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Is Susie about to record her 6000th show? I was recording last week (had a great time but I’ll give you no spoilers - airs 19 Nov) so I happen to know they’ve recorded up to the 21st November show and will next record on 16th September. So last weekend the current wikicount for Susie’s appearances o...

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Tue Aug 05, 2025 5:16 pm I did that too. Could have just done (7+4+1)×75+4×10=940 though.

Or how about (75+7+(4*(4-1)))*10
Too many brackets there?

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No mention of the 9 in Rd10, am I seeing things?
AMORPHOUS??

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Steve Hyde wrote: ↑Tue Jul 22, 2025 7:30 pm PEASANT in R10 as a surprising DC beater

I was surprised by that too!

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They've been doing zoom auditions for a little while now, which must reduce the likelihood of cheating, as well as perhaps coming closer to studio pressure, so will be interesting to see if the standard generally improves and there's fewer of the "how did they pass" type contestants. I ha...

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Thanks Ryan!! I vote Rhys, who seemed slightly the most solid of the 8 to me when I played along. Tim J a close second. That 3rd QF between Tim James and Matt should be a corker. Both apterites, and I’d love Matt Fife to hit form and go all the way but we’ll see. Good chances of a Welsh champ this y...

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Thanks for the commentaries Ryan.

I noticed following Colin mentioning a couple of times that Tim and Matt played each other online regularly, that there were several new players on Apterous that afternoon/evening. Guess this is how I found my way to Apterous as well, thinking about it.

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Good contest. Nervy from both of them.
Sad to see Matt go out.

Rd 8 I got ATOMISM for 7

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I guess I’m just keen to accept any narrative that would explain why poor old “Cohal” seemed so unfamiliar with the basics of the game and yet managed to get there. Mere nerves don’t explain it.

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Backup contestants are local applicants that pass the same audition process as everyone else, and are on standby in case there's an octochamp and an extra contestant is needed. If they're not needed, then they're normally invited for the next filming block. Seemed a nice enough lad, but some of his...

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I vote Rhys, who seemed slightly the most solid of the 8 to me when I played along. Tim J a close second. That 3rd QF between Tim James and Matt should be a corker. Both apterites, and I’d love Matt Fife to hit form and go all the way but we’ll see.

Good chances of a Welsh champ this year either way!

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Ian Fitzpatrick wrote: ↑Wed Jun 11, 2025 9:28 am She also needs to try having more than three vowels more often!

Is it a tactical thing on her part to just go for 3V? And if so are you saying it’s just bad tactics?

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Yeah he did have a poor game, and picked the 6 vowels, but it came out at the end he’d basically been dragged off the street as a backup contestant so that makes sense. Also in last numbers game Colin announced 6 points to Joanne… Backup contestants are local applicants that pass the same audition ...

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Yeah he did have a poor game, and picked the 6 vowels, but it came out at the end he’d basically been dragged off the street as a backup contestant so that makes sense.

Also in last numbers game Colin announced 6 points to Joanne…

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Wasn’t sure where to post this, kind of IS Countdown related: features Susie Dent and lots of comedians, and lots of word-related stuff. Pretty funny, worth a listen. Series 2 just started and catch up on series 1 on BBC Sounds if you’ve not heard it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m0024fk6

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Brilliant stuff!

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For final numbers game my solution seemed way more straighforward than Rachel’s:
678 from 10 10 6 3 5 7

((6*10)+7)*10 +5 +3

Kind of jumped out.

Jon Stammers · Spoilers for Thursday 1 May 2025 (Series 91, Heat 84) Rd 13: UNTAKEN (7)

Rd 13: UNTAKEN (7)

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Rd 12 PONCIEST (8)

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Rd 2 alt 8: TOADLETS
Rd 7 alt 6: ADUKIS

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Can't remember which day Colin said this but it might have been this one: Colin was talking about playing along with the contestants with three columns, presumably as a three-player game. This is the standard method. Those of you who play separate games against each contestant are overcomplicating ...

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Round 9
937 from 50 75 1 5 9 8
I did
(75-8)*(5+9)-1=937
What a moment happening to spot that within the time and Rachel never got it!! Bit of a fluke (happened to randomly remember that 67*14 sum for 938) but still have to enjoy those moments!

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Pants, I was just on my way back to quietly delete that. Too late,
Busted!!!!

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Yes, R3 I did
(8+7-2)*4=39
39*25=975
-6=969

Not that hard, thought Dr Tom very much had an off day today, missing 3 not very hard numbers games in the time. I got this one and the last one in the time and I’m not that good on numbers.

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Thanks Philip, very interesting.

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Wow, one of these days someone might actually fill in for Susie - when was the last time SHE had a day off? They didn't even get a stand-in for Rachel's last maternity as I recall, just filmed loads extra and worked around it which seemed insane! Maybe they have a bit more sense now?? Tom seemed inc...

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Now admittedly I was on pretty bad form this time but look at this: SURELY The Guardian shouldn't be allowed a PERFECT game like this, or even close, especially when he's so mediocre at numbers. Settings need changing surely?? https://i.ibb.co/4gY56F25/tadpole-tale-star-27-not-even-a-tiny-bit-close-...

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ALMOST! I can see it CAN be possible now! I can at least imagine a parallel universe where I spotted ORIENT and ABATE , and maybe STOLID too at a push. Unlike in that other game!

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Thanks very much, both of you!

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Is Star 27 of the Tadpole's Tale path really meant to be quite this hard? How many stars from the end am I?? If there even is an end... https://gifyu.com/image/bS7xc https://gifyu.com/image/bS7xc https://gifyu.com/image/bS7xc Sorry, struggling to make pic visible... Most of the earlier stars were fa...

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Fiona T wrote: ↑Tue Feb 18, 2025 7:36 am
Jon Stammers wrote: ↑Mon Feb 17, 2025 11:03 pm Ok thanks.
We had a similar problem a few months ago - yep it's no fun playing chatless!

Ok, thanks Fiona, I wondered whether it had happened before. Did it take long to sort last time? It's been a couple of days now.

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Tue Feb 18, 2025 12:05 pm Jon Stammers so struggles enough as it is.

Doesn't mean he needs to put up with your chipper wisecracks, Gavin!

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Ok thanks.

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This evening the chat and live feed are not working at all for me on Apterous, making it all a bit miserable. Is it like that for everyone or do I just have a technical issue that's just me??? I had a really miserable tourney game where I couldn't communicate at all, it was REALLY a horrible experie...

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Hmm, so that's why it was. It went totally without comment in the show. How was it supposed to promote it?? I was just baffled and I'm a big fan of The Piano!!

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