Spoilers for Tuesday 16th January 2024 (Series 89, Heat 11)

[Toby McDonald]

R14 alt.: (8*7*5+1)*2-5 = 557

[Steve Hyde]

GRUNTLED in R1. Susie mentions it every couple of weeks in OOW, surprised she didn't spot it here

[Howie Myers]

r3 alt: 8*(9*10+4)+2=754
r5: OCTANES
r8: DANCIER
r13: BROMATES
r14 alt: (5+5)*(8*7)-2-1=557

[Adam S Latchford]

r3 alt: 8*(9*10+4)+2=754
r5: OCTANES
r8: DANCIER
r13: BROMATES
r14 alt: (5+5)*(8*7)-2-1=557

Octanes bad (maybe it's fine in the new dictionary update idk but def bad on apterous), costean the falsey

[John Garcia]

Octanes bad (maybe it's fine in the new dictionary update idk but def bad on apterous), costean the falsey

Says invalid in oxforddictionaries (listed as a mass noun).

r14 alt: (5+5)*(8*7)-2-1=557

That's the way I did it.

p.s. Susie got OUTDARES and said it's the only out- word she could find in that round. Surprised as I don't see her as the OUTDARES type (shes no Julia Bradbury). More like OUTREADS.

[Philip A]

I feel people may benefit from a free version of Lexplorer to check words without paywalls. There was one in the past, but I think it stopped working, somehow.

[Steve Hyde]

I don't think DANCIER is valid either. I had ARANEID in that round, but DC got an 8 so it's moot anyway

[Gavin Chipper]

r3 alt: 8*(9*10+4)+2=754
r5: OCTANES
r8: DANCIER
r13: BROMATES
r14 alt: (5+5)*(8*7)-2-1=557

Octanes bad (maybe it's fine in the new dictionary update idk but def bad on apterous), costean the falsey

Surely octanes is the falsey - COSTEAN is the word!

[John Garcia]

I feel people may benefit from a free version of Lexplorer to check words without paywalls. There was one in the past, but I think it stopped working, somehow.

Agree. But Lexplorer works fine for me without subscription. You just need to sign in. Can't use advanced features like anagrams, but basic word-search works fine.

[Philip A]

I feel people may benefit from a free version of Lexplorer to check words without paywalls. There was one in the past, but I think it stopped working, somehow.

Agree. But Lexplorer works fine for me without subscription. You just need to sign in. Can't use advanced features like anagrams, but basic word-search works fine.

Ah, fair enough, I think that’s useful to know.