Spoilers for Wednesday 1st March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 28)

[Toby McDonald]

MILIEUS in R12

[Fiona T]

What was the story with moules? Should be fine.

moule
Chiefly Cookery
NOUN
A mussel, especially as an item of food. Usually in plural..

[Steve Hyde]

What was the story with moules? Should be fine.

moule
Chiefly Cookery
NOUN
A mussel, especially as an item of food. Usually in plural..

If you search for MOULES on ODO it directs to moules marinière; you need to search for moule singular which Susie evidently didn't do. I've added it to the hard-to-find words list in the wiki

[Philip A]

Good win for Dan. Now the Spinks finally have a teapot.

The usage of ‘moule’ individually is very rare, especially in English, but the ‘moule’ entry suggests it is still as reasonable as the usage of ‘mussel’. I think they need to double-check more habitually.