Spoilers for Thursday 13th April 2023 (Series 87, Heat 59)

[Philip A]

Good contest!

[Toby McDonald]

WITARNAS in R7

[Gavin Chipper]

Final numbers was (100+9-50/25)×3=321 for the easy way. But Rachel went for the showboating option.

[Howie Myers]

r1 alt: LUSTERING
r6 alt: 100+75-(7*5)+8=148
r13: STOWABLE

[Gavin Chipper]

r1 alt: LUSTERING
r6 alt: 100+75-(7*5)+8=148
r13: STOWABLE

Neither word appears to be in.

[David Williams]

Final numbers was (100+9-50/25)×3=321 for the easy way. But Rachel went for the showboating option.

Maybe so, but it also had the virtue of being the not making the contestant look like an idiot option.

[Gavin Chipper]

Final numbers was (100+9-50/25)×3=321 for the easy way. But Rachel went for the showboating option.

Maybe so, but it also had the virtue of being the not making the contestant look like an idiot option.

I've always argued that it's best to show them what they could have done and it doesn't leave everyone at home frustrated that the easy method got missed.

Edit - Similarly, if there's an obvious contestant beater in a letters selection, or they could have just stuck S on the end, you tell them. You don't just come up with an obscure alternative leaving all the viewers at home baffled.