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Tom S wrote: ↑Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:49 am
Ray Wilding wrote: ↑Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:44 am 75*10+7*3+7 <-- Whoops, made 778 instead of 788
RAPID
JESSIES
(75+1)*(100/25+2)
OUTDOES
NIcely done there Ray, but there is an app beater in the 1st letters....

RUPIAR?
DIAPUR?
Not sure

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Tom S wrote: ↑Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:47 am LSPATOISE
HRHERIEEN
TTPATEAGT
25 50 75 3 2 4-938
CD_DINTAGAVE

SPOLIATES
REHIRE?
AGATE
(75*50+2)/4
NAVIGATED

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To make this as realistic as possible, I have taken the liberty of adding some assumed dialogue for Tracey.
Tracey: Hagmeister does it again

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75*10+7*5+3 for the 788.
Same as Ray for the rest

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Tom S wrote: ↑Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:41 am 75 7 7 10 5 3- 788
RRPAFIUDP
GSJESUISE
75 100 50 25 1 2- 456
WKTESOODU

I can't help but see JESUS, and considering it's palm Sunday tomorrow, I can't help but spot this, which surely isn't a coincidence...

(it is)

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Bradley Horrocks wrote: ↑Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:41 am
Elliott Mellor wrote: ↑Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:31 am Too difficult for you though wasn't it
God Bra, try harder!
Some things with or without apterous remain constant

Of course!

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Do wish the app would pick more vowels

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Tom S wrote: ↑Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:32 am GRSAMIEBY
NNIRIALNG
10 7 4 3 1 1 - 942 (note 942 is impossible)
NOSERBASX
ZFLENVITA

GAMBIER
RAINING (wanna go RINNALING but don't know if it's in)
945
BARONESS
INFLATE

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Now the real question here is, are we allowing GAMBIERS?

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Anyone for: R9 - Numbers - 100 75 50 25 5 5 @984 R12 - Letters - UEAWZQNHP ? I'm impatient: 984 = (100*50-75-5)/5 WHENUA Neat 4L trick, that wasn’t so difficult really. WHENUA hoping for us to get words like WHENUA, you may be waiting longer than Apto coming back up :P Too difficult for you though ...

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Anyone for: R9 - Numbers - 100 75 50 25 5 5 @984 R12 - Letters - UEAWZQNHP ? I'm impatient: 984 = (100*50-75-5)/5 WHENUA Neat 4L trick, that wasn’t so difficult really. WHENUA hoping for us to get words like WHENUA, you may be waiting longer than Apto coming back up :P Like for the pun :D

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Awaiting more rounds...

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Elliott Mellor wrote: ↑Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:22 am Anyone for:
R9 - Numbers - 100 75 50 25 5 5 @984
R12 - Letters - UEAWZQNHP
?

I'm impatient:
984 = (100*50-75-5)/5
WHENUA

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Anyone for:
R9 - Numbers - 100 75 50 25 5 5 @984
R12 - Letters - UEAWZQNHP
?

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Tom S wrote: ↑Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:18 amNumber 2

DING DING DING!

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Tom S wrote: ↑Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:17 am lezorapam, lorazepam, lorezapam

Pick one:P

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Conundrum's still proving a toughie, it does begin with L and end PAM.

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Tom S wrote: ↑Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:09 am I think the conundrum is something ending in -pam, like Lazorepam or something like that...

Not a million miles off!

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Bradley Horrocks wrote: ↑Sat Mar 31, 2018 10:45 am Blah blah blah blah
R11: poturans (0) - always forget how to spell that one.
Blah blah blah blah

Paturons is the 8 you're thinking of I think.

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Rounds 9, 12 and 15 remain unmaxed (totally a word) in or out of time (people clearly are bad at multiples of 3 rounds). Will post a new set soon, even though it seem only 2 people are playing...

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Bradley Horrocks wrote: ↑Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:01 am
I can definitely get it up to 10... Hopefully someone can fill in the gaps!

Well then...

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108 raw score and 8 maxes are our best totals so far...keep em coming guys!

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Here's what I got... timing the rounds. R1: CREATINE (8) R2: BUTTON (6) R3: 596 (10) (this was a fun one) R4: ATOMISED (8) R5: CANISTER (8) R6: Nowt in 30 seconds R7: COUGAR (6) R8: MATELOTS (8) R9: 985 (7) R10: BUFF (4) (lol missed the -oon) R11: OUTSPRANG (18) R12: QUEAN (5) R13: VEXES (5) R14: 4...

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Here’s what I got in 30 seconds: R1: PICTARNE (8) R2: UNCOUTH (7) R3: 596 (10) R4: ATOMISED (8) R5: NAVICERTS (18) R6: 566 (7) R7: GROUCHY (7) R8: MATELOTS (8) R9: 985 (7) R10: BUFFOON (7) R11: poturans (0) - always forget how to spell that one. R12: QUEAN (5) R13: STEEVE (6) R14: 451 (10) R15: not...

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While apterous has indefinite downtime, here's some rounds to keep y'all occupied; R1 - Letters - AEIPRCETN R2 - Letters - UOUCTHBTN R3 - Numbers - 100 75 50 3 1 1 @596 R4 - Letters - EOISTMDEA R5 - Letters - AEISCVRTN R6 - Numbers - 25 9 3 3 9 7 @568 R7 - Letters - AOUYCHPGR R8 - Letters - AEOTMLST...

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((100+10)*75+50)/25 another method in R6. Did DC not mention ANODIZER to beat ANODIZE in R8? No, likely didn't want to embarrass John tbh They would normally mention this sort of contestant-beater. I find it quite unsatisfying when they don't. Similarly with that numbers I mentioned above. It can b...

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((100+10)*75+50)/25 another method in R6. Did DC not mention ANODIZER to beat ANODIZE in R8? No, likely didn't want to embarrass John tbh Really gutted John lost today - he was such great viewing and was one of the rare few who actually look like they're enjoying every minute of it, thoroughly fun ...

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Tom S wrote: ↑Fri Mar 30, 2018 1:22 pm Can one have AGARISED for R1?

Yes

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Still down:(

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Still down:(

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"JE" is of an ability to do so, likewise a few others like Matt Hall and of course Elliott- thinking of potential top players who could make an appearance at some point inbetween the next year or so.... Ability is one thing, accomplishment of such a goal is another. I don't think it's ver...

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Had a random one recently where me, Ian Birdman and Innis Carson were part of an involuntary scientific experiment to see whether humans could survive for 110 years frozen inside giant lumps of ice. Remarkably, despite 110 years without food, water or anything we hadn't aged at all or died. I then s...

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(100+7)x50x9/75+25 = 667 :) If you legitimately got that, especially in time, that's amazing. Way out of time - took around half an hour after exploring blind alleys (2001/3 and 23x29 obviously weren't going anywhere, but 100+567 looked promising) lmao reminds me of my sis on conundrums - always in...

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I didn't notice it in previous games but the champion guy was asking for letters like they were helpings of dinner. Instead of asking for a second one etc. he was asking for seconds and thirds. I noticed this too! Also asking for seconds when it was his fifth... Anyone laugh at the unintentional ha...

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Peter Mabey wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 10:49 pm (100+7)x50x9/75+25 = 667

If you legitimately got that, especially in time, that's amazing.

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It's called being human, maybe you should try it ;) Also proves that you don't reedit to rectify human error. It also gives a lot of viewers pleasure to beat her for once. Yeah great - that's what it's all about. Which is why it's better than the French version which used a machine - beating Rachel...

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It might just be me, but there is something about Mohsin that I slightly dislike- perhaps find him a bit over-confident? Or maybe it's just me who thinks that.... Racist, that's a shame. 100% Not! I am rooting for him because this show lacks diversity imo which is a shame, and is time we had a cont...

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It was nice to see Nick contribute in one of the rounds today - I wish he'd do this more often.

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Zarte seems to be haunting my dreams...in one last night I was playing a football match. On the opposite team in goal was Zarte and a man I know who seemed to alternate. By the time 90 minutes was up my team was losing 4-3, so I made the executive decision to have "a large amount of extra time&...

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Suzi Perry was on the ball today as she uttered the comment after a letters selection "yeah, just a jumble of letters that."
I never knew that...

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At least some rise in play today with an alright challenger..
Still quite dire though

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"2 good players"
mmm...yeah....
No disrespect intended but it stretches the definition of good a bit...

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Tue Mar 13, 2018 2:55 pm Nice to see the Tory guy losing to LABOURS in round 5.

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Excellent as ever from Zarte, congratulations on becoming an octochamp and a very well deserved one too. Never once showed any signs of smugness and I was really rooting for you to surpass 974, but 967 is certainly nothing to be sniffed at. The desperate fish for RATIONALE was evident. Look forward ...

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Another record (currently belonging to Dylan) that Zarte can equal. He currently has 271 points from numbers round. Highest ever is 311 from Dylan. If Zarte gets 4 10s tomorrow he’ll equal it. Side note - From the wiki, about Dylan: “He is also the show’s best numbers player, scoring 311 points in ...

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Shame it was such a low max game And that was the reason why Zarte couldn't score so well today. Nick was actually incorrect to say that Steve held him off when he acutally didn't because he had not beaten him in any of the rounds, only equalled it! I personally found it appalling when he said that...

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Zarte needs to average 118.5 to get the record and 131 to get 1000...very interesting in that we might actually have a realistic chance of not just the record but also the 1000 club...

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Ryan Lam wrote: ↑Thu Mar 08, 2018 3:04 pm
Ray Wilding wrote: ↑Thu Mar 08, 2018 2:20 pm Loved Dave's reaction to ANTISERUM.

"Pfff...how posh". I too burst out in laughter, imagine if someone on Apterous spots an unusual nine and the opponents reaction be like that...

Would have been funnier if Zarte had spotted AUTOTELIC in r2 and he'd reacted to that:P

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Brilliant performance (again) Z man well done :-) Does anyone feel like a Birdman (mini) rant? If you do, you're in luck! Anyway... I sometimes feel like the priorities of the spoiler threads are somewhat incorrect. Zarte nails 130 (including a word which was unpencilled on apterous at the time) an...

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Zarte Siempre wrote: ↑Tue Mar 06, 2018 6:25 pm
Elliott Mellor wrote: ↑Tue Mar 06, 2018 4:54 pm Had a dream last night that I played Zarte in the 4th game of his run and won 116-90. Zarte was absolutely devastated and threatened to destroy my family because of this.
This one would almost sound plausible.

Yeah, the last bit certainly is plausible...

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Had a dream last night that I played Zarte in the 4th game of his run and won 116-90. Zarte was absolutely devastated and threatened to destroy my family because of this.

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Ryan Lam wrote: ↑Mon Mar 05, 2018 3:00 pm POLYBASE is there in R2...

Yes, Stephen did a good job finding that on lex.

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Phil H wrote: ↑Fri Mar 02, 2018 4:21 pm
Brett Davids wrote: ↑Fri Mar 02, 2018 3:49 pm Anchoveta? Someone really didn’t want Zarte breaking any records...

Aye, how much did Dylan pay Damian for that one!

Cmon though, if you're having to go to Susie to find out what a conundrum means...it's too hard for a preliminary.

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People who check they've still got the tickets for something at least 5 times on a journey, as if it's possible they've somehow grown a pair of legs and walked from the spot they know they've put them in.

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Mar 01, 2018 11:29 pm Tried to blag that numbers on the spot though, right?

Haha, the 419 one? That was quite funny tbh. "so..you..no..you take the ummmm 75 and..."

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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 real...

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George Pryn wrote: ↑Thu Mar 01, 2018 2:14 pm Wait what why is Zarte there

Because he filmed and it's now being transmitted.

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Hi Marty, great news that you have been selected to appear and I wish you the very best of luck with it. Martin has offered stellar advice above and if you are very serious about appearing then it definitely is a good shout and can definitely improve your ability. Also, another webpage to use is gr...

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Greetings Marty, congrats on being selected to appear! :) I'd definitely get yourself onto apterous as others have said, and use the features there to learn the more common stems (particularly learn things such as 8 letter words that stem with all vowels - ANGRIEST and SONICATE being 2 examples). It...

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