Spoilers for Friday 7 October 2022 (Series 86, Heat 80)

[Gavin Chipper]

That was James Bradley from Apterous / CO-events / parkruns making his second debut today and winning.

Beaters etc. etc.

[Adam Dexter]

Error by Colin at the end. He said someone made history by having 8 wins without losing a single game. Pretty sure all octochamps have won 8 without losing a game. /pedant

[Toby McDonald]

NUTMEATS in R12

[Howie Myers]

r8: MOUSINGS
r9 alt: (50-(7*2)*25+6-1=905
r12: UNSTATE

[Gavin Chipper]

r8: MOUSINGS
r9 alt: (50-(7*2)*25+6-1=905
r12: UNSTATE

Neither are on Apterous!

[Philip A]

r8: MOUSINGS

r12: UNSTATE

Howie, I think you’re consistently using the wrong dictionary to play Countdown. Those words do not appear in Oxford Dictionaries Premium https://premium.oxforddictionaries.com/ (subscription required) and therefore are not allowed. Hope this helps.

[Howie Myers]

r8: MOUSINGS

r12: UNSTATE

Howie, I think you’re consistently using the wrong dictionary to play Countdown. Those words do not appear in Oxford Dictionaries Premium https://premium.oxforddictionaries.com/ (subscription required) and therefore are not allowed. Hope this helps.

Thanks Philip, I've been using dictionary.com ever since lexico was stopped. I'll check into a subscription to OD Premium.