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Tony Atkins wrote:Well done to Dylan for 13 max game - though I got DENIZENS but missed the one that DC missed in R2.

Jessica got DENIZENS (HEMIOLA and PORTAGED) too, but missed out on the CULTIGEN and BUSTIERS

Roll on tomorrow for what could be a record breaking programme.

Mauro/Jessica

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John Garcia wrote:AFFINE for 6 as a round beater in the UNFIX round

Beats Jessica's effort on that round... which was NUFFIN

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Jessica's alt for the second numbers game:
9 x 8 = 72
72 / 6 = 12
12 x 7 = 84
84 x 10 = 840
840 - 6 = 834

Mauro

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Graeme Cole wrote: Interesting. I wasn't there, but I bet it's going to be RASPILLED.

I think it should be "RESIEMPRE". Just for Zarte

(RE as in king!) Then we'll see how quickly it gets solved.

Mauro

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You've got me really conscious about my nose now, I didn't even realise I did it! I think it's just a natural reaction wanting to get the best out of the selections every time and being in the studio knowing you are going to get judged on performance. You probably hardly ever do it under normal sit...

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Go Zarte! Mind you, not sure it is correct to put one of the players' names as the conundrum mix though, even if he didn't know his own anagram. Go Zarte !!!! Agreed Tony. When you consider Jessica and I studied all the PRATESI+2 combinations if a conundrum came up with PRATESI+2 it would have been...

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Jessica submitted MESTIZO for an alternative in round 7 and NEGATORS in round 12.
Then showed off in the last numbers round: (10 x 100)/(6 - 2)
scored 129

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edit: Noticed Nick wasn't wearing his glasses again today, didn't wear them yesterday, contacts

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Jessica massively on form today. She got all three nines, but sadly no max having missed REGALISM. Total score 149 :-) She solved the conundrum but offered DENT WOMEN before coming up with the right answer. Me by the way - nowhere near :-( Mauro/Jessica EDIT: ps Jessica noted that had the last conso...

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Not sure how Maragaret managed to win that as Niall was a good player. However there were several maxes that even Susie missed including a 9 - anyone get them? Me neither! Not even Jessica could be bothered to find beaters today (except for the S***HEAD round :roll: ) but beat them easily to the co...

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These selections must put some put on - Jessica has seen/remembers most of them before in normal episodes... in the famous Gotcha episode with Noel Edmunds, the incorrect conundrum in ep 2016 under a different order.... and she's checking where's she's seen the numbers game before too :-) Mauro Jess...

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Zarte Siempre wrote:Did anyone else notice the anomaly with the last numbers?

Methinks someone had a little cheat.

Yes Jessica, home from College, distinctly heard challenger say 75+7+8+5+4 (not in that order) but when he repeated it while Rachel was writing it down he didn't include the five!!

Mauro/Jessica

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Distinctly heard Nick mention Steve's first opponent last Tuesday was Mark.... but did not mention a final score.

Mauro

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Well done to Rychelle for giving us such an enjoyable game. Glad we got to see it. I enjoyed the happy atmosphere they created too :D Might be a better idea just to believe whichever of the following rumours takes your fancy. I heard one of the contestants was caught using an anagram solver on his ...

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I thought I recognised Tony in last night's episode. Hi Tony :-) We could even have met Oscar at the MSO in recent years too! Jessica also holds MSO medals and trophies which are in her trophy cabinet. Many congratulations to Shrinidhi as we have been following the programme intently. We know that S...

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I like to add my congratulations to both Giles and Andy in what looked like a very nervous final. Well done guys.

Mauro

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Think I posted this to the wrong thread so apologies if you've seen this already... Tipping Point for Friday 21 June (2013) Did anyone recognise Olivia Lloyd-Potts on Tipping Point today? ....... series 6 runner up to.... Darryl Francis. I'd never have recognised her. Mauro edit: https://www.itv.com...

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Tipping Point for Friday 21 June (2013)

Did anyone recognise Olivia Lloyd-Potts on Tipping Point today?
....... series 6 runner up to.... Darryl Francis.
I'd never have recognised her.

Mauro

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I watched today for the first time in a while and missed the opening, but I had a strange feeling I'd seen the current champion (Arnaud) before. Here's where. Has there any been any explanation as to why he's appearing now despite having already been on the show and winning 5 games only a few years...

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So, we carry on with the quarter-finals yet again, but wait, the horses are ready to be unleashed. Looks like we're down to 1 show again. :( :cry: clipped Good opportunity to log onto http://www.filmon.com/#France-3 from 3.10pm (UK time) to watch Des Chiffres et Des Lettres if you want an afternoon...

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This was the first game of the Tuesday afternoon. When we arrived we were greeted by news from the previous show and, though we had expected two quarter finals when we got the tickets and not one, we knew we would get three good shows. Not too many forumites/apterites in the studio as the finalists...

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Well done Glen - noticed he lost to Gareth Williams last time round. I still see Gareth at the odd Scrabble tournament. But have not been too attentive today because the French DCDL are playing their Championships at the moment and it was their second semi final today and a very intense and edge of ...

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Is BLEATING marked as a mass noun in ODE3 then? I don't remember Susie actually saying so (though I might just not have heard her) and it wasn't in ODE2r. If she's disallowing a plural of a count noun just because she 'doesn't think' it sounds right, that's pretty questionable to say the least. I w...

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Philip Wilson wrote:
I had fishrag, but then I might have just been trying to second guess Jo

GARFISH is an alternative.

Mauro

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No maximum score for Jessica today but she did the second numbers game in this alternative method:
5x5=25
25x25=625
625+3=628
628/2=314

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Jessica believes she scored her first maximum in today's game: 127 (unless I can't count). The question is the third numbers game: 100 50 1 7 6 1 target 781. Closest possible was 780 (unless someone got it exact that is) and Jessica got 3 away... she would still get the same points for being 3 away ...

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Jordan F wrote:clipped... According to the wiki, there's only 4 episodes this week. Why that is, I'm not sure.

Not too difficult to guess... it Horses again - Epsom and The Derby. Thank God Cricket is on ITV4 and not C4 like it used to.

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ARSONIST for another beater in round 8, although I stupidly went for PARSONIST^ :( :oops: PARSONIST^ what you get when you cross an ARSONIST with a PARSON ;) Coincidently the answer to OAFVIRTUE was similar to today's Sprint final of DCDL, one of the conundrums was VADERESOIF = DEFAVORISE . @ Andy ...

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Jessica spotted LUCERNE in round 12 (CLUSTER round) and discussion ensued as to whether it took an S. Lexplorer says no. The definition in the ODE3 doesn't specify anything. It's a plant known as Alfalfa so you have to look under Alfalfa to check whether its a mass noun or not and then apply it to L...

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Slightly off the subject but is a spoiler in a way.... and involved one of today's seen episodes. You think Susie has problems with the dictionary. In today's DCDL, in one of the "Duel" rounds, a definition is given and the contestant has to buzz in and spell the answer. On this occasion t...

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Edit: Did the new starting time catch anybody out? No, but I have mine on Sky+, so no worries for me. :P WIGEONS in round 3 and BARISTA in round 12. Also we heard/thought in round 12 guest Janet said TRIBALS was not allowed. But it is OK on LeXplorer. Well, they suggested that it was an adjective o...

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Have Jessica at home this week and were watching Countdown and Des Lettres et des Chiffres at the same time !! Odd that both first numbers games on both shows were 280 :-) But I thought Rachel said the target was 208 !! Also we heard/thought in round 12 guest Janet said TRIBALS was not allowed. But ...

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At the end of the day it's contestants choice.

My favourites have been:
Gino Corr's "outisde left" and "outside right", and...
Two from the end of each row (and Carol had to bend over picking two at once from the end of each row thus showing a bit of cleavage)

Mauro

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Glad to pass on the link.
I don't know what I'll do when Countdown starts at 3.10pm from Monday 20th May.
May have to watch both at the same time or watch C4+1 and miss Harry

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Mixed feelings about today's game, thought the standard was quite low from the contestants there, and the rounds didn't produce very high scoring (ie there were no 9s and there were some pretty difficult numbers) but at times it was a good back and forth contest and that was quite enjoyable to watc...

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Just thought I'd catch up on half of Pointless on Challenge before I watch Countdown today. Hey-ho James is on!! (Repeated tonight on Challenge at 7.00pm)

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Sorry if this message has posted before.... Fed up of the horse racing ruining our fix of Countdown. Want to watch the French version instead? Are you free from 3.10pm-3.45pm? Avez-vous des Internet? Well log onto http://www.filmon.com/#France-3 at 3.10pm every week day to watch the programme for fr...

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Oh look, it's the East Berks Scrabble Tournament organiser in the challenger's chair. I know him

At the British Matchplay Scrabble Championships, for a few years, I was computer operator and Ian was Tournament Director.

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Does anyone else think that there is a case for giving contestants a few practice rounds before going live with the real thing? Being as you're usually sat in the chair waiting for about 20 minutes not doing much anyway, then it would seem to make sense to use this time productively. You could even...

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I saw that the scorer scored 5 for both contestants in the last letters game with Nick announcing 72-53 going into the last numbers game. I thought I'd gone loopy again then magically the scores were corrected (without appologies or visually) 67-54 going into the conundrum. Oops :-) Inexplicably Sam...

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I think Eileen is a good all round player. Wanted her to do well in such a ding-dong game where the lead changed several times. As for the selections I saw SAMBUKAS* in R1 but sadly it's spelt with a C. FAIRNESS in R10 and was pleased to see Gyles give an anagram of it, SANSERIF. What did DC offer i...

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Quite a strong score by Eileen in the end. I hope she goes on to win more. Glad to see PRATESI+2 crop up again. Sadly no nines.
As I have a stick "Y" key on m keyboard realised there has not been a "Y" in toda's selection ... nor in yesterdays

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Jordan F wrote:I might have toyed with going with PORQUOI, is it valid in the OED or strictly French?

It's with a U: POURQUOI

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OXTAILS is allowed in Lexplorer and TAXIES not allowed in same program.

Susie has just reversed those adjudications ?!? Doh

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Andy Platt wrote:Hmmmm!

DC offered GEISHAS the other day but missed it here.

Edit: And it's there again in round 2. This time they spot it! Lol.

Even odder: husband John also missed it in round 11... also against Jill Hayward

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Tony Atkins wrote:BOINKED as alt to BONKED and BOOKEND.

That was a good spot

was ROSARIAN there in the next round ??

Mauro

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RAVELIN alt 7 in the OVERLAIN round (as in my third show). ROSINS as a beater in R5 and I think AERATED in R7? I wrote down only one E in that selection - I may have gone wrong. Sadly I had the non word TROAKED*. ... as I did in the other rounds, 2 and 4, with OUTLEARNS* and NONVIRAL* :-( Mauro edi...

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Second day in a row Nick has had a very, very, too short an introduction to the contestants. Clipped by editing maybe !?

A returning contestant John Gardner !?! From series 14 ?? Lost by one point did he ?!? Hope for a Jessica return in the future then

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Tony Atkins wrote:Anyone get odonate or tabooed in R12?

Not exactly - got the non-word BATOONED* instead ... but did beat Jessica to the conundrum

Mauro/Jessica

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Well done Giles - looking forward to seeing you break records galore tomorrow.

Mauro

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Oliver Garner wrote:Max game? (I'm guessing not but don't remember him being beaten at all)

Almost Oliver, anybody get NAPROXEN in round 7 (the pannier round).

Awesome game from Giles.

I also noticed HEDARIM (round 11) is in OED only (One to unlearn playing the other game

)

Mauro/Jessica

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Methinks Mike Lee gave up after Giles went 18 up after the first round :-) Nice of Giles to let Mike have a few points here and there otherwise it would have been a massive whitewash. Some great words from Giles though - keep it up. Although much depends on the quality of opponents, which for this s...

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Great start from Giles - well done. Enjoyed this episode.

R11: saw GENITORS (oddly its anagrams: TRIGONES allowed/ROSETING *not* allowed).

R12: upset KNEEPAD* was not found in OED (neither was Jessica's spot of KIDNAPEE*)

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Many thanks Tony for a great tournament. Loved the 'Pirates' theme from Matt and the guys/gals - wish we'd have known beforehand as we have a large Jolly Roger flag we could have brought. Jessica's and my FaceBook pictures from the tournament are now up @ https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.55...

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Marcel did indeed speak for a lot longer than that. Glad they included the group picture at the end. It was "taken" by just leaving one of the TV cameras running. clipped. Yes a nice touch. Haven't had time to see the picture properly but do we know any persons in it? Superb performance f...

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Andy Platt wrote:
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Andy Platt wrote: GLOMERULI
Trying to pass the buck now!! hahaha

See I'm getting too exited b the final !!

M

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Andy Platt wrote: GLOMERULI

I like where you used the S[/quote]
My fault apologies
edit: getting a bit exited during the phenomenal final

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round 2 ?? well... it wont be a max game now !! Mauro I'll leave the learned among you to find the 9 - then it would have been three 9s in a row !! ( round 6 It is now!!) I'll give you a clue it starts with GL - a cluster of nerve endings. M What are you on about? This isn't the fucking puzzle foru...

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I'll leave the learned among you to find the 9 - then it would have been three 9s in a row !! ( round 6 It is now!!)
I'll give you a clue it starts with GL - a cluster of nerve endings.

M

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round 2 ?? well... it wont be a max game now !!

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Bodmas! Granted that Jessica quoted Bodmas to me at the time... but she also added that if it was written that way in her exam papers, because of the lack of extra brackets, would likely to be given a fail mark because the examiner may think: "I know what you mean but not meant what you said.&...

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