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From my Scrabble sources our opponent today is Kathy Richland (was Suddick). She recently married Series 4 Number one seed Robert Richland. Robert is now a delivering post as a postman in the Warrington area.

Mauro

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Gavin I have no problem with the discussion on here. That is great and the right forum for it but the players on the day have no influence over how Susie interprets things. I hope Jonny gets another chance as he seemed an excellent player and George goes on from here. With no definitive wordlist av...

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Round 7 alt 7 - "guardo Countdown nel mio SALOTTO". Unusually not in CSW but OK in Oxford

Mauro

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Interestingly, Susie took her time before allowing GARPIKES, on the grounds that GARPIKE would be the plural. I also had EPIGRAMS and GRAMPIES written down, but thankfully she allowed it. Controversial again! GARPIKES isn't found in the search bar. It doesn't tell you how to pluralise it presumably...

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Anyone else, apart from me, notice the extension during the end credits today :?: :?: I thought something different must've happened to them when I noticed the extended music with no explanation, when I went across to the studio 2 weeks ago, but had no idea it was for that invention............ :ro...

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As Countdown clashes with DCDL directly this week I wondered when both shows would have the same target at the same time for the numbers game. Today it actually happened: while we had 706 to make from 100, 6, 5, 8, 8 and 7 the French contestants had 706 to make from 8, 7, 10, 7, 5 and 10. Both were ...

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round 5: (the Crewing round)- you may have to double check me on this beater but ERUCTING is OK in Collins but I believe is new to Countdown as ODO under ERICTATION lists ERUCT (derivative) as a verb....

Mauro

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Alt 8 in the FLATTENS round: ATLANTES

Mauro

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When the ODE was used, American words were fine (SIDEWALK, MAILBOX etc.) but American spellings were not (COLOR, TRAVELED etc.). Now that the ODO is being used, there is some extra confusion because we are referred to some entries from the US English dictionary (e.g. MACROLIDE, BIGEMINY) - it says ...

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Round 13: Don't understand why Susie allowed CAPITOLS?

Although listed in all lowercase, it's also listed as *US* on the ODO ... plus it neither lists it as a verb nor noun.

??!!??

Mauro

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Did anyone else notice some calculations magically appearing in the first numbers game? Yes I did, and to check we saw what we saw, played back the video. Apparently 5 x 75= 375, 3 x 10 = 30, 30 - 2 = 28 and 375 - 28 equalled 347!!! 357 was the target. So if Mark could spill the beans as to who sub...

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Dan McColm wrote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ich_bin_ei ... conception Poor work from the research team

... or bad delivery by Nick having misread it (highly likely). Daughter Jessica told me the exact meaning as soon as he said it.

Mauro

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Tony Atkins wrote:I think we all expect Mark James to win, but will Amy score any?
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I've got him down as Mark Davies.

Mauro

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In the battle between Scrabble player and Apterites it's another point for the Scrabble players! R1: C1: YONDER C2: PONDER. In previous posts Had C1 gone second and not showed her pad to opponent she is deemed of cheating. Same situation here C2 goes second and offers a different word - not obliged ...

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Pretty sure Tick said TILTED in Round 5 instead of JILTED, unless I'm going crazy Kiattisik Thepsuria is well known in Thailand for his Scrabble abilities. Played the odd tournament over here. Jessica knows him well on the Internet circuit - met him once at New Malden. Thai people have a very bad c...

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Continuity announcer fail: "For one week only, Countdown will be at the earlier time of 10 past 3...." True: Monday's Countdown will be at 3.10pm.... but then it's the ONLY one of the week :-( Horse Racing again Tuesday to Friday. As someone once commented: "Why do they never pull De...

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Not to detract from Tricia Pay's superb performance but Jeff Clayton (from Colchester Essex) will have his third game against Bernadette (from Belgium) on Des Chiffres et des Lettres on France-3. Bernadette won the first game on Wednesday, Jeff won yesterday's game to make it 1-1. Today is the decid...

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Opponent today should be Tricia Pay (so I've been told from the Scrabble group). IIRC she should be related to a former contestant Richard Pay, an octochamp from series 51. Just to confirm there is NO connection with Richard from series 51 but *has* appeared on Countdown before on Series 29 where h...

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Also you may wish to tune into Des Chiffres Des Lettres afterwards (I watch it on http://www.filmon.com/tv/france-3) to see how Jeff Clayton gets on. Mauro Thanks - I was pleased to get one round he didn't get. Happy to oblige. Normally they do best of three matches so expect to see him tomorrow. I...

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Opponent today should be Tricia Pay (so I've been told from the Scrabble group). IIRC she should be related to a former contestant Richard Pay, an octochamp from series 51. Also you may wish to tune into Des Chiffres Des Lettres afterwards (I watch it on www.filmon.com/tv/france-3) to see how Jeff C...

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It is also not listed as a spelling and has its own pronunciation listed so it's arguably a separate term. The ambiguity lies in the fact that the entry for LUPINE lists it neither as a "term" or "spelling" just North American. If you look at the entries for SIDEWALK and CELLPHO...

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ODO says LUPINE is a North American spelling of LUPIN though, which is probably why it wasn't allowed. It all depends on how Susie looked it up. I believe she looked up LUPINE as in wolflike and not LUPINE as in 'see LUPIN' plant. She did give the definition as "pertaining to wolf" We mig...

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The longest word didn't make the edit - assume SPRINKLE? OK Jessica again! In this round Susie disallowed LUPINES. Jessica *found* LUPINES listed under LUPIN in the ODO (and OED). (Susie may have just typed Lupine and looked for an S hook) Jessica had to type in the *whole* word into the text box o...

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In round 2 Jessica found AGNISED in the ODO. Listed as a variant spelling of the verb AGNIZE. Means to recognise the existence of. Archaic. AGNISE is not listed in the OED that we've got. Mauro/Jessica Neither are in ODE3 - so well done! It's in CSW so are some of those words sneaking in? But wait....

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In round 2 Jessica found AGNISED in the ODO.
Listed as a variant spelling of the verb AGNIZE.
Means to recognise the existence of. Archaic.
AGNISE is not listed in the OED that we've got.

Mauro/Jessica

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The way things were going Jessica and I thought someone was going to try CAKETIN^ in the DETAIN/TACKED round.

In the TANGELO round I told Jessica ONGLAZE and though I meant the French for English!

FWIW: SPASMED^ (in the IMPASSE round) was CSW only.

Mauro (+ Jessica)

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Mauro - What is worrying, exactly? Utopia losing its capital letter? Xeroxed can't ever come out in a selection, Kleenex is capitalised and Izvesta doesn't exist. Qwerty is also capitalised, so as with all capitalised words since the show started, it's not valid. The online dictionary isn't suppose...

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UTOPIA was always capitalised in the ODE, but it is indeed allowable now. Is that the first ODO-only spot (albeit by DC)? This is certainly worrying and could cost the game. I wonder about other capitalised words like Xeroxed, Kleenex and Izvesta? Is it me or is QWERTY listed as all capitals in the...

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OBSIDIAN was a fantastic spot. p.s. is it just me, but a big part of the show for me was the countdown dictionary. I hate the laptop. It looks awful. In case anyone from the Countdown Team is watching this, please please please bring back the dictionary!!! Pretty please? I'm sorry, but I too was no...

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Did Pad (the challenger) find a flaw in the conundrum? Having declared INCORRECT and the solve was shown as INCORRECT (like they normally have done) would he have got the points for being correct? Daughter Jessica was happy with her alt spot of DIASPORE in the PARODIES round although two CSW words c...

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Just a minor, technical, point to note for the future. (and was always drummed into me as editor of the London Scrabble League Newsletters)

Scrabble is in fact a trade name and should always should be spelt with a capital S.

Mauro

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Tony Atkins wrote:
Steven M. McCann wrote:EUROLAND is certainly a word to remember.
UNLOADER was the alt in that round.

And I went for the unallowable (CSW) urodelan

EUROLAND is not in ours, well done to those that found it

Mauro

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Bradley Cates wrote:ZEUGMAS in R4

Couldn't believe Jessica (watching with me) also came up with this solve

Mauro

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Tony Atkins wrote:Does anyone else find the way Sean agonises over the letter selection rather annoying?

Yes, it has been rather noticeable. The selections have not been that awful, surely

Mauro

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So, we're now heading into the cut-down Countdown phase now, as the next 2 weeks have episodes ONLY on Monday and Tuesday, meaning more Robinson Recaps for a while :!: :!: :shock: :o :( :cry: clipped Oh good. I'll be able to give Des Chiffres et des Lettres more attention without having to switch f...

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Anyone know if urethans is CSW valid? Yes it is! .... as was his amotion from the NATION round - athough NANOBOT should be a beater. I have Jessica alongside watching also and predicted Neil would come up with those two CSW words ;) Note that an alternative unhearts from the HAUNTERS round was also...

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Today's challenger should be Scrabble player Neil Green.
Another reappearing contestant from 2003 who failed to stop Stuart Earl in his octochamp run.

Mauro

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Results now up at http://www.kisekigo.com/corea14/results.html - recaps will appear here later. Thanks to all who came for helping to raise £225 and thanks to all who helped, especially to Zarte and his anonymous source for broadcasting the final on apterous after I was delayed from logging in. Sor...

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Great tournament Tony and the team, as always. Very enjoyable and unlike any Scrabble tournament! Many thanks. My FB pictures of the event are on my Facebook wall here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.734819106551699.1073741830.100000708497816&type=1&l=9196dcfa6e Those 30 seconds o...

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Addam is known to me as he is a member of the London Scrabble League, and has attended one or two of our Sunday Drives. It is probably where he got sedgier* from in round 5 (GDHSEOEIR). It's allowable in our dictionary :oops: Similar in round 13 (DSGTVAIED) where I went for vistaed* instead of the m...

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Eileen Taylor appeared on Tipping Point on the show broadcast on ITV on Wednesday 26th March 2014.

Took me a good half an hour before I twigged where I've seen her before

Mauro

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PROBES for a 6 in that round before the third numbers, since nobody did say they actually had a 6. And speaking of that third numbers, a bit late but I did get 737 by doing (100-2) x 8 - 50 + (75/25). I had Jessica with me watching today's show... and she came up with PREFABS in the PROBES round :-...

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Jessica and I would be able to come, and as my other daughter, Natasha, has applied and waits for an audition date, will also want some practice and is interested in joining us.

Mauro

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Nick has some cheek asking the old lady not to die before the finals. Ooh missed that. I heard Nick say to the challenger "You finally beat the [old] Dragon". Was glad Rachel berated him on air about "really ought to learn how to talk to women". I also heard from Jessica that Ni...

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I noted Priscilla fell into the CSW traps I mentioned on the 'forthcoming contestants' section. I had Jessica with me [for a change] and she would have instantly gone for MOTHIER (from RMTHPOEIA) instead of MOITHER^ (CSW only) in round one and ABORTED (from NKOEDTRAB) instead of BORATED^ (again CSW ...

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My Scrabble sources say Priscilla Munday will be appearing on the show on Tuesday 21 January. Having played her several times over the years she's a very quick sharp minded person who can finish a Scrabble game in five minutes. Hopefully she'll stay clear of the usual Scrabble player's 'wordtraps' a...

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John Garcia wrote:THERAPIES for 9 in R9

Jessica just got home form college to solve the 'PRATESI nine' selection

Mauro

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My Jessica was on form today: Round 2: equaller MARCHESI Round 8: equaller MADRONA/MADRONO Round 11: equaller FIREBUG SIMONSAID was one of the Countdown Application conundrums given as a quiz to drum up future contestants at the recent Mind Sports International and Mind Sports Olympiad events (which...

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I'm amazed that Michaela Strachan was allowed out of the studio alive after that snake spitting poem thing that she did. I fast-forwarded it, is it worth watching? Michaela squeezed the cobra and it squirted. Quite amusing... depending on your take on what she did ;) And she had to wear goggles ! M...

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Jack Worsley wrote:GUANACO was one of the sevens in round 1. Also GOBDAWS in the BODEGAS round.
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I got an alt 7 in round 1: MAURO plus GN makes ORGANUM

Mauro

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Just seen an ad for Horse Racing for tomorrow, so checked the TV guide. A reminder its 3.30pm Countdown tomorrow !

Mauro

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You wouldn't have to have the names filled for the next two weeks but It'd be nice to know the name of the contestant who appears the next day..... just in case the camera pans the name too quick or has omitted to get it in shot as sometimes has happened in the past.

Mauro

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Hang on there are horses! 15.30 start today

edit: tomorrow 15.30 start too.

Mauro

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round 13: Jessica spotted GJETOST^ ... but it's capitalised

.... But it wouldn't, playing to "Ray Tate's version of Countdown" !!!

Mauro/Jessica

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Shame they all missed the final 9 in round 13 - but first 12 maxes + a 13th on the numbers is pretty hot by Jen. Jessica came up with the unlikely STOMPIEST in that round. With Lexplorer down it was up to the OED to confirm it *was* there!! Jess had an equaller in CENTAVOS in round 10. OXHEART^ was...

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The nearest Ray Tate has been to world #1 is *having beaten* the world #1 (Nigel Richards from NZ) twice out of seven attempts.... but never no 1. (I rate Mark Nyman as our all time No. 1 in the UK). I somehow think that Ray, currently rated 160th= in the UK and 354th in the WESPA world ratings, wil...

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Round 12: Jessica's believes that Ian's offering of SANDINGS should be allowed as the OED lists the word as a noun under the verb part of SAND on page 1575 of our edition of OED. Even though Lexplorer says not. Well done Jen. impressive performance. Rumours in the Scrabble world by one certain beard...

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Congratulations Oli :) And congratulations also to Paul Gallen :D Yes, not to be outdone.... Paul has won the 'Grand Slam' of Scrabble: Paul is now reigning Irish National Champion, National Scrabble Champion (of the UK), Masters and finally the British Matchplay Scrabble Championship champion. Pau...

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Only two years ago Oliver was competing in the World Youth Scrabble Championships in Malaysia in 2011. Yesterday he completed a three day Scrabble Tournament (British Matchplay Scrabble Championship) at the Yarnfield Conference Centre near Stone, Staffordshire where not only did he finished runner u...

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Well done Dylan. Alt round 2, Jessica got DC beater NITROGEN Jessica got the numbers game in round 9: ((100+(4*10))*4)-2-1=557 She lost to Dylan in every other round :-( Round 10: Thought Dylan said WATERMAN and Susie corrected it to WATERMEN. Dylan given benefit of doubt as I'm sure he "wrote ...

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