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...Which brings the Teatime Teasers even further away from teatime. Wonderful.

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I must say I'm intrigued. Since numbers games often give people an easy 10 points, I'm betting this change will increase people's average scores.

Assuming this is, in fact, true and not a hoax, what will we call this format (on the wiki)? The 15 Rounder Mark II?

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As an extension: Have there been any declarations (during 15 round Countdown) that had a) never come up on the show before and b) were pencils at the time on apterous, i.e. the contestant knew the word from life or, if an apterite, had never offered it before as a max. I recall there being two duri...

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If I may thank Graeme Almighty for his answer to my previous question and throw another one out there...

What are the most frequently offered niners?

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What is the greatest number of consecutive episodes in which the conundrum has been correctly solved? What is the greatest number in which it has gone unsolved?

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May not be as useful as the rest of the trivia, but I like coming up with random questions and seeing the scope of your amazing stats, so here goes: What are the alphabetically first and alphabetically last letters selections that have ever come up on the show? With regard to the latter, Round 1 of ...

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EDIT: Just checked, and of the 24 games so far this series, 17 obey the Alphabetical Teaser Rule™.

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One peculiarity I've noticed with Teatime Teasers: The second Teaser tends to either begin with the same letter as the first (for instance, if first teaser begins with D, second begins with D as well), or with the following letter of the alphabet (for instance, first Teaser begins with D, second beg...

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ALIENOR?

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Adam Gillard wrote:Bond theme?

I'll bet tomorrow, CECIL will generate a target of 007.

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Chris Hare wrote:ROUND NINE in, er, round nine.

Brilliant!

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Great matchup today between two classic finalists! For what it's worth I played along and drew against Chris 81-81. VIHUELAS was a phenomenal spot. Good luck to him when he takes on Mark/Conor.

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Hi, I'm Kevin. I've been floating around Apterous for a few months trying to improve and crawl my way up the ratings. I'm 22, originally from the west of Ireland, but now studying in Plymouth. I'm considering applying for the show in future but I'd like to get more skilled before doing so. I like r...

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What was the last episode that used the extra-intensity clock music?

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So what's it called if both players get two consecutive darrenic n's, neither of which has any n-1s? A double double double darren, or a triple double darren?

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James Robinson wrote:Total Points/Max/%: 1337/1475 (91%)

Yep, he's elite, all right.

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COMMUNARD, EMBARGOED and now BOURGEOIS. Glad I know my politics.

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Great stuff from both Mark and Jack. Had no idea we'd be getting a double century this soon.

Fun fact: If this game had been a 9-rounder (featuring the first 6 letters, the first 2 numbers and the conundrum), Mark would have won 66-63.

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3rd Numbers Alt.: (10 x 6 x 2 - 7) x 7 - 1 = 790. (Almost got this within the time but accidentally wrote down a plus instead of a minus at the end.)

Congrats Wayne, and good luck in Round One against Mark or Jack.

I shudder to think of how hard the conundrum in the grand final might be.

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Left school early for this; was totally worth it! Great stuff Tom; unlucky Nicki.

At first, did anyone else think the conundrum was CONUNDRUM?

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Out of nerdy interest after the early rounds in the semi was wondering how many shows, if any, have been level pegging in every round all the way through until the conundrum. More likely in the 9 round days obviously. Did it happen then and has it happened since we went up to 15? Try this one. Dead...

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This is the fourth consecutive time that the #1 seed has gone second in the first QF. Also, the higher seed went second in all finals matches in Series 66. I recall that the seating positions used to be decided by a coin toss -- does the higher seed always get to choose now? Did the second numbers g...

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Not a brand name per se, but I was playing Smash Bros. Melee and was psyched to discover that DR. MARIO = MIRADOR.

Also, this is like the best subforum ever. Why is it dead?

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Isn't it Prelim 89? Also, what's the answer to the OUTCRIED/OUTCRYING thing?

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STYMIE and COMELIER for nice alternatives in R2 and R3.

"Cute" (or, if you're playing Omelette, highly effective) final numbers alt., using all the numbers in order:
100 x 1 + 6 + 3 + 4 + 10 = 123

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James Robinson wrote:3rd Numbers Alt.: ((9 + 5) x 50) + 25 + (4 x 3) = 737

Did it this way too. Also had (75 + 25) x 6 + 9 / 9 = 601 in the 2nd numbers.

STRAFED for a nice alternative in R2 -- oddly enough, remembered that one from the Supreme Championship.

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James Robinson wrote:
Jack Worsley wrote:DAIMIO in round 6 for a nice alternative.
I quite like its alternative spelling DAIMYO, also fine in that round.

For some uncanny reason, DAIMYO reminds me of Julian Fell... did he get it at some point, by any chance?

Actually saw LENITE in round 13 but had no idea it was a real word.

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Finally, someone goes for ORIENTALS/TENSORIAL!

Got to 939 (Rachel's way) in R10.

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Was very pleased to get SAMANGO. Thank you, CoC XIII!

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How can WARGAME^ not be a word?! :evil: DECKCHAIR is in, WINEGLASS is in, but of course WAR GAME^ has to be two words! :twisted: (I did have WARAGI for a nice alternate 6, though.) Just going on a rant, since I played along, tried that word and lost. Truly impressive stuff from David today. 8-) (Als...

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John Garcia wrote:Great game from Heather, esp 2nd numbers game.

Agreed. On a related note, I think there should be an item on Apterous for going above 1000 in a numbers solution. How about a Concorde (for breaking the sound barrier)?

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SICKOES in round 4? I remember WACKOES was in a couple weeks ago.

Did the first numbers game a different way, but forgot to record what it was.

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I'm predicting all-octo finals for Series 67. What would they do if there were more than 8 octos?

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Graeme Cole wrote:A GROANIEST selection - one that looks like a nine must be there even though it isn't - is curiously absent.

The term is "No 9 4 U".

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Graeme Cole wrote:There ought to be a word for this sort of selection. The one that makes you think you're missing an easy nine that isn't there.

How about "No 9 4 U"?

Funnier if you've played Super Smash Bros. Melee, of course.

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Kirk Bevins wrote:I think last time everyone got a trophy for taking part and the winner something bigger?

I seem to recall the winner of the Supreme Championship got a flight to Paris to see the final of "Des Chiffres et des Lettres".

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Have included every series champion and most runners-up since the last CoC, as well as every CoC winner (thanks Gevin for the idea), Xicounts who were CoC runners-up or especially high-scoring, members of the 800 and 480 clubs (more like the 900 and 500 clubs, actually) and a handful of others. The ...

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Series 68 is going to be shorter than a regular series, so will it have Viscounts? Or no quarter-finals, Series 45-style? Anyway, it's awesome to see the list of entrants. Goes right back to the beginning. I discovered Countdown early in Series 61, so I just missed what I assumed was going to be the...

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Apeirogon?

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Who's the Master now? R01: W R O D O M R U B R02: 2, 5, 7, 9, 9, 10. Target: 515. R03: A R E D S T O N E (conundrum) R04: E I D D D Z T I E R05: 1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 100. Target: 870. R06: B R I N G U S O N (conundrum) R07: E D I B S E G E U R08: 3, 4, 5, 8, 25, 100. Target: 251. R09: G R E A T D A I N (c...

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Another Kountdown challenge (khallenge?) for y'all. Enjoy. R01: G E K C M E I U R R02: S T O E L S I P E R03: A D P M E U D U N R04: N U N J E T U R V R05: 3, 5, 8, 10, 25, 50. Target: 657. R06: L I S O C B E A M R07: G L I A C N O F N R08: L I E A S T R E G R09: E I A T G F R H S R10: 2, 4, 5, 9, 9...

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Would you be looking for people all the way back to the beginning (i.e. including people who were in the first Supreme Championship)? And if so, what would the name of this championship be?

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Reaction:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3ALwKeSEYs

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I reckon the comparatives and superlatives of a lot of these two syllable adjectives aren't in the dictionary simply because they got overlooked. Agreed, it always annoys me that the likes of UNKINDEST and SHALLOWER aren't in. UNKINDEST was used in Series 48. :geek: http://wiki.apterous.org/Episode...

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James Robinson wrote:(BONUS: For the first person to get the anagram od STREISAND. )

Assuming you mean anagram "of" STREISAND... TARDINESS. Show me the money.

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Thomas Carey wrote:
Johnny Canuck wrote: UGETACOLA
Two solutions.

Very good. Just testing to see if anybody was awake.

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While we're here... Conundrums, anyone?

MMACARENA
ILLGETHIM
STEAMBREW
ZAGTEETER
CLEANHOME
HARDWATER
GREATFISH
UREALGIRL
UGETACOLA
IDONTCARE

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I've lately been wondering what algorithm is used on Apterous to generate and set conundrum scrambles. I have a couple of suggestions as to how they could be made more similar to the ones on the show, because a common complaint is that conundrums set by computers aren't always as good as human-creat...

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Thomas Carey wrote:Wonder what the flattest possible round (the one with the most valid words of a certain length but no longer ones) is? AEGINORST has 21 eights. See if you can beat that.

Round 2 here. 31 sevens.

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POTAGES as an anagrammatic alternative in Round 11. Thought the conundrum was MESOCYTES^.

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TRIODE as a nice equaller in Round 6.

3rd Numbers Alt.: (10 + 3) x 3 + 75 = 114

Was this the first crucial conundrum with Nick?

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When I was playing along to today's show, I vaguely remember having seen the second Teatime Teaser before. I looked it up, and sure enough, it was used in Series 60 (same scramble, same clue, everything). I think some of the other recent Teasers have been dug up from the past, too. Are there any exp...

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James Robinson wrote:1st Numbers Alt.: ((75 - 50) x 25) - 100 - 1 = 424

The target was 524.

TREEING in round 9.

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Despite not actually getting the show where I live, I'll remember this one for ages. Well done to the champion. Bring on a surprise CoC XIV!

Very pleased to get the first conundrum after only 9 seconds.

2nd Numbers Alternate: ((7 - 1) x 10 + 1) x 10 - 2 = 608

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Factoid: No one has ever won a 15-round series after being seeded anything lower than #3.

Good luck, guys, and happy Countdown retirement to Jeff.

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VARMINT as a nice alternative to MINARET and NITRATE in round 12.

Is HANGOUTS hyphenated?

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Were ARDENCIES and DERACINES in whatever dictionary was being used at the time? If so, the conundrum has 3 solutions

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James Robinson wrote:Phyllis Styles is our champion of 6 shows, so a win today, means she'll have to wait another 33 days to become an octochamp, as the next preliminary isn't until the start of Series 66 on January 9 next year

Is it straight into regular prelims at the start of the series, then?

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DANGED in round 3. Was hoping for a final O in round 13 for BODACIOUS.

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How come INFOLDS^ isn't in?

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