 57
- Views: 6443
Re: The 1% Club
Heads up!
Series 3 starts 17th February at 8:50 pm. And it’s twice longer; 16 shows!
Series 3 starts 17th February at 8:50 pm. And it’s twice longer; 16 shows!
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 2:55 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 7th February (Series 89, Heat 27)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 433
- Tue Feb 06, 2024 8:27 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 5th February 2024 (Series 89, Heat 25)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 376