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Grant Waters

Very impressed with your final numbers game Heather. Very good 6 small solution.

Grant Waters

RUINING for a beater in r1

Grant Waters

P.S. felt a bit sorry for Ivor in r1 because i totally heard that as an "N" too. However, it was immaterial due to Lucy's brilliant 8.

Grant Waters

OVERSAIL as an alternative beater in r12.

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MIAOWED as an alternative in r12

Very well played by Lucy today - I thought Amy was going to go a long way!

Grant Waters

Jack Worsley wrote: Missed BEHAVE/THIEVE in round 3, the latter being virtually spelt out, which would have given me a max game.

That'll teach you to mis-BEHAVE Jack

Grant Waters

OMEGAS in r12 also.

Great game by Amy. Could easily have scored 121 which would probably be the highest score this season?

Grant Waters

Well played by Amy. She must have had a moment when Dave buzzed
on the crucial but then said "no idea, just wanted to buzz!"

Grant Waters

SPOUTING as an alternative 8 in r3

Grant Waters

Anyone else notice Nick's reaction to the incorrect conundrum guess. It kind of gave the game away that the answer was close, and that the first part of the word was correct - but surprisingly Leke still didn't get it. Would have been controversial if it had been a crucial, and he'd got it. And also...

Grant Waters

I'm predicting all-octo finals for Series 67. What would they do if there were more than 8 octos? From a purely selfish point of view Johnny I hope you are wrong. But to answer your question - the Octochamp with the lowest total would not make the finals - currently Chris Marshall is in that unfort...

Grant Waters

Also, with all the talk of insects before the game started I was surprised nobody got INSECT in round 1!

Grant Waters

Well done RoBo!

Some truly awful letters today - probably cost you a place on the leaderboard.

With all these Octochamps being crowned I am in danger of falling off the leaderboad despite having 722 points!!

Grant Waters

I also got NUCLEATE in r13 but even UNCLEAN beats DC!

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SHIPMATES in r4

Grant Waters

Just had this in a game against Nude and got a dose of Deja Vu!! http://gxwracing.co.uk/Steamy%20Mateys.jpg It was interesting because in both cases where MATEYS was suggested, I got STEAMY! Rnd Selection Grant Waters Score Colin Costello Others Max. 13 NSEAYMUTE STEAMY 75 – 33 mateys ☓ AMNESTY*, ME...

Grant Waters

Snootier for a beater in r13

Grant Waters

I had a serious case of Deja Vu in round 2 when the selection was FLXAOUPME and I got AMPOULE, Tia got AMPLE and Ryan got AMPLE, and Susie got AMPOULE. Quick check of Friday's match finds round Round 9 where the selection was MXPOEAFLU and I remember getting AMPOULE, Tia got AMPLE, Nayomie got AMPLE...

Grant Waters

Yes i noticed that too. It was round 7.

Grant Waters

I had TEMPURAS in R12 too, but checked it on apterous and it says it is invalid

Does it satisfy Susie's "I'll have two Tempuras please" restaurant rule?

Either way - probably safer to stay UPSTREAM of any debate.

Well done to Tia.

Grant Waters

1st numbers were 10 5 6 4 25 100 = 193 so mabey Peter did make a mistake writing them down.

I could only get one away in the time, but that still beat both contestants :-/

Grant Waters

I got DAPSONE but then TONEPADS in round 12. Maybe doing some subconscious stemming there - DAPSONE+T?

Grant Waters

Wow. Mammoth score there Peter! Very well done! Great game.

Grant Waters

Yes, very unlucky to Jessica. I can imagine it might have been nerve-wracking being in the studio about to start filming and then being told to come back in another week or so! I was sure it was going to go Jessica's way but Liam kept it very tight and appeared IMHO to raise his game a little to get...

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Susie's origins of words about Galvanise. Now where have i heard that word before?!

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Thomas Carey wrote:
Waiting to see if Jessica will make Liam the second heptochamp of the series...

Heptochamp? That sound cool. I presume heptochamps are a much rarer breed than those common-or-garden Octochamps!

GW

Grant Waters

Not in ODE3 John. Just DEVOLUTION and DEVOLVE.

Grant Waters

Well done Mark. Does that mean you can now hear the thoughts of everyone in the world?

Grant Waters

I was in the Audience for that show after just finishing filming, and to my annoyance I scored 91v59 against Andy :-( 8s all over the place! I got GOSSAMER, PATRONISE, DEMURELY, BLOTCHES, DREAMING, and RATIONED as well as AVAILS in round 6. So, clearly the difference between sitting in the Champions...

Grant Waters

They went on to quote a renewal price that's £65 higher than what I paid last year I just got my renewal from the AA and it said: "As you have been a member of the AA for 22 years you will qualify for our new Gold Membership when you renew. With this you get more breakdown cover at no extra ch...

Grant Waters

Congrats on a great run Grant - the fact it was a run of 7 wins rather than 8 doesn't really change that. Thanks Innis. Nice of you to say so, although I think "Countdown Octochamp" would have looked good on my CV ;-) Was a shame we didn't get to meet at the Walkabout but there's sure to ...

Grant Waters

I did think of KNIFES James but instantly dismissed it as the plural is KNIVES. I didn't think of it in the present tense verb context (somebody might be able to tell me what the proper English is for that? Present participle?) e.g. "He knifes his assailant in the chest". Is that why KNIFE...

Grant Waters

Thanks Jack. Andy was a tough opponent - and I expect him to go on and win a few more games. I think it all hinged on that 9 in round 2. 8v9 instead of e.g. 8v7 gives a 26 point swing and I never really got back in the game. SNEAKY in round 4 would have given me a chance (I thought of that today whi...

Grant Waters

Well, as Charlie Cox says "That's shot the fox!" I kinda liked the thought of being an O-C-T-O-G-R-A-N-T :cry: However, after being 12 points behind in my first game, and having to endure a crucial conundrum, I'm completely amazed I got that far, and I'm just happy to have the teapot. Anyt...

Grant Waters

Think that comment should go in this thread Peter ... http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=9236

i.e. Thursday not Wednesday and Spoilers not Recaps.

Just sayin'

Grant Waters

Nice recap again thanks James. :D Do I hold the record for the longest word suggested? PROFITEROLE at 11 letters and 2 Es when there were none is quite a feat!! :oops: Funny story about that is that I had to re-shoot my declaration and I joked "Can I say PORTFOLIO this time?". That got a b...

Grant Waters

Great article. Makes me wish I'd gone now. However, I noticed the article refers to "8+" as a club for Octochamps when I thought it was for contestants who had scored "8 or over" in every round of a game. Furthermore, if "8+" is for contestants who had scored "8 or...

Grant Waters

Yes Jack noticed it and commented on it in the Spoilers thread ... http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=9223 At the end of the show Nick was asked to redo a piece to camera that wasn't quite right, but they must have included the shot of us applauding from the retake (with final scor...

Grant Waters

They missed a trick with the name.

Should be ....

Countdownunder!

Grant Waters

This game was quite interesting for many reason and has certainly raised some good discussions but I haven't seen a recap for it yet. Is anyone in a position to do a recap?

Grant Waters

I got JUNIPERS today too Jack. Shame I didn't on the day!
I had no idea Neil was staring at the numbers and letters like that. Might have un-nerved me a bit if I had!

Grant Waters

Yikes. SO much controversy from one game! FWIW I think MATEYS should have been allowed as it appears to be the most plausible pluralisation of MATEY. However, it (luckily) would not have affected the outcome of the game although it would have raised Colin's total a little. BROWED however, was a rand...

Grant Waters

I know - what are the chances of that? Anthea and Joyce between them had over 85 years experience in bell ringing! Amazing.

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... as in turbulence?

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Thanks Chris.

was it really that obvious

Actually the camera never caught the look of surprise that Joyce gave me when I said "9". It was classic.

Grant Waters

Thanks Chris. The thing is I don't think Anthea was going to declare 9 in round 6 if I hadn't declared first so it might have been a different game otherwise. Declaration order is an element of the game that I often don't consider but it can have a real bearing on a game.

Grant Waters

Thanks for that amazing recap Graeme! You are a legend! Very nice work on the Olympic additions to the pictures! Hewerism of the day: Susie: "Rachel picks out most of my outfits..." Nick: "Yes, she's got a wicked sense of humour!" I also noticed they cut out the entire dialog abo...

Grant Waters

Pffff, gave us a big scare there, Grant. Well done though, deserved winner. Thanks James. I gave myself a big scare. Really thought I was down and out :o Nerves nearly got the better of me. When my brain formed the word MASCULE by the way, I think I was thinking of MACULE, but in any case MASCULE i...

Grant Waters

Great game, well done Grant, a very good and hard-fought win. Thanks Jack - that means a lot to me coming from the reigning Champ!! It was tough I can tell you - I was nervous as hell and was 100% sure I was going to go home teapotless going into the conundrum behind and it didn't jump out at me. I...

Grant Waters

Hilarious recap Mark. I was in the audience too, and watched it yesterday, but your recap still added a new dimension to the game. Thanks for the mention too, although I'm not sure what we did to gain the exhalted status of Folk Heroes?? Maybe I had more to drink than I remember!! It was so cool to ...

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Transmission date 7th August

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In the bar at the jurys inn already!

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I got the conundrum straight away and I'm usually not great at them so on that evidence it wasn't a stinker!

Grant Waters

I saw Pouva's game and thought it a shame that filaos was disallowed, as when you google it it is a tree indigenous to Mauritius where he's from. So, it would be like us saying "poplars" or "sycamores". It's obviously not in the OED3 but why not when there are SOOOOO many words p...

Grant Waters

.....when you are making pasta for a dinner party and the recipe says to use 75g of pasta per person and you find you can do the maths so much easier than before!!

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