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REALGAR in the LARGER round.

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Countdown's a word spotting game rather than a word definition game so until that changes (which it won't), I don't see any need to learn the definitions, unless you're genuinely interested or it helps you in ways which others have outlined. It always amuses how people seem to think that the top pla...

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Yeah, I agree Jonathan was a well-deserving octochamp as he's been solid throughout his run. His six small skills have been excellent.

3rd numbers: (9 x 5 + 3) x (4 + 3) - 4 = 332

A few word beaters available too, such as SHITLOAD in round 2.

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BLUESMAN for a round 10 beater.

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ANODYNE/ANNOYED in round 8. Strong performance by Jonathan after a dip in form yesterday.

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And a 7 from POUTED+FIV in R10 PIVOTED surprisingly missed by everyone. AKEBIA (R4) and VITREOUS (R12), both equallers. No idea about the eights in R8. Edit: According to Lexplorer, there's only one eight in that round. Really enjoyable game despite the low scoring and a good fightback by Jonathan ...

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Last numbers: (50 x 3 - 7) x 5 - 4 = 711

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 19 November 2013. Here we go again. C1: Champion Simon Whiteley (4 wins, 365 points.) is a professional singer living in Windsor Castle. He's half way towards octochampdom, can he get closer to next month's finals today? C2: Challenger Philip Creed is from Lancaster and h...

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Zarte Siempre wrote:Had POLYMERIC... appear to be one of the few...

Very nice, I thought of something along the lines of POLYEMIC, so POLYMERIC was obviously what I was thinking of.

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HERNIATES is the nine in round 10, no idea about those in round 1. QUINTAS in round 7.

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Speaking of maxes, both contestants only maxed the DOBBED round, must be the lowest in 15-round history for a whole game................. :roll: I can think of a couple of games to match it. http://wiki.apterous.org/Episode_5366 (2-0) http://wiki.apterous.org/Episode_5576 (1-1) The max count doesn'...

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OSTRAKA in round 13.

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John Garcia wrote:THERAPIES for 9 in R9

You could also turn it around slightly for THERAPISE. Also LEUCOMAS in round 7.

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 12 November 2013. Today's a big day as far as Series 69 is concerned, with the recording of the finals beginning. Well, at least that was the case when the episode was broadcast, apologies for the extreme lateness! :( The quality of this series has been staggering and you...

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I quite like the idea of playing in different formats, looking forward to seeing how it works out. Will the first four games be using the system where everyone gets the same selections?

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Round 4: M E Z M O R P D U C1: RUMPED (6) C2: RUMPED (6) DC: DUMPER (6) OT: POURED (6) ROMPED (6) ROUPED (6) Score: 22–11 (max 30) 2 lots of RUMPED in this round, well it's better than being a DUMPER I guess. :P :lol: It certainly sounded like RUMPED but it's actually not valid and Susie didn't com...

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Tony Atkins wrote:Has anyone ever done 6-3=3 before?

Nice and fitting conundrum there (nicely solved too - I thought it was "proodness").

I think Michael Macdonald-Cooper did 6 - 3 in one of his games and didn't get it spot on but I'm not sure.

PINAFORE for a beater in R8.

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WORNER as a beater in round whatever. It's not on Apterous but it's an adjective isn't it? WORNEST was allowed earlier in the series so WORNER should be fine too, even though it does sound odd. http://wiki.apterous.org/Episode_5729 Some surprising misses by the corner today, including DEPASTURE as ...

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I thought it was wrong to disallow BLEATINGS last time so the right decision was made today but there's nothing more annoying than inconsistency. Make your mind up please, Susie! http://wiki.apterous.org/Episode_5706 TANGIBLES for the safer option, as well as DOPANT for a beater in round 4. Good gam...

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Alt 1st numbers 50x(4-1)=150; 150-6+1=145; 145*5 = 725 PERVIEST for a DC beater in R4 Only one E in the selection. According to the wiki, Sarah Hadaway was on in 1984 and was a solicitor from Preston. Sarah Taylor is a solicitor from Lancaster, originally from Salisbury, interesting. Do we have any...

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PISTEURS for a beater in round 4.

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Who's asked the most questions in the "Ask Graeme" thread without thanking you in this one?

Damn, it's probably me, better put that right then. Cheers Graeme!

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 5 November 2013. Remember, remember the 5th of November as yet another Worsley Recap is brought to you (albeit late again, sorry :oops:)! Will there be any fireworks in the studio, I wonder? :D C1: Champion Alan "Youngy" Young (3 wins, 267 points.) is an apterit...

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Found an insane 9 in the DEMISTED/DEMISTER round courtesy of lexplorer, anyone see it? No. Tell us what it is. This is the spoilers thread. Patience, young Gevin :) I wanted to see if Worsley had it, it was DERMESTID. Family of beetles or some shit. Crazy. WTF? That's completely new to me. :o I cou...

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Peter Mabey wrote:UPFRONT beats PATRON (In an earlierround, I was hoping for UNDERFILL^, but it's not there )

Also TANPURA in that round.

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Gavin Chipper wrote:
sean d wrote:What's the highest ever 15 round score without a 9?
Of course, there are two records for this, since there's no way that the two 15-round formats are remotely comparable for things like this.

I know all about the record for the old 15.

http://wiki.apterous.org/Episode_5649

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Andy Platt wrote:Yeah, surprised Rachel missed that. I wonder if she might have been looking for trick solutions like ((75 - 4 - 3) x 100 - 50) / 25, but got a bit mixed up.

I did it that way and completely missed the easier method.

EUPLOID for a beater in round 8.

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 29 October 2013. Today's game has been eagerly anticipated for a while. Not only do we have the possibility of another octochamp crowning on a Tuesday but he'll be competing against a man who has been on apterous for less than two years but is third on the most time playe...

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I'm going to have to give this one a miss, sorry.

Hope everyone who's going has fun and I'll see some of you in Huddersfield in a few weeks.

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Two eights in the STUDIES+LY round, not by my hand, but noticed them in lexplorer when checking something else. Anyone get one? SEDULITY was there, as well as LICHGATE in an earlier round. Well done to Bradley on a fantastic run, while it was nice to see "Horace" finally hit our screens. ;)

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is untoggle allowed ? No afraid not, not even untoggled shockingly :!: :!: Were there any DC beaters in that game? Might have maxed it but there'll always be one little fucker that got away. Nope, I maxed it too, which I was well happy with, nice to do that on a CO-event week. 8-) 8-) POUFIER in ro...

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Never seen HERSTORY before in my life, fair play to Bradley there. One of the best non-apterous contestants ever, you have to feel. I think I may have come across HERSTORY vaguely but I was miles away from it. I'd say Bradley's the best non-apterous contestant since the start of Series 59 when apte...

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CABEZON in round 8.

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I'm seriously considering my future as a recapper. Recently I've been submitting a lot of late ones and I'm not enjoying it quite as much as I used to. If Callum's interested, I'll quite happily hand my Tuesday slot over shortly, although I wouldn't mind doing next Tuesday's episode as it could be i...

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 22 October 2013. C1: Champion Bradley Cates (2 wins, 211 points.) has already seen off two pretty decent apterites with two centuries to boot. This is of course his second spell on the show after three wins as an 11-year-old back in Series 56. Hopefully he's recovered fro...

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Round 11: P O X A R E S R O C1: POORER (6) C2: POORER (6) OT: SPOORER (7) Score: 75–57 (max 101) Both our contestants are considerably POORER, but they could've been a darrenic SPOORER.............. :roll: SPOORER relates to SPOOR, a track or trail, especially that of a wild animal pursued as game....

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Callum Todd wrote:SPOORER for a beater. Not sure if there's anything equal or better.

It's OK on apterous but I've looked it up in the dictionary and I can't find it anywhere.

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Tony Atkins wrote: Another strong showing from Bradley as I make the max only 121.

Me too as there were no beaters available. Alts. I found were SAXHORN (R4), TOTARA (R8) and SOIGNEUR (R12).

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It was indeed a 13-maxer so very well done to Bradley on a great performance.

RILIEVO (R8) and HETAIRA (R13) for a couple of equallers.

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Jordan F wrote:Is Bradley an apterite under a psuedonym or one of the best non-apterites in recent memory? I'm not sure.

Rachel W perhaps?

Great performance again. Well played too Sean, very few people would have coped with Bradley today.

Last numbers: (75+3)*(100+50)/25-2 = 466

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Andy Platt wrote:Round 6 numbers: (100 x 50 - 75 - 5) / 5 - 25 = 959 as a Rachel-beater

Awesome, I spent ages on it and still couldn't even get to 960. Was it in time?

Edit: SPIKENARD in R10.

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The "further summaries" link at the end needs changing to Series 69. Don't worry, I've made that mistake plenty of times before. Otherwise, nice recap though.

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ENROBING in round 11.

Great game there, two double centuries in a week! Bradley looks like some player and I'm sure he's capable of going far, although with this series, you can't be sure. Unlucky Mark as you played very well too.

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MORPHIA in round 4 (thanks Conor).

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Round 3: 25, 9, 7, 10, 10, 7. Target: 388. C1: 389. ((25 + 7 + 7) x 10) - (10 - 9) (7) C2: - RR: 388. ((7 + 10 + 25) x 9) + 10 (10) Score: 22–8 (max 25) A tricky little numbers game has Dan out for the count, while Dan doubles his advantage with his 1 away. So Dan's both miles out and one away in t...

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How many people have offered their own name (can be first name or surname) on the show?

I think it happened in the James Martin 952 episode but have there been any more cases? Thanks.

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Oops, cheers. Fixed it now.

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 15 October 2013. Greetings all, we have a potentially great game on our hands between two highly-skilled apterites, so let's get down to business. C1: Champion Abdirizak "Abdi" Hirsi (5 wins, 503 points.) He's averaging just over 100 a game at the moment but thi...

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Great game, well done to Mark for a very strong debut performance to defeat a tricky opponent. That's only the fourth double century in a heat and the first for about four years, I believe.

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The 29th of this month?

Dave: He's an apterite who despite having been a member for less than two years, is near the top of the most time played table.

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FLORUIT is listed as a noun as well as a verb, so surely you could add the S just like most other count nouns.

I have to agree with Innis about Abdi's actions. He's covered pretty much everything so I have nothing more to add.

FRAENUM in round 10.

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Even if he did say HAPERIN^, it wasn't an attempt to cheat. Risking words is part of the game and if there was any doubt, he should have been asked to clarify by Susie.

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SAGAMORE in round 2.

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 8 October 2013. Sorry about the lateness! For the third time in five recaps, I will be guiding you through a potentially octochamp-crowning game. Callum Todd seems to be improving game by game and aims to complete the full set today. There's only one more hurdle in his wa...

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I like the idea of using the online dictionary for the reasons that others have outlined. It's going to feel very strange for the first few shows but hopefully it's a change for the better and over time we'll get used to it. Countdown is a game which is noted for its honest contestants and it's very...

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Jordan F wrote:Is this our Fiona challenging Abdi?

Yes, I knew she was due to appear around about now.

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DACOITS + X = DOXASTIC in round 11. Learned that one from being in the audience for Jen's first game, and one or two apterites pointed out that it nearly came up.

Well played both, good game.

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Ben Wilson wrote: Also, it'd be good to finally read Mike's own experience, which is something like 11 years overdue at this point.

+1

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I've contacted Mike and he's happy to add some more when he gets some free time, most likely next month. Who's up for writing one then?

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Wow, very exciting game, even if I was expecting it to go to a tiebreak with the gap at ten and based on what I'd heard! Well done to Abdirizak for a great performance to defeat a very good champion. Seriously unlucky to just miss out on octochamp status like that though, Callum! You've come a long ...

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