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2nd numbers: ((75-4)x4-5)x3+1 = 838

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UMBONATE in round 6 and EPHORATES in round 9.

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DAIMIO in round 6 for a nice alternative.

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 4 December 2012. We're heading towards the series finals now, with seven places already decided. The final spot will go to either current number eight seed Grant Waters (7 wins, 722 points) or our current champion Sohail, who has just enough time left this series to squee...

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Bit of a bad start for Sohail missing ENACTORS that he got on Friday's show............. :oops: :oops: OSTRACON was there in that round too. Interesting that PITFALL came up in round 2 (not spotted on Friday but it was available in round 1 then). Round 3 was also an identical selection to round 12 ...

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Great run, David! Unlucky to miss out on the number one spot but you'll certainly be one to watch out for during the finals. That's back-to-back octochamps now for the third time this series!

OUTDANCE (R1), UNCRATED (R9), MANNOSE (R11) and POTAGE (R12).

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 27 November 2012. Hello again, the Worsley Recap is back to its regular Tuesday slot again. C1: Champion David "B" Barnard (5 wins, 499 points.) A charity shop worker and keen golfer, he is averaging just under 100 points per game and has given some memorable pe...

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NOTECARD in round 7 for a beater. Also in round 3, DC declared BOREDOM but there was only one O! I had BEDSORE in that round.

Good luck for octochampdom tomorrow, David!

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SENECIO as an alternative to PEONIES in round 4 (thanks Jonathan Rawlinson).

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Awesome stuff again, David! It was a shame about the last couple of rounds because your performance really deserved a score of 120+. I have to feel sorry for Stell though who seemed like a lovely person, who took it very well.

OMENTA in the last letters round.

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Countdown recap for Thursday 22 November 2012. Hi, I'm not James Robinson. He is busy so I'm afraid you're stuck with me for today. :P A big thank you to Robbo for doing my usual recap slot on Tuesday so now I'm going to return the favour. ;) C1: Champion David Barnard (2 wins, 181 points.) An apte-...

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AIRDROME in round 1.

Excellent today, David! ESCARGOT and TOMENTA were lovely spots.

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DIASTOLE as well as SODALITE and ISOLATED in round 12. Saw 643 in the first numbers game way out of time: ((100/50)+75)x8+25+3 = 644.

Well played again David, unlucky with BOARDINGS, I went for that too.

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Great debut, David. Must have been a great feeling to start with a nine and it's just as well you got it, as your opponent was pretty decent too. Looking forward to seeing your progress, hopefully for another seven games and into the finals.

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Many congratulations Heather, superbly played throughout your run and very well deserved octochampdom. I have no doubt you'll be a threat to anyone in the finals, which thankfully are not too far away now. I'm pretty sure this is the first ever series to have three female octochamps. With David Barn...

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Good luck, Grant and to everyone else taking part in the finals!

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Very well done, Heather. Some excellent spots, particularly JAWLINE and FANFARE. I really hope you can become an octochamp on Monday.

1st numbers: (75-5)x(9+3)-2 = 838

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 13 November 2012. Hello, it's me again. :D :) C1: Champion Heather Styles (4 wins, 388 points.) An editing assistant from Sevenoakes, Kent, her hobbies include music and cookery. Her favourite dish to cook is curry apparently. Her mother Phyllis won six games back in seri...

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Graeme, I think for now it would be best for you to do next Wednesday's recap and I'll do Thursday's assuming I'll be available by then. If I can't do it, I'll let you know nearer the time (I won't know until then) and someone else can do it. I'd be happy to do an extra one the week after if I can't...

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I definitely can't do next Wednesday's recap. I may be able to do Thursday's but I'm not absolutely sure.

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Actually, Wendy Roe holds the record for highest score for a female challenger.
http://wiki.apterous.org/Episode_3237

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Great debut, Heather and a terrific score to boot. PLANETOID was a great spot and I'm wondering, did you have WATERSIDE or WATERISED written down in round 9, or something completely different?

ADHESION in round 2.

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 6 November 2012. Hello, it's that time of the week again. :) ;) C1: Champion Philip Jackson (3 wins, 279 points.) A retired teacher from Ascott, Berkshire. His scores so far read 96, 93 and 90. For those of you who can't do maths, they're declining by three each day. Can ...

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John Douglas wrote:OPERANDS?

Yes, that's what I got too. ANNULET in round 2 for another beater. Some pretty poor letters today, let's hope they improve quickly!

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Andy Platt wrote:Just played through it during a quiet moment at work, I was absolute turd there!! Bad signs before CoHud

It's a bad sign if you don't know where you're going, unless you're planning way ahead of the rest of us.

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ELASIPOD and GRAINLESS in rounds 6 and 13 respectively.

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 30 October 2012. Apologies for the lateness, let's get on with the game. Nick reveals what the disciplinary procedure was like during his school days and discusses with Rachel how it's changed since then. C1: Champion Amy Gilbert (2 wins, 184 points.) A mathematics gradua...

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BOUNTIES (round 2) and VALORISE (round 12). DC not on form today.

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Pretty good performance from Amy. PRUINOSE in round 9. I did (7x7+1+25)x10 for the last numbers. Missed BEHAVE/THIEVE in round 3, the latter being virtually spelt out, which would have given me a max game.

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Yes, TONELESS is fine for eight.

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Adam Gillard wrote:Expected Susie to get AMNESTIED.

Same, bit of a shocker after getting AMNESTIES in yesterday's show.

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I was about to mention it again in this thread but then I realised that Julia Wilkinson's run was interrupted by the series finals. I'm therefore not sure it counts as "consecutive episodes".

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CAMPIER in round 11. Great run from Rose. She had some tough opponents along the way and was behind in five of the eight games she played, so to avoid a crucial conundrum is pretty impressive. It shows that she has the right mentality; not to be phased when things are going against her. Pretty tight...

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Jordan F wrote:EMPANEL as a beater in the ENAMEL round.

EMPLANE as an alt to EMPANEL too.

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I'll do it:
(100x50-75-5)/5

I personally never looked at my opponents' body language when I was on the show but I'd be interested to hear how many people who have been on did.

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 23 October 2012. C1: Champion Rose Boyle (6 wins, 540 points.) An accountant from Dublin, she has certainly performed admirable so far, averaging 90 points a game. She certainly has plenty of resilience as she's had to come from behind in four of her six games so far agai...

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Tony Atkins wrote:MEDICOS as a beater in R6.

I saw that but somehow thought it was a six.

Got one beater with TESTUDO but there was a better word in that round.

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Graeme Cole wrote:
Did anyone else spot the oddity during the conundrum?

Roses's buzzer sounded like a buzz, rather than a bell? I saw this the first time and have just watched it again to make sure I didn't imagine it. Strange.

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Is it too late? If not I would like to come, along with my dad, Paul.

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TABOOS in round 11. Pretty good game I thought, just a shame that the challenger fell apart a bit at the end.

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 16 October 2012. It's Tuesday again and that can only mean one thing; Worsley Recap time! :mrgreen: C1: Champion Rose Boyle (1 win, 100 points.) A recently joined apterite and forumite, she's an accountant from Dublin, working for insurance. She made a very impressive deb...

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Round 12: N A V I M R I L S C1: SIMILAR (7) C2: virals DC: MARLINS (7) Score: 82–53 (max 98) While Melanie tries a risky 6, Paul's 7 puts him in touching distance of his 5th win. Incidentally, that risky 6 isn't in. VIRAL is in as a noun as well as an adjective, as VIRALS was allowed at CoChest yes...

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JACONET in round 3. Can't pluralise it unfortunately.

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James Robinson wrote:
Thomas will be around tomorrow to see if she can be the first female since Jayne Wisniewski just over a year ago to get that legendary status.

What about Suzi Purcell

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Unlucky James, thought you did well though.

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James Robinson wrote:
Jack Worsley wrote:C1: Champion Tia Corkish (4 wins, 332 points.)
337 points, Jack.
Jack Worsley wrote:http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=66
Don't forget that it gives 66 as the default...............

Maths has never been my strong point.

Thanks for pointing these things out, all sorted now.

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Jordan F wrote:I was toying with VIOLENTER for nine or VIOLETER for eight in Round 13, are either in?

Unfortunately not, seven was the max in that round.

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 9 October 2012. Hello again, the Worsley Recap will now be a weekly feature rather than a biweekly one and on Tuesdays rather than Mondays. Let's get on with the game. :D C1: Champion Tia Corkish (4 wins, 337 points.) Believed to be the first ever Canadian to win on the s...

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Phyl Styles wrote:Kippahs - oh, I never know what round anything's in!

Round 11, great spot!

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AEROGELS in round 12.

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Delighted to have made it but feel sorry for those who have been left out, particularly Eoin, who I'm very surprised about. I could have had a better draw though, going to be a tough opening match for me but it should be a good one. The outstanding ties of the early rounds in my opinion are 3, 4, 8,...

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Good point, thanks for that. I've updated it to just WACKOS but the wiki article still says DC got WACKOES, perhaps it should be changed. http://wiki.apterous.org/Episode_5553 Agreed; I've updated the wiki. WACKOES should not have been removed completely from the others column. It just needs an ast...

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Five points apiece, as DC find both sevens, assuming they meant WACKOES with the E, I'm not quite sure. I'd say they definitely offered WACKOS as a six because (a) that's what Rach put up and (b) Susie said afterwards "we've also got a seven: COWPEAS" (or something very similar). Odd thou...

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John Garcia wrote: Plus did anyone see that they missed / skipped the declarations in I think it was Round 6?

Yes, they just said their words rather than saying how many letters first, round 7 I think it was. It must be an editing error.

Last numbers: (75+(6x2))x8-8 = 688

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I know I said I wouldn't have time due to other commitments but on second thoughts, I think I'm going to be free for most of the week. I'll be prepared to do any of the three, if no one else offers, whichever's better for you. Well, I still prefer Wednesday and Thursday, so I hope Tuesday's good fo...

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EULOGIST (round 3) and CATLIKE (round 9?) for a couple of beaters.

Last numbers: 25x10+100+(7x7) = 399

Good performance by Tia like others have said. She looks capable of winning a few more.

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I know I said I wouldn't have time due to other commitments but on second thoughts, I think I'm going to be free for most of the week. I'll be prepared to do any of the three, if no one else offers, whichever's better for you.

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Round 11: T L R O U E F S R C1: flouters C2: foulers DC: TROUSER (7) FLORETS (7) RESTFUL (7) Score: 54–23 (max 84) Two dodgy agent nouns from our contestants mean the scores don't change. Susie and Ranulph find the three valid sevens. There were more than three sevens in this selection, maybe you f...

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Please, Nick, announce when its crucial! Please, Nick, announce when its crucial! This. Third. I think he said "crucial" the first time a game went to a crucial during his tenure but I'm sure he hasn't done since. Confession time... I missed VAPOURS, a word that I spotted on my debut! :oo...

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I'm afraid I'm going to have to give up recapping, as I'm about to start university and I won't have as much free time. Thank you for letting me have a go though.

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