C1: #7 Seed Ash Haji (3 wins, 152 points.)
C2: #2 Seed Philip Nelkon (3 wins, 1 draw, 207 points.)
DC: Lesley Burnett and Gyles Brandreth.
CV: Carol Vorderman or Dr Linda Barrett.
OT: Other words or solutions.
N.B. The contestants’ offered words in Round 2 may be transposed.
R01: F O I S M F E U N
R02: W E G I S A V J O
R03: A L O U K D E A B
R04: 25, 75, 7, 10, 6, 2. Target: 981.
R05: V O I L O T S E A
R06: H E U T I H L E N
R07: S R E I B T E E Z
R08: 50, 2, 9, 7, 3, 8. Target: 923.
R09: A A N I N T R O C (conundrum)
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Round 1: F O I S M F E U N
C1: MUFFINS (7)
C2: ? (0)
OT: EFFUSION (8)
Score: 7–0 (max 8)
Round 2: W E G I S A V J O
C1: WAIVES (6)
C2: VISAGE (6)
OT: JIGSAW (6) OGIVES (6)
Score: 13–6 (max 14)
Round 3: A L O U K D E A B
C1: DOUBLE (6)
C2: BAULKED (7)
Score: 13–13 (max 21)
Round 4: 25, 75, 7, 10, 6, 2. Target: 981.
C1: within 5. ? (7)
C2: ?.
OT: 981. ((25-10-2)x75)+6 (10)
Score: 20–13 (max 31)
Round 5: V O I L O T S E A
C1: VIOLATES (8)
C2: VIOLATES (8)
Score: 28–21 (max 39)
Round 6: H E U T I H L E N
C1: UNTIL (5)
C2: lutein
OT: ELUENT (6) THEINE (6)
Score: 33–21 (max 45)
A bit of a Countdown staple now, but there was no lutein in those days – or not in the COD, anyway.
Round 7: S R E I B T E E Z
C1: BREEZIEST (18)
C2: BREEZIEST (18)
Score: 51–39 (max 63)
Almost certainly the first ever nine-letter word to score 18 points, after the revised scoring system was introduced at the beginning of the qualifying games for the finals. And on my birthday, to boot.
Round 8: 50, 2, 9, 7, 3, 8. Target: 923.
C1: 921. ? (7)
C2: ?
OT: 923. (((50x9)+8)x2)+7 (10)
Score: 58–39 (max 73)
Round 9: A A N I N T R O C
C1 buzzes on 9.5 seconds to say CARNATION which is correct.
Score: 68–39 (max 83)
All words not in the COD7 have been excluded from this recap.
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=2