Tuesday 5 April 1983 (Series 2, Prelim 1)

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Tuesday 5 April 1983 (Series 2, Prelim 1)

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 5 April 1983 (Series 2, Prelim 1).

C1: Champion Jane McLeman (2 wins, ?? points.)
C2: Challenger Hugh Fraser.
DC: Kenneth Williams.
OT: Other words or solutions.

The first programme of Series 2 to get the ‘max only’ treatment. For the record, in those days, you didn’t have to get within 10 of the numbers target to score 5 points and you only got 10 points for a nine-letter word.

R01: N U L G I T U E N
R02: F R I T E R C E M
R03: K A N P O E R Y U
R04: 50, 1, 6, 10, 9, 2. Target: 566.
R05: D G A T E P E N I
R06: A E H Q I C G U R
R07: Y T A G O M E G O
R08: 50, 9, 8, 10, 9, 1. Target: 687.
R09: I C G N U P O C Y (conundrum)


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Round 1: N U L G I T U E N

OT: ELUTING (7) UNGUENT (7)

Round 2: F R I T E R C E M

OT: FERRITE (7) FIERCER (7) RECITER (7) TRIREME (7)

Round 3: K A N P O E R Y U

OT: YOUNKER (7)

Round 4: 50, 1, 6, 10, 9, 2. Target: 566.

OT: 566. (50x(9+2))+10+6 (10)

Round 5: D G A T E P E N I

OT: NEGATED (7) PAINTED (7)

Round 6: A E H Q I C G U R

OT: ACQUIRE (7)

Round 7: Y T A G O M E G O

OT: MAGGOTY (7)

Round 8: 50, 9, 8, 10, 9, 1. Target: 687.

OT: 687. ((50+9+9)x10)+8-1 (10)

Round 9: I C G N U P O C Y

The answer was OCCUPYING.
Score: 40–42 (max 72)

All words not in the COD7 have been excluded from this recap.

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Re: Tuesday 5 April 1983 (Series 2, Prelim 1)

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Mike Brown wrote:The first programme of Series 2 to get the ‘max only’ treatment. For the record, in those days, you didn’t have to get within 10 of the numbers target to score 5 points and you only got 10 points for a nine-letter word.
Really? I always assumed the 18 points for a nine-letter word had been the case since forever. In Episode 77 from the same series they seem to have awarded 18 points for BREEZIEST, so did they change the rules mid-series?
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Re: Tuesday 5 April 1983 (Series 2, Prelim 1)

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Graeme Cole wrote:
Mike Brown wrote:The first programme of Series 2 to get the ‘max only’ treatment. For the record, in those days, you didn’t have to get within 10 of the numbers target to score 5 points and you only got 10 points for a nine-letter word.
Really? I always assumed the 18 points for a nine-letter word had been the case since forever. In Episode 77 from the same series they seem to have awarded 18 points for BREEZIEST, so did they change the rules mid-series?
Yeah - both rules changed at the start of the 'qualifying prelims', i.e. Episode 66.
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