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Well done Zarte and your reappearance after five years...it's a shame Philip's run had to end nearly the same way as the former did five years ago...Philip even said he felt like crying after the show which I pity and feel for him...but hey cheer up, let's hope you qualify for the finals and I reall...

Well done Philip once again! The conundrum today was the fastest I have ever buzzed in (One second) playing along and it was certainly not fast enough for me to beat him in that round today, coupled with him beating me with VERSIONAL when I had AILERONS in R5 and the following round with a Boeing ta...

^I agree with all three of you above. And I apologise if I made anyone upset or angry by my comments yesterday...

Was a very good game, with 2 great players today. Beat Philip on a crucial today, but will probably be the last tbh... Happy to see the joy on Mick's face when he got the conundrum, but I do get the feeling Philip may have done some "Hansfording" on that conundrum and it backfired for him...

Was a very good game, with 2 great players today. Beat Philip on a crucial today, but will probably be the last tbh... Happy to see the joy on Mick's face when he got the conundrum, but I do get the feeling Philip may have done some "Hansfording" on that conundrum and it backfired for him...

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2018 3:48 pm

Ryan Lam wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2018 3:02 pmCorrect me if I'm wrong on this point; Elliott Mack was fast but I don't think he was as fast as Philip today.

You are wrong. Elliott Mack wasn't particularly fast.

Yeah, I went back and checked my videos of Elliott Mack, none of it were as fast. Thanks for clarifying though!

You thought yesterday's Conundrum was solved fast enough, check out today's one, it was so fast by the time I took to press my phone to time it he had buzzed in already! My reaction like yesterday was like "What the??!!" I only managed it myself in 2.0s, yesterday's one in about 3.0s. Burs...

What 5 did Sylvia give in the MOPIEST/POETICISM round? Sounded like MITTS, but there's only one T... Everyone was asking this earlier on, even I did not catch it properly, but I've seen the replay and I heard MITTS as well... Wow that lightning fast Conundrum buzz...I think no one was that fast sin...

Excellent Job Philip! And poor Jill...just came crashing down like that in just one day (In a matter of hours back in the studio when it was recorded...). Only managed to beat him in R2 with INTRANETS...beat me in R7 and R8 and well done on your FILAGREE spot although Alistair had to put you down wi...

FOYAITES in R13...this is hands down the best game I've seen since Noel McIlvenny and Eoin Jackson's Quarter-Final on 19 December 2017! Such a shame Becky had to lose in the crucial...oh well and tomorrow's challenger is already know. Who shall prevail?

My alternative for R14: 8x(3+1)x4

(P.S. Will not be on the daily chat until next Monday due to Chinese New Year celebrations in case those on Apterous are curious why I'm not there...)

BRESAOLA in R4

Today's challenger said he'd been on before, but there is no record of a John Owens on the wiki; however, a Jon Owens appeared in Series 22 (roughly 25 years ago) and won one game, which he said he had. Going to move Jon's page to the spelling "John" and add redirects, but please let me k...

What a good challenger Alyn was today! Especially the fast conundrum solve, makes him an excellent player and highest score without any wins at 86 points in the Series thus far!

Phil gave his weakest performance imo, but was still competent enough. Will we be seeing him more?- we'll have to see.... :) I think we will! He's spotted good words thus far, IMBUED, UNLINED, FLAMENS, PHIAL I could go on... (P.S. As Johnny is busy today, I will be putting up the recap, should be u...

How rare it is for someone who is not of British Origin to be a contestant on the show, and the last place you'd probably expect...Norway! I really have to applaud Lena's effort and she truely is a fan of the show having watched and played along since 2010... I really pity her...she probably suffere...

ROTULETS in R8

What a close game...Sam was so on today especially after that nine-letter spot, Chris simply overpowered him...overcoming that moderate 23-point gap and eventually winning by 16 points. Good job Sam on your performance, all I can say is commiserations, but at least you tried...next in the hot seat w...

1 invalid word- LEDGING (which was to my surprise, admittedly). I got DELLING...Intel's Dell but sadly not to be...UNSPREADS for a 9 in R12 though I got UNEARTHS. Also, did anyone notice the credits now end much earlier than they used to? I think they started doing this about two or three episodes ...

Stephen R wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2018 3:00 pm Max of 175 makes it a record, not just in the new 15 format (previous was 166), but outright. The previous best was 173, and is the only other game with 5 nines available.

Thanks Stephen for the clarification! I highly doubt this record will be beaten for many years to come...

Ray Wilding wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2018 2:50 pm Ludicrous max this game

With a maximum of 175, I believe this is the highest in the history of Countdown...I believe the highest before this was 166 last year?? (Sometime in February/March??)

MISFARED in Round 8 for me!

Elliott Mellor wrote: ↑Mon Jan 15, 2018 7:26 pm
Hate to disappoint but no lowager....LOWAGES though.

I meant LOWAGES...dammit! Thanks for correcting me though...

LOWAGER in R13...what a shame Jacob fell at the last hurdle! The episode was recorded at about 2030hrs-ish back on Monday, 23 October 2017 so yeah maybe that explains why...

Since I'm the main person doing the recapping on the Apterous Wiki and I'm on the forum here there's one coming up next Friday on 19 January 2018 at 9pm!

Round 14 Simpler Alternative: (25 + 7) x 10 + 8 + 4, but thanks Jacob for showing off your superb Maths skills there!

2nd Numbers Alternative if you want to use all: (7+1) x 100 + (6 + 2) x 10

VOLUMED for Round 2...surprising DC missed this. I risked that one though...

First Nine-Letter Word of 2018, PRIZELESS for Round 10!

PLEUSTON for Round 5

Hi All, I'm Ryan, also known as "RLSJ1997" on the Countdown Wiki. I have watched the show since 2013 just after the 30th Birthday Championship, but only discovered this website early this year and after watching the more memorable episodes, decided to start recapping. I just joined Apterou...