Spoilers for Thursday 28th February 2019 (Series 80, Prelim 27)
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Re: Spoilers for Thursday 28th February 2019 (Series 80, Prelim 27)
Do you plan to say anything else until dinos's games are done?
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 28th February 2019 (Series 80, Prelim 27)
Dinos was unlucky there with tetragon. A good game though - a closer match makes for more exciting viewing!
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Re: Spoilers for Thursday 28th February 2019 (Series 80, Prelim 27)
The word "Tetragon" is in my Shorter OED (Fifth edition, 2002) and even in my Concise Oxford (Seventh, 1982).
I wonder why SD did not allow that word.
I wonder why SD did not allow that word.
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Re: Spoilers for Thursday 28th February 2019 (Series 80, Prelim 27)
Cos it's not in the dictionary Countdown uses!Vince Fernando wrote: ↑Thu Feb 28, 2019 3:03 pm The word "Tetragon" is in my Shorter OED (Fifth edition, 2002) and even in my Concise Oxford (Seventh, 1982).
I wonder why SD did not allow that word.
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Re: Spoilers for Thursday 28th February 2019 (Series 80, Prelim 27)
Annoyingly I had tetragon and two other words disallowed and missed the 9s, so lost today despite getting the numbers
(first one alt (100+9+1)x(10-6)-10; last one alt 2x75+5x7).
(first one alt (100+9+1)x(10-6)-10; last one alt 2x75+5x7).
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Re: Spoilers for Thursday 28th February 2019 (Series 80, Prelim 27)
Gavin Chipper:
What is the official countdown dictionary?
I thought it is the Oxford English Dictionary.
What is the official countdown dictionary?
I thought it is the Oxford English Dictionary.
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Re: Spoilers for Thursday 28th February 2019 (Series 80, Prelim 27)
There's different versions though. They use the online one but the subscription version so the free one is only an approximation.Vince Fernando wrote: ↑Thu Feb 28, 2019 5:25 pm Gavin Chipper:
What is the official countdown dictionary?
I thought it is the Oxford English Dictionary.
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Re: Spoilers for Thursday 28th February 2019 (Series 80, Prelim 27)
Never seen a contestant get a 9 in his first 5 games.
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Re: Spoilers for Thursday 28th February 2019 (Series 80, Prelim 27)
The word "tetragon" is in the printed version of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. I did not use a free version.Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Feb 28, 2019 5:27 pmThere's different versions though. They use the online one but the subscription version so the free one is only an approximation.Vince Fernando wrote: ↑Thu Feb 28, 2019 5:25 pm Gavin Chipper:
What is the official countdown dictionary?
I thought it is the Oxford English Dictionary.
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Re: Spoilers for Thursday 28th February 2019 (Series 80, Prelim 27)
Countdown uses Oxford Dictionaries Online. TETRAGON in not in https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/searc ... y=tetragon , presumably because it's rare and QUADRILATERAL is the normal term.Vince Fernando wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2019 7:19 pmThe word "tetragon" is in the printed version of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. I did not use a free version.Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Feb 28, 2019 5:27 pmThere's different versions though. They use the online one but the subscription version so the free one is only an approximation.Vince Fernando wrote: ↑Thu Feb 28, 2019 5:25 pm Gavin Chipper:
What is the official countdown dictionary?
I thought it is the Oxford English Dictionary.