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- Mon Apr 16, 2018 6:50 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 16th April 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 70)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 952
Re: Spoilers for Monday 16th April 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 70)
Although Y isn't in the 'vowel' box it is certainly pronounced as one in RHYTHM 

- Tue Mar 27, 2018 1:43 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 26th March 2018
- Replies: 17
- Views: 972
Re: Spoilers for Monday 26th March 2018
Way out of time - took around half an hour after exploring blind alleys (2001/3 and 23x29 obviously weren't going anywhere, but 100+567 looked promising)Elliott Mellor wrote: ↑Tue Mar 27, 2018 5:40 amIf you legitimately got that, especially in time, that's amazing.
- Mon Mar 26, 2018 10:49 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 26th March 2018
- Replies: 17
- Views: 972
Re: Spoilers for Monday 26th March 2018
(100+7)x50x9/75+25 = 667 

- Tue Mar 20, 2018 2:59 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 20th March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 51)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 788
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 20th March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 51)
DEMERARA to beat DREAMER
- Mon Mar 19, 2018 7:55 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 19th March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 50)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 826
Re: Spoilers for Monday 19th March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 50)
Odd that in the last numbers she could have got within 2 by simply taking the 30 she had from her 900, but decided to use the 50 to finish further away - heat of the moment, I suppose !
- Fri Mar 16, 2018 2:37 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 16th March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 49)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 803
Re: Spoilers for Friday 16th March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 49)
A simpler way : (25-9)x5x6 = 480
- Fri Mar 09, 2018 3:01 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 8th March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 43)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1189
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 8th March 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 43)
It was a pity that it wasn't realised that this episode would have been transmitted on International Women's Day, so there was no recognition of the occasion 

- Mon Mar 05, 2018 7:42 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 5th March 2018
- Replies: 4
- Views: 802
Re: Spoilers for Monday 5th March 2018
FUNGOUS to beat FAMOUS
- Fri Jan 26, 2018 2:45 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 26th January 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 14)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 919
Re: Spoilers for Friday 26th January 2018 (Series 78, Prelim 14)
As I commented in 'add up the numbers' the first one can be found without rearranging - (25-4+6)x(3x5-4)=297
- Fri Jan 26, 2018 2:21 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Add up the numbers...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 961
Re: Add up the numbers...
A nice variant is to try to achieve the target by simply inserting operators & brackets without rearranging the numbers
e.g. (25-4+6)x(3x5-4)=297
e.g. (25-4+6)x(3x5-4)=297
- Thu Jan 18, 2018 2:24 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Former series champion slates the show in today's Guardian
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2671
Re: Former series champion slates the show in today's Guardian
Furthermore, Rachel sometimes beats Susie (not to mention the audience) on the words !
Re: Music
There is still some music to be found on Radio 3 and Classic fm even though the latter is invaded by film and game stuff, and Einaudi pootling around aimlessly
- Wed Dec 27, 2017 9:58 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 22nd December 2017 (Series 77, GRAND FINAL!)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1348
Re: Spoilers for Friday 22nd December 2017 (Series 77, GRAND FINAL!)
Great game. Great show. Great players. Great series. Need I say more? Well done to both! I echo this. Except to add - shit conundrum. Should be a real word. I concur - however, although I didn't get the conundrum, it is a word I'd had occasion to use in my days in the aerospace industry (back in th...
- Thu Dec 14, 2017 2:21 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 14th December 2017 (Series 77, QF1)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 677
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 14th December 2017 (Series 77, QF1)
Was hoping for WARISONS in R1, but Scrabble only 

- Wed Nov 22, 2017 8:24 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 22nd November 2017 (Series 77, Prelim 101)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1320
- Fri Nov 17, 2017 6:29 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 16 November 2017 (Series 77, Prelim 97)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1361
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 16 November 2017 (Series 77, Prelim 97)
I guess that Susie was really relieved to find SLITTIER was valid, as there was an H there to give an alternative




- Fri Nov 03, 2017 2:56 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 3rd November 2017
- Replies: 4
- Views: 908
Re: Spoilers for Friday 2nd November 2017
Third numbers alt.: (50+7)x4x2
- Mon Oct 30, 2017 8:57 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 30th October 2017 (Series 77, Prelim 84)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1509
Re: Spoilers for Monday 30th October 2017 (Series 77, Prelim 84)
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- Mon Oct 30, 2017 8:56 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 30th October 2017 (Series 77, Prelim 84)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1509
Re: Spoilers for Monday 30th October 2017 (Series 77, Prelim 84)
It always surprises me that when contestants can get near the target by multiplying the large number by something they fail to see that all they need to do is adjust the multiplicand by using one of the small numbers, as Rachel showed in the first and third numbers rounds here. 

- Wed Oct 04, 2017 8:55 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 4th October 2017 (series 77, prelim 66)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1382
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 4th October 2017 (series 77, prelim 66)
Yes - it looked as if MILEPOST + A was going to come to something - "epistomal" perhaps, as EPISTOME is OK, and you'd expect the related adjective to exist, as PERISTOME/PERISTOMAL are listed.
- Thu Sep 28, 2017 1:57 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 28th September 2017 (Series 77, Prelim 62)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1338
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 28th September 2017 (Series 77, Prelim 62)
Last numbers alt: 4x(6+7)x(3x5+2)
- Thu Sep 14, 2017 1:22 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Songs that make you switch off the radio
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3094
Re: Songs that make you switch off the radio
La donna e mobile - because the Duke is such a loathsome character
- Tue Sep 12, 2017 1:25 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Things you can't do that it always seems like everyone else can
- Replies: 76
- Views: 7561
Re: Things you can't do that it always seems like everyone else can
so why should non-tea drinkers be expected to faff about with tea? Because to make an adequate cup of tea, you literally put a bag in a cup then pour water on it. But what foreigners don't understand that the only way to get it right is that it must be BOILING water - as my mum said 'take the pot t...
- Sun Sep 10, 2017 4:21 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Things you can't do that it always seems like everyone else can
- Replies: 76
- Views: 7561
- Wed Sep 06, 2017 7:40 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
- Replies: 164
- Views: 16911
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
You only need a maximum of four colours to make a political map of the world without any adjacent countries having the same colour Is this still true when considering exclaves and colonies that aren't connected to the countries' main landmasses (e.g., Sint Maarten as part of the Netherlands)? No, t...
- Wed Sep 06, 2017 6:34 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 6th September 2017 (Series 77, Prelim 46)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1109
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 6th September 2017 (Series 77, Prelim 46)
As I meant to say here - PURLIEUS to beat USURPER 

- Wed Sep 06, 2017 6:20 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 5th September 2017 (Series 77, Prelim 45)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1551
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 5th September 2017 (Series 77, Prelim 45)
PURLIEUS to beat USURPER 

- Mon Aug 28, 2017 2:22 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Bank Holiday Monday 28th August 2017
- Replies: 3
- Views: 998
Re: Spoilers for Bank Holiday Monday 28th August 2017
Also PATRIOTS - I was hoping to beat MELODIES with EMBOLISED, but that's Scrabble only 

- Fri Aug 18, 2017 1:41 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 18th August 2017
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1063
Spoilers for Friday 18th August 2017
Alt 3rd numbers: (25+6)x(10+100/50) = 372
- Thu Aug 17, 2017 2:02 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 17th August 2017
- Replies: 3
- Views: 795
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 17th August 2017
Last numbers alt: (9x5+3)x(5+7)=576
previously (6x10+9)x8=552 and (75-50/25)x3=219
previously (6x10+9)x8=552 and (75-50/25)x3=219
- Wed Aug 09, 2017 6:33 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 9 August 2017 (Series 77, Prelim 27)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 947
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 9 August 2017 (Series 77, Prelim 27)
AGARIC to beat CHAIR
- Mon Jul 24, 2017 7:29 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 24 July 2017 (Series 77, Prelim 15)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1142
Re: Spoilers for Monday 24 July 2017 (Series 77, Prelim 15)
PORKIES instead of SPOKIER 

- Thu Jun 29, 2017 1:47 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 29th June 2017 (Series 76, SF2)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1617
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 29th June 2017 (Series 76, SF2)
I was hoping to beat RELATER with AXLE-TREE, but it's only in (with the hyphen) as an obsolete version of AXLE. 

- Fri Jun 02, 2017 1:18 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: (I Think I'm Going To) Snap General Election Poll
- Replies: 81
- Views: 8534
Re: (I Think I'm Going To) Snap General Election Poll
I guess that the Clegg wanted the Liberal Democrats to get into government to try to introduce a fair voting system, and was forced to drop the manifesto commitment on fees, being prevented from opposing the Tory policy as a condition of joining with them. Of course, the Conservatives could see that...
- Fri May 26, 2017 1:59 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday, 26 May 2017
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2267
Re: Spoilers for Friday, 26 May 2017
Last numbers: (75-7)x50x9/(10x10) = 306
- Fri Mar 24, 2017 2:24 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 24 March 2017
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1237
Spoilers for Friday 24 March 2017
After all that chat about football, surprised that nobody got OFFSIDES in RI 

- Tue Mar 21, 2017 6:55 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 21 March 2017
- Replies: 1
- Views: 998
Spoilers for Tuesday 21 March 2017
R1 TUTORIALS 

- Sun Mar 19, 2017 5:42 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 17 March 2017
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1243
Re: Spoilers for Friday 17 March 2017
DOWERING to beat WEEDING
- Thu Mar 16, 2017 9:32 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 16 March 2017
- Replies: 1
- Views: 858
Spoilers for Thursday 16 March 2017
R1: FELLOES
- Wed Mar 15, 2017 8:34 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 15 March 2017
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1266
Spoilers for Wednesday 15 March 2017
OPPIDAN to beat PARDON
- Tue Mar 14, 2017 2:38 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 13 March 2017
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1142
Re: Spoilers for Monday 13 March 2017
Yes, my scribbled H looked like one


- Mon Mar 13, 2017 7:13 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 13 March 2017
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1142
Spoilers for Monday 13 March 2017
PARTIAL in R1 

- Fri Mar 10, 2017 2:32 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 9 March 2017
- Replies: 2
- Views: 890
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 9 March 2017
Was so well-known as a front hook in Scrabble that I didn't think of checking 

- Thu Mar 09, 2017 3:52 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 9 March 2017
- Replies: 2
- Views: 890
Spoilers for Thursday 9 March 2017
BOVATES in R12
- Wed Mar 08, 2017 8:39 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Wednesday 8th March 2017
- Replies: 2
- Views: 905
Spoilers For Wednesday 8th March 2017
WITHAL in R13
- Wed Mar 08, 2017 8:13 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: People you shouldn't trust
- Replies: 518
- Views: 44686
Re: People you shouldn't trust
... and EinsteinEuan Slatter wrote: ↑Wed Mar 08, 2017 3:52 pmFrank Feilding, Fabian Gieffer, Richard O'Donnell, Max O'Leary.

- Mon Mar 06, 2017 7:59 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 6 March 2017
- Replies: 1
- Views: 752
Spoilers for Monday 6 March 2017
GYRATION as beater in IRONY/ANGRILY round
- Thu Feb 23, 2017 2:34 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 23 February 2017
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1045
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 23 February 2017
JALOPIES beats OPALINE
- Thu Feb 23, 2017 2:24 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 23 February 2017
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1045
Spoilers for Thursday 23 February 2017
COTTAGED to beat DECAGON etc.
- Tue Jan 24, 2017 2:41 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 24th January 2017
- Replies: 8
- Views: 775
Spoilers for Tuesday 24 January 2017 (Series 76, Prelim 11)
WORRIED + T = WORRITED 

- Mon Jan 23, 2017 8:34 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 20 January 2017 (Series 76, Prelim 9)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1173
Re: Spoilers for Friday 20 January 2017 (Series 76, Prelim 9)
I've checked what Scrabble allows, and there's only GAMBITEDGavin Chipper wrote: ↑Mon Jan 23, 2017 5:04 pmI wondered about that and also wondered whether GAMBITTED or GAMBITED was more realistic.Peter Mabey wrote: ↑Fri Jan 20, 2017 2:59 pmI was hoping for GAMBITTED in the last letters round, but the verb isn't in the OED, though Chambers does have it.

- Mon Jan 23, 2017 8:27 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 23 January 2017 (Series 76, Prelim 10)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 493
Re: Spoilers for Monday 23 January 2017 (Series 76, Prelim 10)
OIKIST as a beater in R13 

- Fri Jan 20, 2017 2:59 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 20 January 2017 (Series 76, Prelim 9)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1173
Re: Spoilers for Friday 20 January 2017 (Series 76, Prelim 9)
I was hoping for GAMBITTED in the last letters round, but the verb isn't in the OED, though Chambers does have it.
- Fri Jan 20, 2017 2:39 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 20 January 2017 (Series 76, Prelim 9)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1173
Spoilers for Friday 20 January 2017 (Series 76, Prelim 9)
OPERON to beat PORNO 

- Wed Jan 18, 2017 8:42 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 18 January 2017 (Series 76, Prelim 7)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 475
- Mon Jan 16, 2017 8:53 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: 2017 upgrade!
- Replies: 36
- Views: 6186
Re: 2017 upgrade!
Matt Morrison wrote: ↑Mon Jan 16, 2017 12:45 pmguys, all you need to do is refresh. if normal refresh doesn't work then hard refresh (CTRL-F5) - it's just the CSS is cache
Yes, I needed to do that, too (being on Chrome)
- Mon Jan 16, 2017 8:25 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 16 January 2017 (Series 76, Prelim 5)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 865
Re: Spoilers for Monday 16 January 2017 (Series 76, Prelim 5)
BILIOUS to beat BROILS
- Fri Jan 13, 2017 1:02 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Welcome! - Post here first
- Replies: 1826
- Views: 120965
Re: Welcome! - Post here first
Never heard of Pasha or watched Strictly, so needed Google to tell me what that was all about 

- Tue Jan 10, 2017 3:06 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: University Challenge and Only Connect 2016/17
- Replies: 81
- Views: 13453
Re: University Challenge and Only Connect 2016/17
Quarks rhymes with marks, as they were named for "three quarks for muster Marks" in Joyce's Finnegans wake (which I think alludes to the hoarse cry of a bird) 

- Fri Jan 06, 2017 2:57 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 6th January
- Replies: 4
- Views: 699
Re: Spoilers for Friday 6th January
Chrome went down for a few minutes, so didn't see other thread started 
