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by Thomas Carey
Tue Mar 22, 2022 4:56 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Wordle
Replies: 81
Views: 11413

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...
by Thomas Carey
Mon Mar 21, 2022 10:57 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Monday 21st March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 56)
Replies: 4
Views: 575

Spoilers for Monday 21st March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 56)

Can Steve go all the way? All together now...
by Thomas Carey
Fri Mar 18, 2022 2:21 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday 18th March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 55)
Replies: 9
Views: 960

Spoilers for Friday 18th March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 55)

Totally didn't sleep through my work alarm. Here's Steve for game 7.
by Thomas Carey
Tue Mar 08, 2022 10:53 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 8th March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 47)
Replies: 4
Views: 499

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
by Thomas Carey
Fri Mar 04, 2022 1:28 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday 4th March (Series 85, Prelim 45)
Replies: 4
Views: 660

Spoilers for Friday 4th March (Series 85, Prelim 45)

I've been on apterous for 11 years today kms
by Thomas Carey
Thu Mar 03, 2022 10:55 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 3rd March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 44)
Replies: 2
Views: 387

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
by Thomas Carey
Wed Mar 02, 2022 2:29 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 2nd March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 43)
Replies: 12
Views: 1109

Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 2 March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 43)

Philip A wrote: Wed Mar 02, 2022 2:16 pm R1: IMPALA, but the plural is the same so no impalas x. I had MANDALS but missed PALADINS.
IMPALAS was allowed at Manchester, but it was pretty controversial
by Thomas Carey
Mon Feb 28, 2022 2:02 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Monday 28th February 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 41)
Replies: 3
Views: 526

Spoilers for Monday 28th February 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 41)

Andrew's back to do some letters and stuff.
by Thomas Carey
Wed Feb 23, 2022 10:44 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Wordle
Replies: 81
Views: 11413

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 ...
by Thomas Carey
Wed Feb 23, 2022 1:42 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 23rd February 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 38)
Replies: 4
Views: 485

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.
by Thomas Carey
Tue Feb 22, 2022 11:14 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 22nd February 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 37)
Replies: 3
Views: 568

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
by Thomas Carey
Fri Feb 18, 2022 10:11 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday 18th February (Series 85, Prelim 35)
Replies: 1
Views: 355

Spoilers for Friday 18th February (Series 85, Prelim 35)

Pretty windy out. Let's stay in and watch countdown or something
by Thomas Carey
Wed Feb 16, 2022 10:16 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 16th February 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 33)
Replies: 1
Views: 362

Spoilers for Wednesday 16th February 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 33)

it's Jacob K doing things now. Let's see how he gets on.
by Thomas Carey
Wed Feb 16, 2022 9:57 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Countdowners in the news
Replies: 238
Views: 116775

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.
by Thomas Carey
Tue Feb 15, 2022 10:45 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 15th February 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 32)
Replies: 4
Views: 490

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.
by Thomas Carey
Mon Feb 14, 2022 10:12 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Monday 14th February 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 31)
Replies: 3
Views: 535

Spoilers for Monday 14th February 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 31)

happy valentine's day here's some romantic daytime TV lol
by Thomas Carey
Thu Feb 10, 2022 1:37 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 10th February 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 29)
Replies: 6
Views: 658

Spoilers for Thursday 10th February 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 29)

another countdown episode? how many of these things are there going to be smh
by Thomas Carey
Wed Feb 09, 2022 12:57 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 9th February 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 28)
Replies: 2
Views: 530

Spoilers for Wednesday 9th February 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 28)

Catriona did good. If she doesn't octo I'll cry.
by Thomas Carey
Tue Feb 08, 2022 1:38 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 8th February 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 27)
Replies: 4
Views: 641

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.
by Thomas Carey
Mon Feb 07, 2022 1:38 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Monday 7th February 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 26)
Replies: 8
Views: 985

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 :idea:
by Thomas Carey
Thu Feb 03, 2022 10:54 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 3rd February 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 24)
Replies: 5
Views: 720

Spoilers for Thursday 3rd February 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 24)

ok so I got the wrong day but here we go. Dan v Gabriel.
by Thomas Carey
Tue Feb 01, 2022 12:46 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 1st February 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 22)
Replies: 1
Views: 420

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...
by Thomas Carey
Tue Feb 01, 2022 12:44 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Countdowners in the news
Replies: 238
Views: 116775

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.
by Thomas Carey
Mon Jan 31, 2022 3:19 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Monday 31st January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 21)
Replies: 1
Views: 400

Spoilers for Monday 31st January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 21)

and we're all back home and Dan's still doing stuff
by Thomas Carey
Thu Jan 27, 2022 6:59 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 27th January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 19)
Replies: 19
Views: 2040

Re: Spoilers for Thursday 27 January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 19)

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?
I tied it, as did Elliott and probably a bunch of others. Not sure if anyone's done 14?

Oh btw did you know adipate stems with S? Crazy
by Thomas Carey
Wed Jan 26, 2022 5:22 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Bullet Mockto
Replies: 6
Views: 2335

Re: Bullet Mockto

correct
by Thomas Carey
Tue Jan 25, 2022 9:53 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 25th January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 17)
Replies: 8
Views: 861

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 :)
by Thomas Carey
Fri Jan 14, 2022 1:06 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday 14th January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 10)
Replies: 6
Views: 802

Spoilers for Friday 14th January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 10)

Adrian did the thing. Two new contestants. Let's see what happens here then
by Thomas Carey
Thu Jan 13, 2022 5:33 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 18th August 2021 (Series 81, Prelim 37)
Replies: 8
Views: 1528

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...
by Thomas Carey
Wed Jan 12, 2022 1:16 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 12th January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 8)
Replies: 4
Views: 651

Spoilers for Wednesday 12th January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 8)

how have I been on this forum for 11 years wtf
by Thomas Carey
Thu Dec 16, 2021 9:43 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 16th December 2021 (Series 84, QF 2)
Replies: 12
Views: 1530

Spoilers for Thursday 16th December 2021 (Series 84, QF 2)

Stu vs Roddie. Trash talk probably not included
by Thomas Carey
Tue Dec 14, 2021 1:51 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th December 2021 (Series 84, Prelim 121)
Replies: 2
Views: 482

Spoilers for Tuesday 14th December 2021 (Series 84, Prelim 121)

It's the last prelim of the series and nobody really cares. Kim plays someone.
by Thomas Carey
Mon Dec 13, 2021 11:58 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: What do you wear in bed
Replies: 26
Views: 1811

Re: What do you wear in bed

Being me, I don't really have a specific rule set I follow but here's what usually happens. Generally some sort of pyjamas or dressing gown, usually having put this on long before I went to bed (whatever I'm wearing in most zoomdown episodes will usually end up being the sleep clothes if they look s...
by Thomas Carey
Mon Dec 13, 2021 7:57 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Monday 13th December 2021 (Series 84, Prelim 120)
Replies: 2
Views: 560

Spoilers for Monday 13th December 2021 (Series 84, Prelim 120)

Anne-Marie back on numbers until the end of the series let's go