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Most popular countdown words

Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 9:08 pm
by Eoin Monaghan
dacoit,lodestar,leotards,apogees,fantod and agoutis.

Also raiment and minaret as they were the first word declarations on countdown

Re: Most popular countdown words

Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 9:21 am
by David Roe
'Gentoo' used to come up a lot. It was the first 'leotard', if you see what I mean.

Re: Most popular countdown words

Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 10:12 am
by Peter Mabey
Remember the TANGELO, which was brought into the studio. 8-)

Re: Most popular countdown words

Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 11:19 am
by Kai Laddiman
PeterMabey wrote:Remember the TANGELO, which was brought into the studio. 8-)
I managed to miss TANGELOS in my show :evil:

Re: Most popular countdown words

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 10:10 pm
by Kevin Thurlow
"Also raiment and minaret as they were the first word declarations on countdown"

I didn't know that! "Minarets" was my first declaration, but I had no sense of deja vu. I did watch the first show but must have forgotten by then......

Re: Most popular countdown words

Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 10:39 pm
by Michael Wallace
you used to get lots of PANTILES, not so much any more now, though :(

Re: Most popular countdown words

Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 11:36 pm
by David Williams
When I started watching, TZIGANES used to come up frequently - a very useful way to use a Z. But it seems to have disappeared completely.

David

Re: Most popular countdown words

Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 11:50 pm
by Dinos Sfyris
There are quite a few sevens made from the 8 common letters AIOUGRST

AGOUTIS GIAOURS GUITARS RAGOUTS and SAUTOIR.

GOPURAS is not far from being included in that selection either and many weird and wonderful 8s can be found by adding on a letter eg GRACIOUS ORGASTIC AUDITORS OUTRAGES GOURAMIS AROUSING ORGANIST RAINOUTS ROASTING ROUSTING SASTRUGI SAUTOIRS and my personal favourite RUGOSITY.

Some are rather unintuitive words for non-lexonerds and well worth remembering.

Re: Most popular countdown words

Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 5:24 am
by Ben Hunter
ADROIT

Re: Most popular countdown words

Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:39 pm
by Eoin Monaghan
[quote="Dinos Sfyris"]There are quite a few sevens made from the 8 common letters AIOUGRST

AGOUTIS

if you had read dinos i already had down agoutis :) :) :D ;)

Re: Most popular countdown words

Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:52 pm
by Innis Carson
To be fair, it was a different context.

Re: Most popular countdown words

Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 8:39 pm
by Eoin Monaghan
Innis Carson wrote:To be fair, it was a different context.
i'm only being picky

Re: Most popular countdown words

Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 7:28 pm
by Peter Mabey
Today's programme reminds me that EROTICA is seen more often than might have been expected befire the watershed. :lol: