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I can't believe nobody ahs mentioned the biggest news story of the Transfer Window!!!
The mighty Leyton Orient have signed young Chelsea midfielder Jimmy Smith. Earth-shattering!

Slipped over on the stuff this morning. I hate snow

I have this game too. I can't believe it's so old! The review is really quite accurate- the game is pretty poor imho. One other point I would add to the criticisms mentioned is that the letters rounds almost always produce really horrible selections- significantly worse than on the show. The letter ...

I don't know the exact figures, but it seemed like there were very few round today where both contestants scored? Anyone know what the record for that is? (I guess excluding one-sided games would be better, and yes I am thinking of DoD when I say that!)

Also, could someone please enlighten me as to the signifance of the letters DXTSC and AIO? I'm assuming here but it's probably a reference to Simon Myer's favourite word? Or perhaps he's referring to a show he appeared on where those letters come out. DOXASTIC Ah thanks for that. I guessed it might...

Now that the CofC is over, does anyone know how many nines there were in total over the 3 weeks? And how this compares to an 'average' 3 weeks? My point is that if the champions have been getting fewer nines, that would seem to indicate some different shuffling. (Arguably, if the champions are only ...

I have nothing against Kirk, but I can't see how it can be a good thing that everyone is wishing for an incredibly one-sided final? Surely a tight contest that could go either way (a la Mubeen-Reams last time) is more watchable? Granted, it is entertaining to see players get amazingly long words. Bu...

Answers to what? You don't know what the letters will be. And it should be fairly obvious if the ruler has a built-in anagram solver or calculator. Having said that, I'm curious as to what use a ruler could be... Well one example would be having a tiny list of, say, sevens which are never the max, ...

Are you allowed to take your own paper, pens, etc? Or for instance, a ruler? (Believe it or not I find a ruler quite handy) I can't see why not. Just in case you've got all the answers written down already in invisible ink/inside the pen barrel/on the ruler markings. Answers to what? You don't know...

Unpieces is not a word is it? (round 6 I think). It sounds like it should be, but maybe I'm confusing it with something else. No idea what, mind you. Possibly you're thinking of UNPICKS. Possibly. I guess a detective is more likely to unpick evidence than unpiece it... 7 CofC XIII games have gone t...

Unpieces is not a word is it? (round 6 I think). It sounds like it should be, but maybe I'm confusing it with something else. No idea what, mind you. Numbers rounds today were weird; I got the first two, more difficult ones, but messed up the third, easier one. Oh wait, hang on, that makes me weird...

That was enjoyable. Thanks Joseph.
Mid-table obscurity for me, well done Stewart and Dinos.

I wondered about MARMITES, too. I just checked the Apterous Stemmer and yes, it's there. Awesome :) It's not often I get to point out a word that nobody else on the forum has! (OK, by 'not often' I mean 'never until now' :oops: ) Never until now? It was only your 13th post, you should be bloody pro...

Charlie Reams wrote:

Clare Sudbery wrote:"learning your 7s that are never the max"

I'm intrigued. What is this?

http://www.countdownwiki.com/Fruitful_7s

Is 'batters' really a seven that is never the max? Tabarets doesn't appear on the stemmer. So does that mean the stemmer is wrong, or the Wiki?

Clare Sudbery wrote:I wondered about MARMITES, too. I just checked the Apterous Stemmer and yes, it's there.

Awesome It's not often I get to point out a word that nobody else on the forum has! (OK, by 'not often' I mean 'never until now' )

Granted, not the highest quality game of the week, but 3 crucial conundrums:
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=22021
All would've been avoided if I'd just played it safe in round 13!

Cornflake!
Except...
It's not a valid word

If you outlaw repeated letters, that's a different kettle of fish... Surely ... a difernt kl o sh? Very good. Without repeated letters most of David O'Donnell disappears... And Countdw would be a lot more difficult too. Has anyone ever played the game... on my island the inhabitants have feet and k...

Would 'marmites' have been allowed in the Marmoset round? I was under the impression that the container pictured on the front of a jar of that foodstuff is actually called a marmite, though I could be wrong.

How do the ratings reflect ability on the Show?
Would a rating of 2000+ reflect a series winner, perhaps, and a 1700+ an octochamp, or am I way off the mark? Or is there no correlation at all because there are some people who find apterous much much easier/ harder than the actual show?

I believe the most Southernly point is the Lizard, and the Western point is Land's End- therefore both in Cornwall.
I think the North question has been a question on Millionnaire, but I can't remember the answer.

On a related theme, what is the longest English word in which all the letters are in alphabetical order? I know there are lots of 6s (BIOPSY is the one I always remember for some reason), but are there any that are longer? And no, I don't know the answer. BEEFILY and BILLOWY. Also if you were to fo...

If anyone could find a sensible anagram of my name, I'd be impressed. And my middle name is Gary, if that helps. Which it won't. Gary helped a lot! A couple are quite Countdown-appropriate: REANALYZING SUMS REALIGN ZANY SUMS and some others too: NURSES AMAZINGLY LAZING ANEURYSMS AMAZES GRISLY NUN A...

If anyone could find a sensible anagram of my name, I'd be impressed.
And my middle name is Gary, if that helps. Which it won't.

so for goodness sake, miss the odd lecture if you want to watch countdown and live a little you'll never have this experience to live and love life again....university is about more that boring old lectures believe me It is unfortunate that the more entertaining choice (missing a lecture to watch c...

My instinct would also be that it would be important to maximise the number of ways in which common sequences of letters could be achieved. That is, having I,N,G on different dice several times, as well as C-K (since the K is there, we may as well try to make use of it). So as a quick first attempt,...

Awesome to have Countdown back :D (though being a student I can only watch it occassionally :( ) What?! What do you mean as a student only watch it occasionally? Surely being a student is the only time in life (apart from when you're retired) when you have ample free time to watch such luxuries. Yo...

Hi all, I'm new here as I'm sure you've guessed (though I've been aware of the forums for a while). I went for my recording yesterday- it's so nerve-wracking! Thanks to everyone for making the day who was there for making the day enjoyable (though I spent too much time worrying to enjoy it as much a...