Letter Frequency
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Letter Frequency
I have often wondered if the same frequency of each letters are available each day and just reshuffled for each game.
For example there is only ever one of q, z, j and x but what about the other letters.
Today three p's came out in one selection with a fourth p in the next round so are there only ever a maximum of say four p's available in the whole game?
Perhaps someone knows the answer!
For example there is only ever one of q, z, j and x but what about the other letters.
Today three p's came out in one selection with a fourth p in the next round so are there only ever a maximum of say four p's available in the whole game?
Perhaps someone knows the answer!
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Re: Letter Frequency
I thought they were on http://apterous.org/cdb but I can't find them.
This thread (http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic. ... &sk=t&sd=a) may also come in handy.
This thread (http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic. ... &sk=t&sd=a) may also come in handy.
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Re: Letter Frequency
Thanks Ian for satisfying my curiosity.
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Re: Letter Frequency
I was wondering this as wellTracey Lilly wrote:Thanks Ian for satisfying my curiosity.
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Re: Letter Frequency
Is it possible to find out/work out, what the letter frequency was when Countdown was the 9-round format?
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Re: Letter Frequency
You may also find this useful.
As for the frequencies used in the nine-letter games, Joseph, I think there've been a few variations over the years. Were you thinking of one from a particular era?
As for the frequencies used in the nine-letter games, Joseph, I think there've been a few variations over the years. Were you thinking of one from a particular era?
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Ah, that's the page I was thinking of!Mike Brown wrote:You may also find this useful.
As for the frequencies used in the nine-letter games, Joseph, I think there've been a few variations over the years. Were you thinking of one from a particular era?
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Re: Letter Frequency
He actually got them from Demi on the first day of Kirk's filming in January.Mike Brown wrote:as supplied by Art Director Demi Sampson during the Championship of Champions recordings in December 2008
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Thanks, Simon, I'll correct that small anomaly. I daresay it makes no difference to the data, though!Simon Myers wrote:He actually got them from Demi on the first day of Kirk's filming in January.Mike Brown wrote:as supplied by Art Director Demi Sampson during the Championship of Champions recordings in December 2008
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Re: Letter Frequency
Thank you for the email you sent with the history of the letter frequencies Mike. Going by Spreading The Word, which was first published in 2001, it includes the following frequency:Mike Brown wrote:As for the frequencies used in the nine-letter games, Joseph, I think there've been a few variations over the years. Were you thinking of one from a particular era?
A: 15, B: 2, C: 3, D: 5, E: 20, F: 2, G: 4, H: 2, I: 14, J: 1, K: 1, L: 5, M: 3, N: 6, O: 11, P: 3, Q: 1, R: 6, S: 7, T: 7, U: 5, V: 2, W: 2, X: 1, Y: 2, Z: 1
So this must've been the frequency (roughly) before the 15-round format.
Re: Letter Frequency
I wouldn't hang too much on whatever was written in Spreading The Word, we made most of it up, if not all of it, purely for the money you understand.
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Re: Letter Frequency
D Eadie wrote:I wouldn't hang too much on whatever was written in Spreading The Word, we made most of it up, if not all of it, purely for the money you understand.
There was also a Countdown Dictionary published in 2001, which too included a letter frequency, which matched the frequency in Spreading The Word, except for the B.
A: 15, B: 3, C: 3, D: 5, E: 20, F: 2, G: 4, H: 2, I: 14, J: 1, K: 1, L: 5, M: 3, N: 6, O: 11, P: 3, Q: 1, R: 6, S: 7, T: 7, U: 5, V: 2, W: 2, X: 1, Y: 2, Z: 1
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Re: Letter Frequency
I think there was a series with no J.
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It went missing for several weeks of Series 47. This keeps coming up from time to time; perhaps it needs a reference on the Wiki (if it hasn't one already).Gavin Chipper wrote:I think there was a series with no J.
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Re: Letter Frequency
Going by the notes you gave me Mike, would this table be correct then?
I know there was a 1987 game with 100 letters, but not sure of the frequencies.
I know there was a 1987 game with 100 letters, but not sure of the frequencies.