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Johnny Canuck

Rob McKay wrote:I did have a little giggle to myself when you said "should be entertaining" in our chat yesterday Johnny.

Haha, entertaining it was indeed! Only realised after the show that you equalled the highest début score ever. Permanent congratulations.

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Thanks Tony! Alternate for that round: ((7 - 4) * 10 - 5) * 25 + 1.

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Sorry guys, gotta designate today's recap as a partial. The Shockwave Flash plugin was crashing during EVERY SINGLE round. I got everything except the order of the letters in the selection in the UNFAIR round and McKay's method for 626. Really hope someone might be able to fill in the missing data. ...

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Ian Volante wrote:I seem to be having this tremendous difficulty with my lifestyle.

*launches fleet of starships, primed for battle*

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No Susie, the French for "to the right" is "à droite", not "à droit". The two words are very closely related, but you have to be careful not to confuse them when giving or interpreting directions. "À droite" means "to the right" and "tout droit...

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Thomas Carey wrote:dimension seems to come up a lot considering the letters aren't that great

It's only come up once before in a letters game according to wiki. It was also one of Matthew Tassier's conundrum solutions less than a year ago though, which is probably how I managed to remember it.

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As someone on here previously mentioned, HONEYPTS^ makes 9s with 4 different vowels. I wonder if that's the least probable "fruitful" selection. Greem?

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HONEYPOTS was a brilliant nine for Tony today. Kudos to him.

In some weird oblique way, I think the fact that the scramble was so close to the solution actually made today's conundrum harder for me. Got it on about 25 seconds.

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Tony Atkins wrote:I hope Jon can come back in a few years time.

I know it's after the fact now, but I strongly, strongly second this proposal. IMO, had Jon won this show, he would probably have become an octochamp just like Dave did.

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"Lockdown"!

1st Numbers Alt.: (75 - 8) * 6 - 7. Also RADIOUS as a DC beater in the RADIOS round.

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Marc Meakin wrote:People who start sentences by saying " Some of my best friends are......"
To justify casual racism homophobia etc.

People who reply to an Off-Topic discussion inside a five-year-old recap.

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James Robinson wrote:his tiebreak conundrum was added

Do you know whether this was by accident, or as the start of a new rule? And so PETTIES stayed disallowed?

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He was seeded above Tim in the finals. In that case, they must have caught the mistake with PETTIES, which I believe was his only administrative error. I'm going to update his total on the main Series 74 wiki page accordingly. (The only other way he could have got above Tim is if they've now starte...

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Congratulations to Dave, who is our new #5 seed, or #4 if the correct decision were made on PETTIES yesterday.

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Gavin Chipper wrote:
Johnny Canuck wrote:Also a nice 6 in the POUR round, which I got.
Good spoiler. Even Tony Atkins says what the words are when he gets them, so you're lifting these spoiler threads to new heights!

Don't like that? K. Duly noted.

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PESTIEST as a beater in the PUTTIES round. Not in according to Lex I'm afraid. Of course, Lex says PETTIES is in, so what the frak do the Apterites know? A few beaters today. Only an incredibly obscure beater in the SCORNS/CROWNS round stopped this from being the new game with the joint lowest max ...

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During this upcoming week, Countdown will be reduced to only two programmes. One guess why. Anyway, these programmes also have the potential to be the last two in Dave Costello's octochamp run -- that is, if Thomas Wade can't stop him on Tuesday, nor can Monday's challenger either. Join Monday's rec...

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Don't think there were any beaters other than the ones Tony found, though I am tempted to refer to Donald Trump's intelligence level as SUBIDIOT^.

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Dave Costello now has five wins on the bounce; another victory during his appearance today will both (a) guarantee him a berth in the series finals and (b) make him unquestionably the best non-Apterite of 2016 so far. Can he make it a sixth today? Join Anthony Endsor for the forum recap later to fin...

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1st Numbers Alt.: 100 * 6 + 10 - 6 - 75 / 25... is this standard-method?

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You and Ian are both saying "don't use 'passed away' with me, say what you mean" which is totally and utterly fine. But I bet you both know _other_ people who wouldn't appreciate the kind of bluntness you're advocating, and not trusting people purely based on their attempts to make someth...

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Assuming all the 6s found by Lexplorer in the SENIOR round are actually in, it was even flatter than the super-flat round yesterday, with 30 maxes.

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Looked it up, and EARLYDOWN was the super-flat selection in question; it indeed had 30 maxes (6s) when it came up in 1996, but now it has a darren that goes two points better.

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I believe the ROOFIEST^/FRIED round is the (possibly joint) second flattest round ever, with 29 different max words (I think Graeme said the record was 30).

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So if SULFONE is considered a US spelling, is it another one of those words that's inexplicably allowed on Apterous when really it shouldn't be?

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Matty Artell wrote:I'd be mildly surprised if your database can answer this, so I leave it as an exercise to anyone who studies bus timetables.

As a matter of fact, a news article about Jeffrey Hansford specifically gives this as one of his favourite pastimes, so why don't you call him up right now?

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In the LEARN/ALIVE round, both players could have stuck an UN- in front of their words for bonus points.

1st Numbers Alt. (is this a standard-method one?): (25 - 100 / 50) * 10 + 6 - 5

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How many meanings of DINGBAT are people here familiar with? It seems odd to me that Nick apparently knew only the "crazy person" meaning. I knew both meanings (crazy person and crazy Unicode character), but was surprised that the clue was basically just a dictionary definition/description...

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Gavin Chipper wrote:People who write to Susie Dent to ask about the origin of some word or saying, when they could just Google it. (If these people really exist and aren't made up by the show.)

Frak. Apparently, I am officially Not To Be Trusted.

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I hope 153 is a decent score, because that's what I got against John today. How many did you get against Dave? (I assume by John you mean Jon Hinchcliffe - today's player - it's been set wrong on the Wiki) But with a couple of beaters around max was at least 157. Cracking show though - after Ann's ...

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I hope 153 is a decent score, because that's what I got against John today.

3rd Numbers Alt.: (50 + 25 - 7 + 5) * 9 + 1

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After Ann Dibben closed out her octochamp run with an impressive 884 total on yesterday's programme, we have two new challengers on the episode for today, which is also internationally recognised as Earth Day. Which of our players has a world of new Countdown opportunities ahead? Tune in or join Ant...

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Very weird beater available in the MARAUD/BARMAID round. It sounds like a self-deprecating expression regarding one's own intelligence.

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Tuned in at the very end of Round 1 and missed the order of the letters in the selection. Did anyone record it?

Anyways, best of luck to Ann, who has a shot at becoming an octochamp today, and judging from her performance so far, I'd say she's got a good chance.

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Ah, it hadn't occurred to me that spelling checks could be cut if the spelling came back correct, but of course those cuts would be logical given that they will never affect the outcome of the game. In certain cases -- such as the PIRANHA example, in which many of the potential misspellings are iden...

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Ann definitely got the short end of the stick by being asked to spell OCELOT. Similar situations also happened with Gerry Tynan in the Series 72 finals (VERBATIM) and one of Conrad's opponents (FLUORIDE). I don't think spelling checks should be permitted in any case if DC knows that the correct spel...

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BANKAGE appears immediately when searched in ODO, but it's not valid on Apterous. What the frak?

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Is this the only episode in which a contestant is known to have made the same offering in two consecutive rounds?

EDIT: I find it very impressive that I had a spelling mistake in this post for almost 24 hours and nobody pointed it out.

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Pretty sure it had two Ls, so I'm putting Manuell on the wiki for now and will move it immediately if it's wrong.

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I tuned in just after the challenger was introduced by name. I think I got the correct spelling of the challenger's surname but I'm not positive. Was it Manuell? (Maxwell is my second guess.) I was watching intently but they never showed his nameplate big at any other time during the show. 4th Numbe...

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Last night I dreamt I was playing a 15 Rounder against Gevin. I woke up just before the final numbers game but at the time he was winning 439 - 4. Don't even ask.

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Just to confirm with everyone, I'm fine if someone else wants to take over my recapping job. Though I will have a lot of free time for the next two weeks, it's only those two weeks. Moreover, my last CanuckRecap took 2 hours to write, mainly due to my wanting to put some kind of gimmick in the comme...

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Had to catch a bus to get me to a place with Wi-Fi and missed it by ten seconds, then called a cab and the cab never came. Long story short, my plans for seeing Rounds 1-5 were completely out the window. Really really sorry! Anyone have copies of those five rounds? I hate having to do this but ther...

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Lexplorer lists PIEANNOTS as a 9 in the PANTIES/ENATIONS round, but I can't find any way to get to it on ODO. Was it one of the junked variant spellings? May have been a variant of http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/pianet - I think that had a lot of stupid variants. Yeah, figured...

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Lexplorer lists PIEANNOTS as a 9 in the PANTIES/ENATIONS round, but I can't find any way to get to it on ODO. Was it one of the junked variant spellings?

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Had to catch a bus to get me to a place with Wi-Fi and missed it by ten seconds, then called a cab and the cab never came. Long story short, my plans for seeing Rounds 1-5 were completely out the window. Really really sorry! Anyone have copies of those five rounds? I hate having to do this but there...

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Impressive play so far Ann, you beat me yesterday and were 20+ points ahead of me for most of today's game. Glad you agreed to reapply. CAPTURE as a nice alternate in the PARENT/PUNTER/GAUNTER/PUNCTAE round. EDIT: Ninja'd Concise 3rd Numbers Alt.: (50 + 7 * 9) * 6 4th Numbers Alt., Just Because: (10...

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I apologise in advance, guys, but 30 minutes of "Your computer appears to be correctly configured, but the domain name system (DNS) server isn't responding" means that today's CanuckWikiRecap is out the window. My Internet was so slow I couldn't even pop on here and tell you guys. I only ...

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I apologise in advance, guys, but 30 minutes of "Your computer appears to be correctly configured, but the domain name system (DNS) server isn't responding" means that today's CanuckWikiRecap is out the window. My Internet was so slow I couldn't even pop on here and tell you guys. I only g...

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Marc Meakin wrote:lock up your consonants...Jason Larsen is coming to England !!!!!

Siriusly?

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Tony Atkins wrote:I am told there is 9 available in round 1, but otherwise I think only alts - eg DUPPIES for YUPPIES.

Close -- one other beater, which I believe is a new word, in the MIKADOS/DAIKONS round.

Two Ks today. Kooky.

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Nice to finally see another tie-break conundrum -- after both tie-breaks were cut in Rhys' first game last series, I thought they might have decided to stop showing them altogether due to time or money constraints.

URANOTIL as a DC beater in the JANITOR round; I stupidly went for JOINTURAL^ instead.

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What kind of drugs is Tim on during his anecdotes? Judging from today's darts-related one they do seem to permit him to do maths quickly.

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Normal Countdown, except on the beach? It can get quite wet.

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Has the time been changed? I'm just seeing adverts, adverts, adverts right now.

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Sorry, folks. No early recap from me today. Computer acting particularly crashy-crashy. Or in-a-crashy-fashion-in-a-crashy-fashion, as it were.

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What month (January, February, etc.; irrespective of year) has had the most episodes, overall, broadcast in it?

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Jon Corby wrote:It's a disgrace, Priya was cheated out of victory.

Yep, had she beat Sean on everything else, she'd have won with 59 points to Sean's 75.

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In Series 47, all 8 finalists were octochamps, and they together achieved 6336 points in their heats. Is this the highest aggregate heat game total among all finalists? If not, what is the highest? What is the lowest? Would you be able to make a ranking of all 15-round finalist aggregate heat game t...

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One word. And one hashtag. #cheekysip.

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