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- Sun May 12, 2024 3:49 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 12th April 2024 (Series 89, Heat 74)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3556
Re: Spoilers for Friday 12th April 2024 (Series 89, Heat 74)
Presume something happened to cause Jessica to have to go back another day for her 8th game. Might have believed they just changed guest in the afternoon if Colin's beard hadn't appeared :-) One of the scheduled contestants didn't turn up, and they had already used their standby for that block of f...
- Sun May 12, 2024 11:21 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 12th April 2024 (Series 89, Heat 74)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3556
Re: Spoilers for Friday 12th April 2024 (Series 89, Heat 74)
Presume something happened to cause Jessica to have to go back another day for her 8th game. Might have believed they just changed guest in the afternoon if Colin's beard hadn't appeared
- Fri May 03, 2024 5:59 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 4th April 2024 (Series 89, Heat 68)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2739
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 4th April 2024 (Series 89, Heat 68)
I had DODGEMS in that round.
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 10:19 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 1st March 2024 (Series 89, Heat 44)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3184
Re: Spoilers for Friday 1st March 2024 (Series 89, Heat 44)
I saw FOULEST as well but jargons isn't on Apterous. Maybe a mass noun but possibly someone with Premium access can adjudicate. I can now! Two definitions for Jargon but both are mass nouns. Actually came here to check that the comparative and superlative rule still applies to one-syllable adjectiv...
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 10:15 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 19th February 2024 (Series 89, Heat 35)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1824
Re: Spoilers for Monday 19th February 2024 (Series 89, Heat 35)
All invalid. Just when I thought I'd found a reliable source to check my words (an OUP link posted here recently) I now find out it's UNreliable! Soundable is valid on it! I give up. Curious to know which link. Don’t think I saw it, but the link used on Countdown and Apterous is premium.oxforddicti...
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 8:30 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 19th February 2024 (Series 89, Heat 35)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1824
Re: Spoilers for Monday 19th February 2024 (Series 89, Heat 35)
Just when I thought I'd found a reliable source to check my words (an OUP link posted here recently) I now find out it's UNreliable! Soundable is valid on it! I give up.Philip A wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 8:30 amAll invalid.Howie Myers wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 6:18 am r4 OUTCRIED?
r11 SOUNDABLE?
r12 UNQUESTED?
asking for a friend,,,,,
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 11:45 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for 3rd January 2024 (Series 89, Heat 2)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1060
- Mon Jan 15, 2024 9:54 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 18th December 2023 (Series 88, Quarter Final 3)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1903
Re: Spoilers for Monday 18th December 2023 (Series 88, Quarter Final 3)
Not sure where everyone went today on Apterous Many of us couldn't connect yesterday. All OK for me today! No wonder, maybe I was on the other side of the planet, that's why I could connect :D Glad that all of us didn't have issues today! Just watched this episode. Totally agree Ryan, so funny that...
- Mon Oct 09, 2023 9:58 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 11th September 2023 (Series 88, Heat 52)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1334
Re: Spoilers for Monday 11th September 2023 (Series 88, Heat 52)
Alternative 692 = (10/5 + 50/10) * 100 - 8
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 5:51 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 7th September 2023 (Series 88, Heat 50)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 939
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 7th September 2023 (Series 88, Heat 50)
Lardiness then??
Also 4*2*100-75-1=724 for first numbers. The champ solved one really similar to that yesterday too.
Also 4*2*100-75-1=724 for first numbers. The champ solved one really similar to that yesterday too.
- Thu Sep 07, 2023 9:38 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 15th August 2023 (Series 88, Heat 33)
- Replies: 27
- Views: 4146
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 15th August 2023 (Series 88, Heat 33)
I'm surprised nobody got 515 by what seems to me the most intuitive method. I saw it within the time. ((9 + 1) × (8 + 2) + 3) × 5 Me too! I was surprised Colin couldn't see 103 and Rachel doing it a different way. For the second numbers it was good of Rachel to say later she'd done it but then not ...
- Wed Aug 16, 2023 8:28 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 24th July 2023 (Series 88, Heat 17)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 797
Re: Spoilers for Monday 24th July 2023 (Series 88, Heat 17)
Bleakish in the Bailers round. Depends on the dictionary!
Alt last numbers (7*6+9-1)*5+3=253
Alt last numbers (7*6+9-1)*5+3=253
- Wed Jul 19, 2023 11:04 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 23rd June 2023 - (Series 87, QF 3)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1903
Re: Spoilers for Friday 23rd June 2023 - (Series 87, QF 3)
I had 'formicate' in that round, but it looks like it's in 'certain dictionaries only'. (something to do with ants).
- Sat Jul 15, 2023 10:14 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 16th June 2023 (Series 87, Heat 105)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1601
Re: Spoilers for Friday 16th June 2023 (Series 87, Heat 105)
As Colin knew the seeds at the end of today's programme, it would be good to have a graphic with the 8 finalists' names and maybe a thumbnail pic, as would happen on sports programmes. I've said this in the past. Would be nice if this was done as soon as there is a top 8, then brought up each time ...
- Thu Jul 13, 2023 9:14 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 16th June 2023 (Series 87, Heat 105)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1601
Re: Spoilers for Friday 16th June 2023 (Series 87, Heat 105)
As Colin knew the seeds at the end of today's programme, it would be good to have a graphic with the 8 finalists' names and maybe a thumbnail pic, as would happen on sports programmes.
(Adagio in R13 too)
(Adagio in R13 too)
- Fri May 12, 2023 2:06 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 14th April 2023 (Series 87, Heat 60)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1428
Re: Spoilers for Friday 14th April 2023 (Series 87, Heat 60)
Does anyone know why this episode isn't on catch up? Should be there until Sunday lunchtime I think? I have checked and this episode is definitely available on my Channel 4 app on my iPad. All4 has recently rebranded as simply Channel 4 (or ‘the green 4’) so maybe that’s preventing a few eps from a...
- Fri May 12, 2023 10:52 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 14th April 2023 (Series 87, Heat 60)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1428
Re: Spoilers for Friday 14th April 2023 (Series 87, Heat 60)
Does anyone know why this episode isn't on catch up? Should be there until Sunday lunchtime I think?
- Fri Apr 14, 2023 8:08 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 17th March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 40)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1238
Re: Spoilers for Friday 17th March 2023 (Series 87, Heat 40)
Alt r3: 100/4*6/2*(8+1)=675
- Mon Mar 27, 2023 9:47 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Tuesday 7th March
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1217
Re: Tuesday 7th March
Did both of those like that, and r9 (out of time) :Howie Myers wrote: ↑Wed Mar 08, 2023 7:11 am r6 alt: 7*(100+2)=(3*25)=789
r14 alt: 9*(75+3)-(8-7)=701
75*9-(100+1)*50/25=473
- Mon Mar 20, 2023 8:40 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 20th February 2023 (Series 87, Heat 21)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1353
Re: Spoilers for Monday 20th February 2023 (Series 87, Heat 21)
So bored with all the 2L picks recently, I was delighted to solve R6 as 9 x 7 x 3 + 3 = 192. Didn't need either of them, manic laughter!
Slightly ironic that the outgoing champion got the 3L spot on!
Slightly ironic that the outgoing champion got the 3L spot on!
- Thu Dec 29, 2022 12:22 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 28 November 2022 (Series 86, Heat 116)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3144
Re: Spoilers for Monday 28 November 2022 (Series 86, Heat 116)
The word is diffusion rather than defusion, even though defuse is also a word. http://tcsquared.azurewebsites.net/cohost This doesn't appear to be helpful recently as everything is coming up 'invalid' - including 'invalid!' I'm usually a bit apprehensive about returning older threads to the top of ...
- Wed Dec 28, 2022 6:40 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 28 November 2022 (Series 86, Heat 116)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3144
Re: Spoilers for Monday 28 November 2022 (Series 86, Heat 116)
r1: DEFUSION r14 alt: (6+2)*8*10+(7*5)=675 The word is diffusion rather than defusion, even though defuse is also a word. http://tcsquared.azurewebsites.net/cohost This doesn't appear to be helpful recently as everything is coming up 'invalid' - including 'invalid!' I'm usually a bit apprehensive a...
- Wed Nov 16, 2022 4:41 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 18 October 2022 (Series 86, Heat 87)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 953
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 18 October 2022 (Series 86, Heat 87)
(2 x 100) + (8 x 4) + 50 looked a more straightforward way to 282 for the last numbers.
Not sure the guest saying 'yes' after a few seconds, as Colin said happened in the 'Guardian' round, would have helped or hindered.
Not sure the guest saying 'yes' after a few seconds, as Colin said happened in the 'Guardian' round, would have helped or hindered.
- Sun Oct 02, 2022 10:23 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 5 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 56)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 936
Re: Spoilers for Monday 5 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 56)
Also when the contestants both had 7 (might have been this game) he was like "Yeah, loads of sevens. If you didn't get a seven you must be well shit." So if one of them had just got their single 7 right at the end, they might feel a bit bad about that. Same really as when Rachel says 'Lot...
- Sun Oct 02, 2022 8:27 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 5 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 56)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 936
Re: Spoilers for Monday 5 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 56)
Also when the contestants both had 7 (might have been this game) he was like "Yeah, loads of sevens. If you didn't get a seven you must be well shit." So if one of them had just got their single 7 right at the end, they might feel a bit bad about that. Same really as when Rachel says 'Lot...
- Wed Jul 27, 2022 3:31 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 15 June 2022 (Series 85, 1st Semi-Final)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 877
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 15 June 2022 (Series 85, 1st Semi-final)
Finally solved round 9, looked on wiki and its different, so: (((100 + 2) x 4 x 50) + 75) ÷ 25 = 819. I hope!
Just took 2 weeks though!
Just took 2 weeks though!
- Wed Jun 29, 2022 9:38 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 1st June 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 108)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1068
- Wed Jun 29, 2022 9:36 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 16th May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 96)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1515
Re: Spoilers for Monday 16 May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 96)
I'll say my cheerios then, you know like when Jack told Rose not to say her goodbyes when they were in the Atlantic. What's the difference? GOODBYE is both an exclamation and a noun; CHEERIO is an exclamation only, and not a noun at all. goodbye Pronunciation: /ɡʊdˈbʌɪ/ ( US also goodby) EXCLAMATIO...
- Tue Jun 28, 2022 8:48 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 1st June 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 108)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1068
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 1 June 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 108)
Totally! Obviously reparking isn't done enough, whereas having a turnspit in your house is just common!Howie Myers wrote: ↑Tue Jun 07, 2022 8:34 am surprised that REPARKED doesn't exist ((in round 1)
and also surprised that TIMPANI is a plural noun, so no TIMPANIS
- Mon Jun 13, 2022 9:35 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 16th May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 96)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1515
Re: Spoilers for Monday 16 May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 96)
Yes. She didn’t check the dictionary. She didn’t check the validity of wilcos x in an earlier episode this series either. Misleading for viewers. I'll say my cheerios then, you know like when Jack told Rose not to say her goodbyes when they were in the Atlantic. What's the difference? The differenc...
- Mon Jun 13, 2022 8:17 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 16th May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 96)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1515
Re: Spoilers for Monday 16 May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 96)
Susie on the cheerios again . Yes. She didn’t check the dictionary. She didn’t check the validity of wilcos x in an earlier episode this series either. Misleading for viewers. I'll say my cheerios then, you know like when Jack told Rose not to say her goodbyes when they were in the Atlantic. What's...
- Wed May 25, 2022 2:41 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 26th April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 82)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1836
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 26 April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 82)
Noted, and thanks
- Wed May 25, 2022 2:37 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 26th April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 82)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1836
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 26 April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 82)
Yeah, that's because I'm a month behind. Have often wondered about putting the posts out of order by commenting late but can't see anything to say it's not allowed. Don't worry I shan't do it again. Don't worry it was genuinely interesting that the subtitler thought it was "Prophetic" too...
- Tue May 24, 2022 11:30 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 26th April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 82)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1836
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 26 April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 82)
Subtitles have PROTHETIC. Interesting. That was worth waiting a month for. I hope Sue Gray delivers equally decisive news. Yeah, that's because I'm a month behind. Have often wondered about putting the posts out of order by commenting late but can't see anything to say it's not allowed. Don't worry...
- Mon May 23, 2022 8:27 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 26th April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 82)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1836
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 26 April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 82)
sounded like pathetic? OK. I thought he said PROPHETIC, so I was a bit surprised by how things panned out. I've just re-watched it a couple of times and what he says sounds like a cross between PATHETIC and PROPHETIC, and I've flip-flopped on this but my current feeling is it sounds more like PROPH...
- Tue May 17, 2022 9:48 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 19th April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 77)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 800
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 19 April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 77)
Just because I wanted to go high:
(100+7) x 9 + 50 - 6 x 5 = 983
and
(8+6) x 75 - 100 = 950
(100+7) x 9 + 50 - 6 x 5 = 983
and
(8+6) x 75 - 100 = 950
- Wed May 04, 2022 10:43 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 30th March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 63)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1797
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 30 March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 63)
While Countdown does not have a rigorous rule set, they try their best to accept inflections of words that are sensible. The “restaurant rule” is based around requesting a portion or unit of something. Some foods which are mass nouns can take a plural on Countdown but not all of them. If a food is ...
- Tue May 03, 2022 4:52 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 30th March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 63)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1797
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 30 March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 63)
Yeah, it's not a "foul" it's a mistake. Being able to take advantage of your opponent's mistakes is an important part of pretty much any competitive endeavour and Countdown is no different in this respect. You're not entitled to automatically benefit every time your opponent makes a mista...
- Tue May 03, 2022 2:28 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 30th March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 63)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1797
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 30 March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 63)
Not sure about this but in round 1 I had 'celeries' as a risky 8 - restaurant rule - and a safe 6. Player 1 declares a 7 so I risk my 8. Player 1 has misdeclared. If I'd known I would have stuck with my 6. If celeries is disallowed, would the round be replayed, as I lose due to a foul by my opponen...
- Tue May 03, 2022 12:41 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 30th March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 63)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1797
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 30 March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 63)
Not sure about this but in round 1 I had 'celeries' as a risky 8 - restaurant rule - and a safe 6. Player 1 declares a 7 so I risk my 8. Player 1 has misdeclared. If I'd known I would have stuck with my 6. If celeries is disallowed, would the round be replayed, as I lose due to a foul by my opponen...
- Tue May 03, 2022 11:33 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 30th March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 63)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1797
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 30 March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 63)
Not sure about this but in round 1 I had 'celeries' as a risky 8 - restaurant rule - and a safe 6. Player 1 declares a 7 so I risk my 8. Player 1 has misdeclared. If I'd known I would have stuck with my 6. If celeries is disallowed, would the round be replayed, as I lose due to a foul by my opponent...
- Sat Feb 19, 2022 5:30 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 20th January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 14)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1213
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 20 January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 14)
Not quite "administrative error" worthy IMO but I don't think Anne needs to ask for the not-written-down word first if the lengths are different. I agree. Thought that wasn't a bad move. A player could 'think' they've seen a longer word and if their opponent has declared a shorter word fi...
- Thu Feb 17, 2022 11:15 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 19th January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 13)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1201
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 19 January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 13)
If you've watched Countdown as long as we have you know your 75 times table, but that would be mental arithmetic to most people. I've sometimes had that momentary sensation that when a contestant offers, say, 75*9, Anne-Marie is actually working it out. Strangely I still have trouble with 75*5! Whi...
- Wed Dec 22, 2021 11:31 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 25th November 2021 (Series 84, Prelim 108)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1513
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 25th November 2021 (Series 84, Prelim 108)
Scareder in R4 - if scared is one syllable as it's not specified? Not valid. There is a dubious exemption to the mono-syllable adjective rule to entries ending in -ED, like PAINED, BORED, HORNED, DAMNED among others. I think for an adjective with one syllable ending with -ED, the -EDER and -EDEST e...
- Wed Dec 22, 2021 9:28 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 25th November 2021 (Series 84, Prelim 108)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1513
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 25th November 2021 (Series 84, Prelim 108)
Scareder in R4 - if scared is one syllable as it's not specified?
- Sun Oct 24, 2021 10:05 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 27th September 2021 (Series 84, Prelim 65)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1352
Re: Spoilers for Monday 27th September 2021 (Series 84, Prelim 65)
... Anne Robinson (who repeated her own birthday on the guess-the-day-of-the-week-and-who-was-born-on-this-day game) revealed that she'd forgotten it was her birthday coming up last weekend She also said at the end that she 'will be' 77! Can anyone confirm that 'leashed' would be ok in R11(?) Not a...
- Sun Oct 24, 2021 9:50 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 27th September 2021 (Series 84, Prelim 65)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1352
Re: Spoilers for Monday 27th September 2021 (Series 84, Prelim 65)
... Anne Robinson (who repeated her own birthday on the guess-the-day-of-the-week-and-who-was-born-on-this-day game) revealed that she'd forgotten it was her birthday coming up last weekend She also said at the end that she 'will be' 77! Can anyone confirm that 'leashed' would be ok in R11(?) Not a...
- Sun Sep 19, 2021 9:21 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 25th August 2021
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1558
Re: Spoilers for 25th August 2021
Yeastier in R1 (a bit late)!
- Mon Aug 30, 2021 10:25 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 2nd August 2021 (Series 84, Prelim 25)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1025
Re: Spoilers for Monday 2nd August 2021 (Series 84, Prelim 25)
Just have to say well done to Patrick for bringing a teapot back to Falmouth
- Thu Aug 19, 2021 4:26 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 21st July 2021
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1573
Re: Spoilers for 21st July 2021
Just caught up to this episode, excellent standard by both. I didn't like how Anne kept badgering the challenger to sing though, he clearly didn't want to and she kept throwing insults his way. You're supposed to put the contestant at ease, particularly the challenger who is making their first appe...
- Wed Jul 14, 2021 9:11 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 26th May 2021 (Series 83, Prelim 103)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1988
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 26th May 2021 (Series 83, Prelim 103)
Another way to 83 was ((7 + 5 - 3) * 10) - 7. Can anyone help with the dictionary here... I risked 'audios' and 'genomes'. Both happen to be mass nouns, but genomes is spelt out in an example sentence in the definition, so it has to be a word! It can't be right, though, that the validity of a word ...
- Thu Jun 24, 2021 11:13 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 26th May 2021 (Series 83, Prelim 103)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1988
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 26th May 2021 (Series 83, Prelim 103)
Another way to 83 was ((7 + 5 - 3) * 10) - 7. Can anyone help with the dictionary here... I risked 'audios' and 'genomes'. Both happen to be mass nouns, but genomes is spelt out in an example sentence in the definition, so it has to be a word! It can't be right, though, that the validity of a word ...
- Wed Jun 23, 2021 8:26 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 26th May 2021 (Series 83, Prelim 103)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1988
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 26th May 2021 (Series 83, Prelim 103)
Another way to 83 was ((7 + 5 - 3) * 10) - 7. Can anyone help with the dictionary here... I risked 'audios' and 'genomes'. Both happen to be mass nouns, but genomes is spelt out in an example sentence in the definition, so it has to be a word! It can't be right, though, that the validity of a word i...
- Thu Jun 03, 2021 8:57 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 7th May 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 90)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1871
Re: Spoilers for Friday 7th May 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 90)
Another alt last numbers: 50 x 5 + 9 + 9 + 6 = 274
Well done James
Well done James
- Thu Jun 03, 2021 8:49 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 6th May 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 89)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2512
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 6th May 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 89)
Alt r6: (50 x 5) + (75 x 10) - 7 - 2 = 991, but out of time
- Thu May 27, 2021 10:37 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 29th April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 84)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1273
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 29th April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 84)
Alt 368: (10 + 2) * 5 * 6 + 8
Tomas didn't seem too well today! Still won though...
Tomas didn't seem too well today! Still won though...
- Thu May 27, 2021 10:31 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Wednesday 28th April 2021
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1748
Re: Spoilers For Wednesday 28th April 2021
Alt 836: ((100 + 10) * 2 * 4) - 50 + 6
- Thu May 27, 2021 10:28 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Wednesday 28th April 2021
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1748
Re: Spoilers For Wednesday 28th April 2021
Alt 531: (2 * 8 + 5) * 25 + 6
- Tue May 11, 2021 10:03 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 12th April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 71)
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Re: Spoilers for Monday 12th April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 71)
Did it eventually also:Toby McDonald wrote: ↑Mon Apr 12, 2021 3:35 pm Way after the time, but finally got R6:
((((100-1)*8)-6)/6)+50 = 181
((8+1)*50)/6+100+6=181
And a friend's been working on it too and came up with:
((100+50)/6*(8-1)+6
- Thu May 06, 2021 10:51 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 1st April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 64)
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Re: Spoilers for Thursday 1st April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 64)
Tough conundrum considering it wasn't crucial I thought - TALKIEGIN