Countdown Unlimited

[Paul Howe]

I'm completely baffled by this. At the start I only had the box to pick a vowel, so I picked 4 vowels and now the pick vowel box is greyed out and I can't seem to do anything!

Can someone explain to this idiot what you're supposed to do?

Edited to say: It's been explained to me you can use each letter as many times as you want, and you have to extend the window to see the pick a consonant button. Apologies if this is explained elsewhere on the forum!

[Jon O'Neill]

Crap format, in my opinion. Although in Apterous terms I think standard-down is pretty crap now. Roll on SpeedGoats.

[Ben Hunter]

If you played unlimited for too long it would probably make you crapper at Countdown overall. It's good for Countdown novices though who always get a cool word but then realise there aren't four Es in the selection or something.

[Paul Howe]

Well I enjoyed the games I played, not sure if it has much staying power though, a few maxes were already repeated after 3 games.

[Joseph Bolas]

Well I enjoyed the games I played, not sure if it has much staying power though, a few maxes were already repeated after 3 games.

I've noticed that REASSESSES has come up quite a few times.

It's a good format, but the words you learn here won't really appear in normal games, so we should have Unlimited-based tournmanets either online or in person

[Gavin Chipper]

Well I enjoyed the games I played, not sure if it has much staying power though, a few maxes were already repeated after 3 games.

I've noticed that REASSESSES has come up quite a few times.

It's a good format, but the words you learn here won't really appear in normal games, so we should have Unlimited-based tournmanets either online or in person

You could have a version where you can use each letter more than once but are still limited to nine-letter words.

Presumably in this format, nines still get 18 points and tens only get 10.