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- Thu Mar 31, 2022 1:24 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 31st March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 64)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 592
- Wed Mar 30, 2022 12:02 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdowners in the news
- Replies: 243
- Views: 155715
Re: Countdowners in the news
Not the most impressive news, but certainly one of the more bizarre ones.
https://www.jsonline.com/story/money/20 ... 157861001/
https://www.jsonline.com/story/money/20 ... 157861001/
- Thu Mar 24, 2022 2:52 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 24th March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 59)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 728
- Wed Mar 23, 2022 2:56 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 23rd March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 58)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 716
Spoilers for Wednesday 23rd March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 58)
Two new contestants (and you can really tell).
Oh wait that was yesterday what an I like
Oh wait that was yesterday what an I like
- Tue Mar 22, 2022 6:00 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Tuesday 22nd March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 57)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 882
- Tue Mar 22, 2022 4:56 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Wordle
- Replies: 81
- Views: 14790
Re: Wordle
On Wordle and the multiple simultaneous Wordles, you seem to get the required number of goes plus 5. So Wordle gives you 1 + 5 = 6. Octordle gives you 8 + 5 = 13. Etc. Other than plain Wordle, when I play these I always start with the same four words that use up 20 letters and then that still gives...
- Mon Mar 21, 2022 10:57 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 21st March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 56)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 591
Spoilers for Monday 21st March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 56)
Can Steve go all the way? All together now...
- Fri Mar 18, 2022 2:21 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 18th March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 55)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1069
Spoilers for Friday 18th March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 55)
Totally didn't sleep through my work alarm. Here's Steve for game 7.
- Mon Mar 14, 2022 8:41 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 14th March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 51)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 699
Spoilers for Monday 14th March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 51)
Happy pi day lol
- Thu Mar 10, 2022 7:09 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 10th March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 49)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 807
Spoilers for Thursday 10th March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 49)
It's a me Mario and I love lasagne
- Wed Mar 09, 2022 9:18 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 9th March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 48)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 912
Spoilers for Wednesday 9th March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 48)
Ok hi hi hi where were we
- Tue Mar 08, 2022 10:53 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 8th March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 47)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 522
Spoilers for Tuesday 8th March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 47)
six years since i went to watch the back 5/8 of ann's octorun <3
- Fri Mar 04, 2022 1:28 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 4th March (Series 85, Prelim 45)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 685
Spoilers for Friday 4th March (Series 85, Prelim 45)
I've been on apterous for 11 years today kms
- Thu Mar 03, 2022 10:55 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 3rd March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 44)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 407
Spoilers for Thursday 3rd March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 44)
fun fact I almost accidentally put the title as March 3 February which I'm pretty sure I did a previous year
- Wed Mar 02, 2022 2:29 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 2nd March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 43)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1152
- Wed Mar 02, 2022 1:32 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 2nd March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 43)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1152
Spoilers for Wednesday 2nd March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 43)
that eric guy plays his second game
- Tue Mar 01, 2022 2:11 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 1st March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 42)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 444
- Mon Feb 28, 2022 2:02 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 28th February 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 41)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 544
Spoilers for Monday 28th February 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 41)
Andrew's back to do some letters and stuff.
- Fri Feb 25, 2022 8:26 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 25th February (Series 85, Prelim 40)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 706
Spoilers for Friday 25th February (Series 85, Prelim 40)
I love countdown
- Wed Feb 23, 2022 10:44 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Wordle
- Replies: 81
- Views: 14790
Re: Wordle
Sedecordle is worth a go 16 words in under 21 goes. It kills 10 minutes and is doable although I have needed at least 18 turns Yeah this one is fun to guess two words on and then pick off all the answers without wasting a guess. I'm not a huge fan of non-canon wordles and don't do any daily but my ...
- Wed Feb 23, 2022 1:42 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 23rd February 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 38)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 503
Spoilers for Wednesday 23rd February 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 38)
Now Robbie Oliver won a game. I wonder if he's going to win another one.
- Tue Feb 22, 2022 11:14 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 22nd February 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 37)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 590
Spoilers for Tuesday 22nd February 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 37)
i woke up before countdown started airing today wow
uh yeah so caelyn narrowly beat jacob yesterday, how many more of these can she win? tune in later to find out etc
uh yeah so caelyn narrowly beat jacob yesterday, how many more of these can she win? tune in later to find out etc
- Fri Feb 18, 2022 10:11 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 18th February (Series 85, Prelim 35)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 370
Spoilers for Friday 18th February (Series 85, Prelim 35)
Pretty windy out. Let's stay in and watch countdown or something
- Thu Feb 17, 2022 7:16 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 17th February 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 34)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 423
Spoilers for Thursday 17th February 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 34)
You better believe it's some countdown
- Wed Feb 16, 2022 10:16 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 16th February 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 33)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 371
Spoilers for Wednesday 16th February 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 33)
it's Jacob K doing things now. Let's see how he gets on.
- Wed Feb 16, 2022 9:57 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdowners in the news
- Replies: 243
- Views: 155715
Re: Countdowners in the news
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live: ... _leicester Jack Hurst on radio Leicester around 9:20am, also talking wordle.
- Tue Feb 15, 2022 10:45 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 15th February 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 32)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 510
Spoilers for Tuesday 15th February 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 32)
Catriona's had a couple scares but has made it to game 6. Can she survive this? Join... Rhys, I think? in about six months' time.
- Mon Feb 14, 2022 10:12 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 14th February 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 31)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 553
Spoilers for Monday 14th February 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 31)
happy valentine's day here's some romantic daytime TV lol
- Fri Feb 11, 2022 7:07 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 11th February (Series 85, Prelim 30)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1173
- Thu Feb 10, 2022 1:37 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 10th February 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 29)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 682
Spoilers for Thursday 10th February 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 29)
another countdown episode? how many of these things are there going to be smh
- Wed Feb 09, 2022 12:57 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 9th February 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 28)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 551
Spoilers for Wednesday 9th February 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 28)
Catriona did good. If she doesn't octo I'll cry.
- Tue Feb 08, 2022 1:38 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 8th February 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 27)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 653
Spoilers for Tuesday 8th February 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 27)
3 full octoruns in 26 episodes, wacky stuff. Here's two new people I guess.
- Mon Feb 07, 2022 1:38 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 7th February 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 26)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1052
Spoilers for Monday 7th February 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 26)
Will Dan become an octochamp or will he catastrophically whiff it? Let's go on this journey of discovery together
- Fri Feb 04, 2022 1:46 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 4th February (Series 85, Prelim 25)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1107
Spoilers for Friday 4th February (Series 85, Prelim 25)
Dan game 7 now
- Thu Feb 03, 2022 10:54 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 3rd February 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 24)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 789
Spoilers for Thursday 3rd February 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 24)
ok so I got the wrong day but here we go. Dan v Gabriel.
- Wed Feb 02, 2022 8:10 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 2nd February 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 23)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 988
- Tue Feb 01, 2022 12:46 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 1st February 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 22)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 450
Spoilers for Tuesday 1st February 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 22)
New month, new opponent for Dan. But he's not the only apterite on today's show...
- Tue Feb 01, 2022 12:44 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdowners in the news
- Replies: 243
- Views: 155715
Re: Countdowners in the news
Oliver Garner on BBC2 this morning (and BBC World right now) talking about Wordle. They captioned him as 'former Countdown contestant', which is a bit like captioning someone like Medvedev as 'likes to play tennis'. Is captioning the right word here? I don't know.
- Mon Jan 31, 2022 3:19 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 31st January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 21)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 414
Spoilers for Monday 31st January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 21)
and we're all back home and Dan's still doing stuff
- Thu Jan 27, 2022 6:59 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 27th January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 19)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2311
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 27 January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 19)
I tied it, as did Elliott and probably a bunch of others. Not sure if anyone's done 14?Johnny Canuck wrote: ↑Thu Jan 27, 2022 6:33 pm 13 maxes on the début game as well Paging Graeme: Would that be a record?
Oh btw did you know adipate stems with S? Crazy
- Thu Jan 27, 2022 6:26 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 26th January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 18)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 788
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 26 January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 18)
counterpoint: ruby wax is good
- Thu Jan 27, 2022 1:33 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 27th January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 19)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2311
Spoilers for Thursday 27th January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 19)
Dan Byrom time!
- Wed Jan 26, 2022 2:11 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 26th January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 18)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 788
Spoilers for Wednesday 26th January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 18)
Peep beep
Two new contestants wowee
Two new contestants wowee
- Wed Jan 26, 2022 5:22 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Bullet Mockto
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3843
Re: Bullet Mockto
correct
- Tue Jan 25, 2022 9:53 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 25th January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 17)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 884
Spoilers for Tuesday 25th January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 17)
dan hall could become an octochamp off this game. pretty mad that we've had two full 8-game runs in the first 17 episodes of the series
- Mon Jan 24, 2022 2:34 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 24th January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 16)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 453
Spoilers for Monday 24th January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 16)
Why am I in batley
- Fri Jan 21, 2022 11:40 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 21st January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 15)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 846
- Thu Jan 20, 2022 10:22 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 20th January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 14)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1228
Spoilers for Thursday 20th January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 14)
spoiler alert: a letter V turns up
- Wed Jan 19, 2022 10:31 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 19th January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 13)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1219
- Tue Jan 18, 2022 1:41 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 18th January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 12)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 382
Spoilers for Tuesday 18th January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 12)
and i would walk five hundred mileages
- Mon Jan 17, 2022 2:13 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 17th January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 11)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1109
Spoilers for Monday 17th January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 11)
Let's get ready to countdown!!!!!!
- Fri Jan 14, 2022 1:06 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 14th January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 10)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 886
Spoilers for Friday 14th January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 10)
Adrian did the thing. Two new contestants. Let's see what happens here then
- Thu Jan 13, 2022 11:03 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 13th January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 9)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1734
Spoilers for Thursday 13th January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 9)
Can Adrian do the thing? I dunno maybe
- Thu Jan 13, 2022 5:33 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 18th August 2021 (Series 81, Prelim 37)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1563
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 18th August 2021 (Series 81, Prelim 37)
No idea what tcsquared is… http://tcsquared.azurewebsites.net/cohost Some of us use this at Lincoln-style* Co-events. It does have its limitations - there's no audible alarm option, and it can't solve numbers games. But when I eventually get round to writing an Android version of my solver, the lat...
- Wed Jan 12, 2022 1:16 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 12th January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 8)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 722
Spoilers for Wednesday 12th January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 8)
how have I been on this forum for 11 years wtf
- Tue Jan 11, 2022 3:01 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 11th January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 7)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 623
Spoilers for Tuesday 11th January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 7)
what's countdown
- Mon Jan 10, 2022 2:41 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 10th January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 6)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 593
- Tue Dec 21, 2021 8:09 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 21st December 2021 (Series 84, SF 1)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1288
Spoilers for Tuesday 21st December 2021 (Series 84, SF 1)
Ahmed takes on Jeremy!
- Thu Dec 16, 2021 9:43 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 16th December 2021 (Series 84, QF 2)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1778
Spoilers for Thursday 16th December 2021 (Series 84, QF 2)
Stu vs Roddie. Trash talk probably not included
- Wed Dec 15, 2021 9:09 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 15th December 2021 (Series 84, QF 1)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1175
Spoilers for Wednesday 15th December 2021 (Series 84, QF 1)
Ahmed Mohamed vs Janet Noe. Good luck!!