Make sure to listen carefully to the intro today since Colin may mention Steven's total.
EDIT: Got the subtitles and it seems he didn't at any point during the show. I wonder if we could wangle the info from Mr. Countdown Team?
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- Fri Dec 16, 2022 2:08 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 16th December 2022 (Series 86, QF 2)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1775
- Thu Dec 15, 2022 1:25 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 14 December 2022 - Last heat of Series 86
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1301
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 14 December 2022 - Last heat of Series 86
MESHLIKE in Round 7 (as if).
- Sun Dec 11, 2022 1:29 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Genius things
- Replies: 43
- Views: 13607
Re: Genius things
The electric motor, when first invented in the 19th(?) century. Not obvious to orient a coil and a magnet that way.
- Fri Dec 09, 2022 10:30 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Is Apterous down? [COMMENTING HERE WILL ... Yeah, we know]
- Replies: 50
- Views: 24803
Re: Is Apterous down? [COMMENTING HERE WILL ... Yeah, we know]
Wiki has been down for most of the afternoon - it says you need some new PHP extensions.
- Fri Dec 09, 2022 2:07 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 8 December 2022 (Series 86, Heat 124)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1343
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 8 December 2022 (Series 86, Heat 124)
Because if you're having bacon, having plural strips is considered a givenGavin Chipper wrote: ↑Fri Dec 09, 2022 1:17 pm So the make-it-up-as-you-go-along restsurant rule doesn't allow bacons.
- Thu Dec 08, 2022 3:40 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 8 December 2022 (Series 86, Heat 124)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1343
Spoilers for Thursday 8 December 2022 (Series 86, Heat 124)
Actually just making this thread to cover up the Finals Predictions title on the front page. People may not want to be spoiled that Rick lost.
- Wed Dec 07, 2022 5:24 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 7 December 2022 (Series 86, Heat 123)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 718
Spoilers for Wednesday 7 December 2022 (Series 86, Heat 123)
EUGLENAS in the round that had all the letters for EUGLENAS
- Tue Dec 06, 2022 6:36 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 6th December 2022 (Series 86, Heat 122)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 981
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 6th December 2022 (Series 86, Heat 122)
Could have used ERMADYALL as the conundrum scramble!
- Fri Dec 02, 2022 2:06 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: World Cup 2022 Qatar
- Replies: 54
- Views: 5707
Re: World Cup 2022 Qatar
Breaking: After a rainstorm, Qatar has now declared war on the sky.L'oisleatch McGraw wrote: ↑Fri Dec 02, 2022 1:17 pm Rainbow warriors to have exited so far = Denmark, Germany, Wales.
Who's next?
- Tue Nov 29, 2022 2:25 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 28 November 2022 (Series 86, Heat 116)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3191
Re: Spoilers for Monday 28 November 2022 (Series 86, Heat 116)
Have readded it now, seems there's no reason for it not to be in. I can make changes on a dime but usually go with what Lexplorer says anyway.
- Mon Nov 28, 2022 9:29 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 28 November 2022 (Series 86, Heat 116)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3191
Re: Spoilers for Monday 28 November 2022 (Series 86, Heat 116)
At least two people on the wiki said it shouldn't be allowed. One asked on my talk page "Why did you include it?". In this community, I've often assumed two people is a consensus.
- Mon Nov 28, 2022 8:37 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 28 November 2022 (Series 86, Heat 116)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3191
Re: Spoilers for Monday 28 November 2022 (Series 86, Heat 116)
Agreed, a comprehensive word list is one of the lostest treasures of Countdonia
- Mon Nov 28, 2022 8:17 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 28 November 2022 (Series 86, Heat 116)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3191
Spoilers for Monday 28 November 2022 (Series 86, Heat 116)
FOUNDEST^ apparently not in, but since it's on Lexplorer it blocks seeing the real maxes. Does anyone have a word list I could use to get all the 7s?
- Mon Nov 28, 2022 4:19 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 25 November 2022 (Series 86, Heat 115)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1005
Re: Spoilers for Friday 25 November 2022 (Series 86, Heat 115)
She was only 310.858047 off the mark with that pun.Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Mon Nov 28, 2022 3:49 pm I hope you all noticed Rachel saying that the 314 was as easy as pi.
- Fri Nov 25, 2022 6:07 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 25 November 2022 (Series 86, Heat 115)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1005
Re: Spoilers for Friday 25 November 2022 (Series 86, Heat 115)
Kind of surprised TARING^ isn't in as a verb form of TARE tbh - taring a scale (resetting it to zero) was commonplace in uni chemistry labs.
- Thu Nov 24, 2022 8:35 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 24 November 2022 (Series 86, Heat 114)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 388
Spoilers for Thursday 24 November 2022 (Series 86, Heat 114)
LNAFP, spotted before Rachel's seminar: (8 * 10 - 4 + 3) * 9 = 711
- Mon Nov 21, 2022 5:22 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
- Replies: 644
- Views: 331248
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Unlike the ending of the spelling of Burkina.Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Mon Nov 07, 2022 9:53 am The spelling of the capital of Burkino Faso starts with an O
- Fri Nov 18, 2022 6:37 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 18 November 2022 (Series 86, Heat 110)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 967
- Fri Nov 18, 2022 6:17 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 18 November 2022 (Series 86, Heat 110)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 967
Re: Spoilers for Friday 18 November 2022 (Series 86, Heat 110)
Not sure why that would be a reason to not recap the episode - it aired, it wasn't censored, and we have the explanatory note. Recap is added.
- Fri Nov 18, 2022 2:28 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: David Barnard (1991-2022)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 728
Re: David Barnard (1991-2022)
Devastating news. I briefly met David "face-to-face" during our ZoomDown game and I could tell he was just such a cheerful and personable soul. Also an Apto-master -- let's award him a bunch of Spoons of Awesome.
- Thu Nov 17, 2022 9:45 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Next Champion of Champions series
- Replies: 197
- Views: 29916
Re: Next Champion of Champions series
Or maybe they'll troll us again with all -INGs except in the final
- Thu Nov 17, 2022 5:04 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 16 November 2022 (Series 86, Heat 108)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 642
- Thu Nov 10, 2022 2:37 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 9 November 2022 (Series 86, Heat 103)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 453
- Tue Nov 08, 2022 7:38 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 8 November 2022 (Series 86, Heat 102)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 442
Spoilers for Tuesday 8 November 2022 (Series 86, Heat 102)
I could get used to that standard of play more often!
- Thu Nov 03, 2022 4:49 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 3 November 2022 (Series 86, Heat 99)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 927
Spoilers for Thursday 3 November 2022 (Series 86, Heat 99)
Decent comeback there
- Wed Nov 02, 2022 6:23 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 2 November 2022 (Series 40, Heat 40)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1114
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 2 November 2022 (Series 40, Heat 40)
40 CE (Countdown Era).Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Wed Nov 02, 2022 5:30 pm Isn't it the 40th November in the year 40?
(Don't actually change it to that. It could be confusing for people looking for this thread later.)
- Wed Nov 02, 2022 4:20 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 2 November 2022 (Series 40, Heat 40)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1114
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 2 November 2022 (Series 40, Heat 40)
"There's no N for ENTAILS."
Unless you're reading the subtitles during the selection
Unless you're reading the subtitles during the selection
- Wed Nov 02, 2022 3:41 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 2 November 2022 (Series 40, Heat 40)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1114
Spoilers for Wednesday 2 November 2022 (Series 40, Heat 40)
Actually Series 86, Heat 98, but renamed for celebratory purposes.
- Tue Nov 01, 2022 11:01 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 1 November 2022 (Series 86, Heat 97)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 824
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 1 November 2022 (Series 86, Heat 97)
Was Round 2 the first time both players have ever declared the same unavailable word?
- Sat Oct 29, 2022 4:10 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 732436
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
"Mother" is definitely pronounced with the O as a short U here in Canada (with the same vowel sound as "mum", and differing from "mom"). As is "Montréal", contrary to popular belief abroad (unless you're speaking French). "Mother was in Montréal on Monday...
- Tue Oct 25, 2022 12:38 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 24 October 2022 (Series 86, Heat 91)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 971
Re: Spoilers for Monday 24 October 2022 (Series 86, Heat 91)
First time the scoreline was an anagram of the episode number? (7877)
Alt last numbers: (100 - 25 + 2) * (8 - 4 + 3)
Alt last numbers: (100 - 25 + 2) * (8 - 4 + 3)
- Fri Oct 21, 2022 5:24 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 21 October 2022 (Series 86, Heat 90)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 250
Spoilers for Friday 21 October 2022 (Series 86, Heat 90)
25 * 7 - 3 = 172, anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
- Fri Oct 21, 2022 1:08 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 20 October 2022 (Series 86, Heat 89)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 661
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 20 October 2022 (Series 86, Heat 89)
Age 43 is a geezer now? Life expectancy really is declining.Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Oct 20, 2022 1:53 pm I can't find the Mini Roll advert that the geezer was in.
- Thu Oct 20, 2022 5:22 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 20 October 2022 (Series 86, Heat 89)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 661
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 20 October 2022 (Series 86, Heat 89)
ARSENATES to beat ASSENTER
- Wed Oct 19, 2022 10:39 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 19 October 2022 (Series 86, Heat 88)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 481
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 19 October 2022 (Series 86, Heat 88)
That was an appropriate second to solve the conundrum during.
- Mon Oct 17, 2022 9:48 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 17 October 2022 (Series 86, Heat 86)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 326
Re: Spoilers for Monday 17 October 2022 (Series 86, Heat 86)
Nice one, someone else
- Tue Oct 11, 2022 6:38 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 11 October 2022 (Series 86, Heat 82)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 569
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 11 October 2022 (Series 86, Heat 82)
CARBONITE to beat batcoin.
- Tue Oct 11, 2022 6:37 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 11 October 2022 (Series 86, Heat 82)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 569
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 11 October 2022 (Series 86, Heat 82)
How come so many Teatime Teasers are copied from other episodes now? Did the teaser guy take a pay cut?
- Sun Oct 02, 2022 2:17 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 3rd October 2022 (Series 86, Heat 76)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1015
Re: Spoilers for Monday 3rd October 2022 (Series 86, Heat 76)
With Tom Stevenson now on 5 wins, is he able to grab a further 3 victories this week...? Some current stats: Total Points - 630 (126 per game average) Highest Score (of all time as well): 154 vs Lauren Bowley (4th Game) Lowest Score (not quite of all time ;) ): 117 vs Andy Keeble (5th Game) 9's Ach...
- Sun Oct 02, 2022 12:01 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Things you can't un-notice
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1111
Re: Things you can't un-notice
In the first Street Fighter game, at the start of a round, the announcer says "Michael". Not "Fight".
- Sat Oct 01, 2022 12:55 am
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Thursday 29th September 2022 (Series 86, Prelim 74)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 956
Re: Thursday 29th September 2022 ( Series 86 Prelim 74 )
His performance was also a max game — the twelfth in the history of Countdown, the first in a heat game in the new 15-round format, and naturally, the highest-scoring max of all time, topping Luke Johnson-Davies' previous high of 136 points. This is also the second time a max has ever been achieved...
- Thu Sep 29, 2022 11:28 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
- Replies: 644
- Views: 331248
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
I'm sure everyone knows this but I only just twigged... If you've got a multiple of 11, then you can reverse the sum - so 77 x 9 = 99 x 7 , 44 x 3 = 33 x 4 etc etc... Whole new number skillz unleashed! If a=b/c, then c=b/a. Saved my neck on a couple of exams where I otherwise might have run out of ...
- Thu Sep 29, 2022 5:35 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 29 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 74)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1478
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 29 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 74)
This max (and record score ) was particularly impressive to me because all of the words were reasonably familiar - no Apto-isms! Hats off to Tom - I'm starting to think he has what it takes to win at least six!
- Wed Sep 28, 2022 7:09 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 28 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 73)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 498
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 28 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 73)
My intro was effectively completely cut out- probably because it was a story about how I paraded in front of the Queen and Prince Philip as a kid wearing a shirt that said "Just like Marmite- you either love me or hate me". T I suspected something had been cut since the run-time was only ...
- Fri Sep 23, 2022 2:01 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 22 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 68)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 414
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 22 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 68)
"RAY SLOGS. SLOGS, with one G."
...as opposed to what?
...as opposed to what?
- Fri Sep 16, 2022 10:15 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Next Champion of Champions series
- Replies: 197
- Views: 29916
Re: Next Champion of Champions series
We could even dedicate the whole thing to him. CoC IV!Fiona T wrote: ↑Fri Sep 16, 2022 11:07 amIV for CoC!Ian Volante wrote: ↑Fri Sep 16, 2022 8:00 am I'm disappointed not to get through the entire run of dodgy shirts. Also, I've got long blue hair now. Maybe this would be more interesting than all these geeky mathsy types.
- Wed Sep 14, 2022 11:29 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 14 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 63)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 480
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 14 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 63)
"It's been a while since we've had a 9." Get that one then guys
- Tue Sep 13, 2022 9:52 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 13 September 2022 (Series 86, Prelim 62)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 416
Spoilers for Tuesday 13 September 2022 (Series 86, Prelim 62)
LETTIGAS to beat LAZIEST etc. Thanks Philip Aston, I just pluralised your word.
- Fri Sep 09, 2022 5:58 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 9 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 60)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1169
Re: Spoilers for Friday 9 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 60)
MANOMETER to pwn those 7s
- Fri Sep 09, 2022 5:40 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 9 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 60)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1169
Spoilers for Friday 9 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 60)
What did Rachel mean by "this one is almost playing itself" after HERATC came out in Round 2? I don't see an obvious word that's an extension of that.
- Thu Sep 08, 2022 3:44 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Next Champion of Champions series
- Replies: 197
- Views: 29916
Re: Next Champion of Champions series
Would it be recorded this Nov/Dec and then broadcast in Jan 2023? Seems like a pretty rapid turnover. Colin is a great guy to host a CoC - embraces the spirit of the competition well when the players are both heavyweights.
- Fri Sep 02, 2022 11:13 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Are, audiences back at Countdown now?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 944
Re: Are, audiences back at Countdown now?
Who else at least started reading the topic title like William Shatner?
- Wed Aug 31, 2022 5:27 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 31 August 2022 (Series 86, Prelim 53)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 293
Spoilers for Wednesday 31 August 2022 (Series 86, Prelim 53)
The vowel pile choices in rounds 12 and 13 were EAEAEAEA. Wonder if that's a record for longest "striped" sequence.
- Tue Aug 30, 2022 5:28 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 30 August 2022 (Series 86, Heat 52)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 644
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 30 August 2022 (Series 86, Heat 52)
Seems like it indeed is - quite a show here today!John Garcia wrote: ↑Tue Aug 30, 2022 4:13 pmIs 110 the highest losing score of all-time in regular play?
- Fri Aug 26, 2022 6:08 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 26 August 2022 (Series 86, Heat 50)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 366
Re: Spoilers for Friday 26 August 2022 (Series 86, Heat 50)
TAINTED and ATTAINED can smersh together into ATTAINTED in Round 5.
- Thu Aug 25, 2022 5:18 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 25 August 2022 (Series 85, Heat 49)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 373
Spoilers for Thursday 25 August 2022 (Series 85, Heat 49)
Some Championship of Champions XIII-level vowel combinations today!
- Wed Aug 24, 2022 5:50 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 24 August 2022 (Series 86, Heat 48)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1104
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 24 August 2022 (Series 86, Heat 48)
Is Carl saying "a goody" or "an agouti", as in a classic Countdown word such as TANGELO or LEOTARD?
- Tue Aug 23, 2022 5:19 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 23 August 2022 (Series 86, Heat 47)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 665
Spoilers for Tuesday 23 August 2022 (Series 86, Heat 47)
"Rachel will know all about FLUXION" - I doubt that, as it is listed as a "dated" mathematical term.
- Tue Aug 23, 2022 2:55 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: 40th Anniversary Celebrations
- Replies: 40
- Views: 4773
Re: 40th Anniversary Celebrations
I assume that the specials all have two different people in them rather than being connected into a tournament.
- Mon Aug 15, 2022 11:17 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 15 August 2022 (Series 86, Heat 41)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 408
Re: Spoilers for Monday 15 August 2022 (Series 86, Heat 41)
OLEASTERS.
(100-3)*(7-1)-2 = 580 was the good method.
(100-3)*(7-1)-2 = 580 was the good method.