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Well played again Chris, and good spot with the 9! Pity your opponent came up against you, as I thought he was capable of gaining a teapot himself.

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Was tempted to pluralise Fouling, so was not nonsensical imo for the contestants to do so.

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Anagrammy techniques and too much Scrabble really helped. Epistoma is brilliant. Thanks. have found that creating "falsies" like Roadiest (invalid) = Asteroid and word stems like Urinated + C= Curtained have enhanced my play and know that many devise their own after missing missed words w...

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Today's challenger Chris bore a vague resemblance to the Australian Susie Dent, David Astle.

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Super!

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Great showing today Chris, Plateful was a very nice spot. Was wondering as to whether you used some anagram techniques when practising for Countdown or not? Nevertheless, good job!

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Epistoma in the Atomise round.

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Well done to Georgia. She could give us another octochamp I don't think she was terrible or anything, but I think she'd need to use that game as a starting point to improve upon. Fair enough. I did think she missed an easy enough to spot word or two but I think she's definitely capable of octochamp...

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Well done Martin if you are reading this, a strong octorun demonstrated by easily the best player this series. On another note, felt for Dover who was clearly capable, just came on the wrong day

. Nevertheless, look forward to what is on offer in December

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Just gonna say that I think that they were some of the most difficult selections I have seen on the show today. A player who would get 35-40 v Martin would have probably struggled to get above 25 today. Just goes to show that the selections often don't necessarily play a part in someone's overall ab...

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Maria was highly likeable- Normless being a super spot too!

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On another note hope Martin gets someone who runs him close soon.

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Poor Vicki... I whitewashed her. :| 1st Numbers Alt.: (75 - 1) * (1 + 3 + 3) - 50 SONORITY to match TOURNOIS. I did (50+1+1)*3*3 :) Or one could have been a smug idiot like myself and shouted "No!, 3 away was not the best, Rachel!" whilst sat thinking I had covered it with my 77 x 6 = 472...

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Owen Carroll wrote: ↑Mon Oct 22, 2018 8:07 pm Today Jodine'smoff the board and I still haven't heard a response from countdown.

Don't know what you mean in the first part- with the second, have patience

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Don't see why you can't given that the current champ appeared in the same year as you

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Hi all. My episode 1/n* is being shown on 30 October and I have a number of people interested in seeing it based in various countries round the world, principally Australia, India, Israel, Norway and USA. *where n may or may not equal 1 :) knowing how important it is to eradicate spoilers! I was wo...

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Zarte Siempre wrote: ↑Fri Oct 19, 2018 4:26 pm Episodes are uploaded onto Daily Motion... well, daily, appropriately. Probably best just to share a link.

Sorry to be picky Zarte, but I have found of recent that the weeks episodes are all uploaded by Saturday evening

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Martin was very good today, one of the top performances of the series....

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This game proved imo that it is not always about the scores to produce a good game. Both decent players playing in good spirit, plus a last minute buzz at the end led me to think Andy had it. Good entertainment!

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Jennifer Steadman wrote: ↑Wed Oct 10, 2018 5:10 pm How many selections in Countdown's history could you get the word GRAEME from? Have there ever been any rounds with GRAEGRAE in the selection?

Asking the important questions.

MEAGRE for GRAEME

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Ray Wilding wrote: ↑Wed Oct 10, 2018 1:24 pm SPOOGE in R4.

Pogoes as an anagram of that.

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Wow mike's doing pretty well eh? Could get our 5th octochamp by Friday He is scoring well and hopefully may get past the 800 mark, which would be nice to see- he can still play competently too even when filming 5 shows in 1 day, with still 1 more to go in the day. He is consistent in both fields, t...

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Wow mike's doing pretty well eh? Could get our 5th octochamp by Friday He is scoring well and hopefully may get past the 800 mark, which would be nice to see- he can still play competently too even when filming 5 shows in 1 day, with still 1 more to go in the day. He is consistent in both fields, t...

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Montserrat Caballe

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Mike facing another good player -9 maxes apiece, do not think someone has lost on that in a prelim for a good while. Scoreline was a bit harsh imo and like Tealin, Susan could have one a few but Mike is a good player :) It was a decent enough game, but maxes don't tell you everything. I think the r...

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Mike facing another good player -9 maxes apiece, do not think someone has lost on that in a prelim for a good while. Scoreline was a bit harsh imo and like Tealin, Susan could have one a few but Mike is a good player

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Just a quick irrelevant Q: Who was the DC guest for the final day of recordings (a.k.a today's) - Wiki states Jon Culshaw but the ticket states and has stated for a while that it was Rufus Hound. Thanks :) Jon Culshaw is in the various pictures people have posted on Facebook, so it was probably him...

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Just a quick irrelevant Q:
Who was the DC guest for the final day of recordings (a.k.a today's) - Wiki states Jon Culshaw but the ticket states and has stated for a while that it was Rufus Hound.
Thanks

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David Williams wrote: ↑Wed Oct 03, 2018 7:10 pm
Tom S wrote: ↑Wed Oct 03, 2018 1:20 pm No joy for Unstarted in R1....
Those of us who followed it with DISAGREER in R2 would have got off to a pretty poor start.

Nearly cost me against Mike

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Good quality game there. Feel for Tealin a bit as he is unlucky to lose on 87, and could have definitely gone on to win a few more, but those small letters errors cost him in the end, as it could have easily been a losing score of 95-100+ for him without them. But Mike starts off with a strong score...

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No joy for Unstarted in R1....

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Think that is single handedly the 2 best named contestants we have ever seen, and they were nice lads too

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Good Evening, I don't often post on this forum but I've seen things about CoC on here and as my name was mentioned, felt I needed to respond. Firstly, I will admit openly I am disappointed I didn't make it to the CoC as I am sure others were who didn't qualify, but the truth is, from my POV, I didn...

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Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Mon Oct 01, 2018 3:47 pm Charles Aznavour

Always liked " She" , and saw him being interviewed by Piers Morgan I think not so long ago.

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Congrats to Robin- a well deserved octochamp. But commiserations to Matt, for the majority of the game it was very strong play by both (especially on the letters front), and the scoreline did seem harsh at the end. Look forward to seeing what he produces come the finals! PS- very fitting for him to ...

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Game 8 for Robin. Can he break the history books for the lowest debut score of an octochamp in this modern day format, or will he join the likes of Bob Lunt or Lewis Carson in the 7 wins club. Either way he deserves to make it to the final based on what we have seen so far, so you never know....!

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Best of luck to all filming tomorrow and in the upcoming days- enjoy and here's to some great games!

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At least he has a sense of humour and acknowledges his conundrum inability. But tbf, even though I have seen him play better than today, it does look like it will take quite a player to dethrone him.

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Very impressive show for a non-apterite there. 110 and 9 maxes is a great result. Who'd have thought this after seeing his debut???!!!

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Pondered about Handwipes in R5

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Robin has got off to a good start with 3/3 maxes. Lets see what happens now....

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Toby McDonald wrote: ↑Mon Sep 24, 2018 3:29 pm A couple of alts today:

(100*2)+((5+1)*6)+3 in R9
MAROUDIS and MAINOURS in R11
NOSEANE in R13

Thought of you when I saw Maroudis

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I echo Nick and Rachel's comments about Robin- he does seem to be getting better and better by the day and the majority of his letters spots are good. Maybe he will add to the list of octochamps???....

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Don't think either player could get their brains into gear with Rectal being so obvious

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Thomas Carey wrote: ↑Wed Sep 19, 2018 12:46 pm two new contestants. are we gonna get back to back to back to back octochamps? that'd be well good wouldn't it

Don't think so, personally.

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Eruption R1

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Well done to Dave! Wow, three in a row, I think that's the high point thus far of this Series... I only have one thing to say today: Rachel's comment on "kicking youselves" in R9 shouldn't be really applied in this sort of situation (I mean, the average contestant won't think of 18 x 51 i...

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Nice one Dave - great chap who I and the viewers at home warmed to, for that I am sure. And what a way to round off your final game with a tasty 9

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Fair play to you Stephen- you did a good job and 78 is a far from shabby score to lose on, just I think on that day, Dave may have put in one of his best performances to date- giving a good showing across the board. It's the luck of the draw but hopefully you enjoyed it and there will always be that...

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Apterous in R2.

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It was nice to see Laura make a return on the show after 13 years, commiserations to her but still, a wonderful game with POULETS and FUNDIES from her. Indeed, Countdown runs through your family! Toby, if you're reading this, well done for solving for the conundrum! (Even I blanked out on this one....

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Vince Fernando wrote: ↑Wed Sep 12, 2018 12:13 pm What is "Dan's method"?

The method the player Dan used that day was similar to what Rachel could have done to solve the sum.

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Muconates in R1

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Owen Carroll wrote: ↑Thu Sep 06, 2018 5:31 pm
Thomas Carey wrote: ↑Thu Sep 06, 2018 12:46 pm It's two new contestants. Will one of them octo again? Probably not
Dave played well today. You never know.

I'd agree, some signs of promise.

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I often have breakfast between 11:30 and 12 on my days off, but tend to not do so most of the time.

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Rhys Benjamin wrote: ↑Wed Sep 05, 2018 5:50 pm Haven’t noticed that “apply now!” ad before... desperate?

It's been on for quite a while now imo.

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Well done Tony. Good play by both.

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Had Literary for R7

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Yeah ,think he will seal the deal today.

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Mon Sep 03, 2018 2:13 pm Quite weak by Tony's standard but he got through.

But, as Tony Atkins would say, it was the first/last game of the day or the recording immediately before/after lunch/morning tea so it's to be expected really.

Seconded.

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