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Round 6: JUDOKA DC beater

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Darryl Francis wrote:So, Barry versus me. Already recorded. Will be broadcast Thursday 7th February.

Already looking forward to it Darryl

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Gavin Chipper wrote:Jackie would have won with the extra 30 points from the numbers. That was her downfall today.

Jackie would admit herself - she was never very good at numbers. Moreover she could have done with more OED study. Too many CSW words crept into her play.

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FUMAROLIC as an alternative in rd 15. Also sadly 'dumbass' isn't in. Exciting stuff guys, unlucky on some of the risks amid some excellent spots. An oversight by the producers, perhaps :?: The low score belies Darryl's and David's word power even though some of the selections offered not much to ch...

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Jordan F wrote:Mark said LOGICS, right? If so, I just checked and it's not apto-valid.

I anticipate a show with many non-words from Darryl and David but not from Dictionary corner

Rachel sounds a bit squeaky today

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Wow - couldn't slip a cigarette paper between them. Well played Mark and Nick.

When Nick buzzed in at 29 seconds..... heart skipped a beat

Never heard of the conundrum answer.

Both disallowed words valid playing to the "other" dictionary.

Round 1: ISSUANCE ???

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Happy Birthday Rachel - didn't know it was today

Wish they show stills from the contestants' original Countdown appearance.

Have to rely on James' stats - Nick is not giving much information other than their year and series appearance

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Another fantastic game - well done both Ben and Conor!!

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Round 9: BUTEO (as in the hawk? Subbuteo !!)

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I have to say I'm slightly surprised at today's outcome, just because I didn't really know how Wayne was as a player and how much he kept up since 1994, so very well done to him. Commiserations to Nick, I know how good of a player you can be, maybe just wasn't your day today. Having annotated for h...

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Rachel Riley was one of the featured celebrities who appeared on CBBC's "12 AGAIN" (with Ronan Keating and Gene Simmons/Paul Stanley of Kiss !!). "Famous faces revisit the music and TV shows they loved and the big news stories that happened when they were kids". (Series 2 Episode...

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Thank you James. A very Happy Christmas and New Year to you as well - and to all the other recappers - who have put in a lot of time and effort writing them so brilliantly, informatively and entertainingly. Well done all.

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Well done Paul. Solid performance. Commiserations Heather. What can I say - you gave your all in the quarters and semi!!

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Round 3: noticed that if the last vowel selected in this round (U) was swapped with the first selected vowel of the next round (A)... MOUSETRAP would have been available

saw SUPREMO

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Also I don't know how to say this in a more polite way, but I think the majority of players here are not all that interested in what scrabble words are valid or invalid Agreed. No problems, I'll dumb myself down. Apologies to all. Sometimes it can be a learning tool knowing (in this instance) LAMIT...

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Andy Wilson wrote:sloaned?

Not found in my copies of OED and Collins.

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I could feel the tension sitting at home. Well done Heather, commiserations David. Almost felt a conundrum tiebreaker was looming. With both semi finals being so close and exciting would it be a good idea to have all four semi finalists in the final tomorrow? Now there's something they haven't done!...

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There shouldn't be much to say other than marvel at the quality. Round 2 alt DANSEUR Round 4 alt DIASTOLE Round 6 beater WHENUA - Moari land Round 7 REALTIME* - unlucky but OK in Scrabble (David should really come to one of our Tournaments) My effort LAMITER* also fails on the same basis Round 9 GAY...

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Tony Atkins wrote:
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Andy Wilson wrote:R2 - eggosity. As in, the eggosity of one's farts.
Is it me again - I wrote down a 'V' not a 'Y'

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It was a V as I had SOVIET as an alt.

I saw the non allowable OUTGIVES*

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Round 6: Just as Alistair was telling us his Arsenal joke Jessica shouts at me from upstairs that the Boxing Day match with West Ham has been cancelled because of the Tube strike in London that day ! Pooh ! Still, the Scrabble players basic learning words ORLEANS* and ANOESTRA* are not allowed. Mauro

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Andy Wilson wrote:R2 - eggosity. As in, the eggosity of one's farts.

Is it me again - I wrote down a 'V' not a 'Y'

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Amazingly, in the 30 year history of the show, there has never been an all-female final, can Rose make that possibility one step nearer fruition :?: :?: True, then there was an all female final between Hilary Hopper and Kate Ogilvie in 2003. But that was *only* a three game mini series/all ladies s...

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My understanding is that LIPPIES was allowed on the basis that lipstick is a substance or material of which there is more than one type or variety, so the mass noun can take a plural form. I thought the mass noun rule only came into effect for foods................. :?: :? :roll: :?: :? :roll: If t...

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A great finish to a very tight game, well done to Rose and Liam.

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Tight game so far and Susie has to make a decision:
Round 9: LIPPIES - allow or not allow? What is a lippie? As OED says (mass noun) or slang for lipsticks or what another dictionary says, "an old scottish dry measure".

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The camera seemed to show more of DC today with a bit of the bottom of the desk showing, unlike Thursday. I wonder if this was the HD cameras. I didn't record in HD so didn't see any other differences although maybe slightly brighter in general. Funny you mention that! I thought weird things were h...

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Great game Heather and Tia, I enjoyed it. Especially the response Tia gave to Alastair's Canadian joke at the end

Good luck Heather in the semi.

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Round 8: AMEBAE - will it be disallowed 'cause its American spelling?

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Peter Mabey wrote:FARADS beats ROADS etc.

OXFORDS (Type of shoes) beats FARADS beats ROADS

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Two girls in the first half on top form !! HOODIAS brill spot by Heather

Not even a Scrabble nine in the second selection

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Chris yesterday wished that I enjoy the show, and I did especially when I got 8 points off of David with EXORDIAL. Can't remember who declared first. David was 38 points in front with 38 available. Had Chris declared 9 and David not, Chris may have got both numbers and conundrum to go into a conund...

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Lots of wordy stuff thru rounds 6-9! Round 6: ELASIPOD but not EPISODAL*. Altho SPOLIATED is not allowed :-( Round 7: EMBRAVE* another word not there Round 8: GALJOEN brill word never seen before (in OED3 but not in Collins) [Did he not used to play for Ipswich Town? :D ] Round 9: ENGAOL* you can pu...

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Ryan Taylor wrote:A final pick of a vowel in Round 12 would have given ZEUGMATIC, never before seen on Countdown.

ZEUGMA was there, though, as a DC beater.

Round 11: so the device for measuring carbon dioxide (BIOMETER*) not in OED3

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Yes I saw FAIRIES and SHEENING too.

Round 4: Paul unlucky with OMITTER* (It's anagram, MOTTIER*, suffers the same fate) I would have gone for COTTIER

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Had a lot of no-goes in the final three letters rounds. Just shows the big difference between two dictionaries. Round 11: (what's wrong with...) PAESANO*, LAPSONG*, ENGAOLS* and ANALOGS* Round 12: (similarly not in OED3 were...) MILDENS*, DOMINES* and SONDELI* Round 13: .... and who does not know GL...

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Round 8: No comfort in telling Rachael NODDIEST* is fine in Scrabble. Misheard a bit but did some offer INDORSED from said selection?

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Back to normal after my three day weekend in Birmingham for the World Youth Scrabble Championships where Jessica Pratesi competed amongst Australia's/Thailand's/Malaysian's/Pakistan's and Sri Lankans cream of Youth Scrabble. It meant I missed Friday and Sohail's final fling. It's Jessica's last WYSC...

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Nothing on the word front today other than the non OED word HEPTARONS* in round 11.

Funny Cerrianne was talking about Prague at the end. That's where Rachel went last weekend to present the prizes at the 2013 Mind Sports Olympiad Scrabble competition.

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Chris Davies wrote:AGRIMONY in round 9.

Good; MEGARON in the selection has always been a favourite word of mine

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Round 1: found in OED3 DIBORANE Round 2: tried POSTRACE* not listed in OED3 (fine Scrabble) Round 3: found EPIDOTE ok (wife Diane who's @ home with me on week's holiday tried HOGTIED* - not listed in OED3 - fine Scrabble) Do hope the Scrabble players don't get caught out in the anniversary programme...

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James Robinson wrote:
szodiac wrote:Did Sohail say SLEAVE for round 11? - CHALLENGE!

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It sounded like LEAVES to me.............. (Just double-checked, definitely LEAVES.)

Righty-ho

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Did Sohail say SLEAVE for round 11? - CHALLENGE!

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Just noticed that the letters have been poorly shuffled from Friday's show, so far........... Round 1: 1 letter difference from Round 6 on Friday. Round 2: 1 letter difference from Round 1 on Friday. Round 3: Exactly the same letters as Round 12 on Friday. Round 4: 2 letters difference from Round 6...

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James Robinson wrote:Bit of a bad start for Sohail missing ENACTORS that he got on Friday's show.............

OSTRACON was there in that round too.

Sadly my nine, CORONATES, is not allowed

Boo

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Jordan F wrote:Sohail could be an interesting one to watch I think. Made a couple of mistakes but I think there's some potential to him, had some pretty good spots at times.

Yes, Sohail definitely had an *OPTIMAL* start

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First numbers game: When I find numbers games that easy I try to exercise my brain by solving it *without* using the big number! (5 6 3 5 10 = 306)
Fortunately that wasn't too difficult either: 5+5=10, 10*10=100, ...you know where I'm going.

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You could have mentioned that in Nick and Rachel's banter at the beginning, Rachel promised to do the Gangnam Style dance if she did not get *all* of the numbers rounds ! Both contestants must have been wondering if such as fate would befall them when they failed to get the first two selections prec...

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David's there - well done that man.

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Round 3: Great spot by David: REMUDAS -- (... and cue Jeff Stelling type comment) "I definitely never 'heard' of those horses"

Actually had a David beater in MAUNDERS, so missed the nine.

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Kirk Bevins wrote:
Neither SLEEPOUT or OUTSLEEP are in. EELPOUTS is.

I should have added SLEEPOUT is in, but it is hyphenated in OED3.

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BOREDOM appropriate for John Inverdale, though, which is probably why he thought it was OK. It wasn't edited out so presumably the production team didn't spot it either. Just a thought: I understand this week's episodes were recorded two weeks ago meaning it may have been a rush job to get it to C4...

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Adam Gillard wrote:
David Barnard wrote:
Adam Gillard wrote:Did David just declare 5872?
Nah I said '587 too'
Yeah, 5872!

I hate to be a killjoy but, yes, In my notes I heard and wrote down 5872 too

I also thought this spoiler was posted onto the wrong category but couldn't find it

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Round 3: Thought I heard guest John Inverdale give the word BOREDOM when there was only one O in the selection. I may have misheard. Round 6: Both contestants get their words disallowed :-( Both are OK in Scrabble. Round 8: Misheard, did David offer LEPEROUS? Need he risk it when opponent declared 5...

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At least Richard knows how to present! Interesting!!

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clipped First blood to William G Stewart. Oi, you said on Wednesday that you'd stop doing that. I know, but I just thought it was a good opportunity to mention William G Stewart. For those of you too young to remember the show he presented, Fifteen To One , it was a quiz show that used to be on at ...

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Round 6: thought of WIGMAKER*... but it's not there

Not even anywhere near in OED. So what would a wig maker be called in OED?

Round 8: DIMEROUS - the perfect spot, well done David! Stuck on SERFDOM myself!

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Round 1: as well as the classic 8s there's DESOLATE, but OED lists it as an adjective and doesn't allow the addition of the left over R :-( Round 6: David unlucky with REPLIANT (not in Scrabble), here again with RELATION the OED does not allow the P hook! 2 nines in Scrabble though - wont bore you w...

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Round 2: Star Trek fans may remember Katherine Pulaski - the medical doctor from the second series of ST:The Next Generation. Guess what? PULASKI is actually listed in OED3 - chiefly in the US a hatchet with the head part axe and part adze! Better unlearn it quick - not allowed in Scrabble! Unfortua...

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David must turn his hand to Scrabble. R3 BOARDINGS* fine in Scrabble. He had MOPPIEST* yesterday - again fine in Scrabble. ADSORBING good but... SIGNBOARD ?! Glad to see they avoided my favourite LEIPOAS* in round 9!! Round 12: MEDALIST* (Again OK in Scrabble) allowed with two Ls in OED3!! I should ...

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What about when they pan from one contestant to the other? Wouldn't it be on that? Yeah, I was watching out carefully during the pan shots, but each time they panned, the name cards were below the camera line. If only they could adopt the names/scores in the top right or left like they do with TV f...

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