Tuesday 11 October 1983 (Series 3, Prelim 14)

[Mike Brown]

Countdown recap for Tuesday 11 October 1983 (Series 3, Prelim 14).

C1: Challenger Peter Dean.
C2: Champion Allan Simmons (4 wins, 1 draw, 246 points.)
DC: Yvonne Warburton and William Rushton.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

A clash between two famous faces in the world of Scrabble.

N.B. The contestant’s offerings on Rounds 1, 2 and 3 may have been transposed.

R01: G Z M M E A E I X
R02: R E S R G O U B S
R03: T H D T O I A I G
R04: 50, 100, 3, 4, 1, 8. Target: 176.
R05: S N O E B L I W C
R06: N D L Q D E O U S
R07: B T O A J F E I L
R08: 75, 8, 9, 8, 1, 7. Target: 873.
R09: N N M A U P I O E (conundrum)


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Enjoy the show.

Round 1: G Z M M E A E I X

C1: MAZE (4)
C2: GAME (4)
OT: GEMMAE (6)
Score: 4–4 (max 6)

Round 2: R E S R G O U B S

C1: BROGUES (7)
C2: GROUSES (7)
OT: GROUSERS (8)
Score: 11–11 (max 14)

Round 3: T H D T O I A I G

C1: IDIOT (5)
C2: DIGIT (5)
OT: DHOTI (5) DIGHT (5) DITTO (5) GOTTA (5) OIDIA (5) TIGHT (5)
Score: 16–16 (max 19)

Round 4: 50, 100, 3, 4, 1, 8. Target: 176.

C1: -
C2: within 5. (7)
OT: 176. (50x4)-(8x3) (10)
Score: 16–23 (max 29)

Round 5: S N O E B L I W C

C1: ? (0)
C2: INCLOSE (7)
OT: BOWLINES (8)
Score: 16–30 (max 37)

Round 6: N D L Q D E O U S

C1: ? (0)
C2: SOUNDED (7)
OT: LOUDENS (7) NODDLES (7) NODULES (7)
Score: 16–37 (max 44)

Round 7: B T O A J F E I L

C1: TABLE (5)
C2: libate
OT: LIFEBOAT (8)
Score: 21–37 (max 52)

Round 8: 75, 8, 9, 8, 1, 7. Target: 873.

C1: -
C2: -
OT: 873. (75+8+8+7-1)x9 (10)
Score: 21–37 (max 62)

Round 9: N N M A U P I O E

C2 buzzes on 4 seconds to say PNEUMONIA which is correct.
Score: 21–47 (max 72)

Before the conundrum is revealed, RW quips: “We’ll see if he catches a cold here.”

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

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=3