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Winnie and Conchita.

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Charlie Reams wrote:(GOATIER and GOATIEST are valid and were omitted, not the other way round.)

GOATIER was not allowed on the show, apparently because it isn't specified in the GOATY entry.

http://thecountdowncorral.com/cd/recap.asp?recap=1242

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johnbrackstone wrote:(i amassed my best ever score today - 148)

Same here, I missed PEDICEL and MATELOTE, neither of which I'd ever heard of before.

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I give up trying to watch the two games, my computer has something against COOT and so is freezing every time I try to get into the conversation. Sorry to Ben Wilson for wasting your time.

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I should be able to do tonight at 11.30, if we can find someone to host at that time. My Internet connection seems fine at the moment but I would advise you not to wait if I'm not there at 11.30. Thank you for this second chance.

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Also to point out that Ben Pugh no-showed his game with Matt Coates, so I assume he's having some technical problems. I've had no Internet since Wednesday afternoon until now, so I wasn't able to make it online yesterday evening. Sorry to Matt and all those who were there either as host or spectato...

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I'll be out at 6 tonight, how about 5.30 on Friday?

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What time are you able to play, Matt? I'm available most nights.

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Charlie Reams wrote:
Ben Pugh wrote:I'm really not going to be able to play unless someone can think of a way of getting around the problem of my MSN Messenger-less state.
Use MSN web messenger?

Thank you very much. Seeing as I'm still in the draw, would it then be possible for me to reenter the plate?

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I'm really not going to be able to play unless someone can think of a way of getting around the problem of my MSN Messenger-less state.

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Unfortunately I have to drop out of the plate competition because of computer issues, my laptop is broken and it will apparently take at least a month to have it fixed and while I can access the Internet from this computer, for some reason it won't allow me to sign into Windows Messenger. On the bri...

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I'm going to struggle to do the recap for the game yesterday - my laptop, which as those who spoke to me last night may now is broken, has gone to the shop and they say that in fixing it, they are going to have to wipe everything off it. Does anyone who was in the conversation last night have a log ...

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EnFORcES

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JOURNEYER
NORMATIVE
ENTOURAGE
RIGHTEOUS

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Fiver on Paul.

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I'm online too.

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Corby wrote:How does tomorrow night sound Mr Pugh? I could do tonight at a stretch, but it's a busy one for me, given that I'm playing football, then watching football, then watching Countdown and doing the recap.

Tomorrow evening should be fine.

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When was Ben Pugh last online? I think we'd best say I won by default :) I haven't been online for a while because I've been in Germany, and still am. I fly back tomorrow. I obviously can't play tonight and I would rather not play tomorrow evening as I'll be very tired, but as far as I'm aware, I c...

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VOETSAK. I think it means 'fuck off'. It's one of those nice South African words like SITKAMER and POTJIE in the OED whose only use is to come up on Countdown. Good game from DoD today, spots like DIAMINES and NORTENA confirmed why I think he's going to win the series, he's able to pull out obscure ...

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That's the word they had.

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jasoncullen wrote:I had SENSORIAL - one of Craig Beevers' words I think

You're thinking of CENSORIAL.

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I'm guessing that Conor is doing Further Maths, the people doing Further Maths have their last exam on Thursday, so he might be back after then.

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QUITTANCE.

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The only ones I can do in these crosswords are with clues involving royalty, the only technique I know is that stuff about kings hints there is an R somewhere.

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Barry: 1 win, 7 defeats, -156 I'm surprised by this result. I only catch the odd game nowadays, but in the two (I think) I saw with Barry in, I decided he was a natural 0 or 1time winner who just happened to win seven by chance. It's bound to happen. I think that's a bit harsh on him, I'd say he wa...

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3. ANGELHOAX, http://www.thecountdownpage.com/coc2.htm , HEXAGONAL 6. TONICRAZE, NARCOTIZE, I think that came up when you were on the show 9. MASECTION, ENCOMIAST 14. BONGOMARE, BOOMERANG 22. TEOCALLIS, OSCILLATE 26. GENCRAVES, SCAVENGER 29. CUMINROZI, ZIRCONIUM 31. LOCATEUNI, INOCULATE 33. GROINDIJ...

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Gevin-Gavin wrote:
jasoncullen wrote:7. Which is the only US state not to have a straight line in its borders?
D. Alaska
E. Guam
H. Hawaii
P. Texas
Are you drunk?

It's part of a new quiz.

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QUAESTOR
PSORALEN
MAHOGANY
BEVATRON
ZANINESS
YAHRZEIT
KNITWEAR
WONKIEST
IRONCLAD
ZODIACAL

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How then would I be able to find all the words used in Countdown that can be hooked (front and end hooks, like in Scrabble)? My game can show you all letters that can be added to any word/group of letters to make longer words (this is more relevant to Countdown than plain hooking, since you obvious...

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smjg wrote:Better late than never I guess....

Round 4: UNDERHEAD

That's not a word.

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DIOPTASE is a useful equaller in round 2.

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David O'Donnell wrote:I toyed with IRONLIKE^ in that round and PAENIOID^ in another but I never would have risked them and it turns out they were both bogus .

I think you were thinking of TAENIOID.

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Questions 1. Cluedo Leave it/ 2. b]Oral-B[/b]"? Leave it, does it even stand for anything? 3. Lord of the Flies Take it. 4. And I will always love you Leave it, that was for The Bodyguard. 5. Denver Leave it, Kentucky. 6. Dogs Leave it 7. 1970's Leave it, 1950s 8. Cardiff City Take it. 9. Robe...

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jasoncullen wrote:INHALER?

I had HERNIAL for that round.

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SATRAPIES equaller.

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Damian E wrote:I sort of thought about Plasticine then dived into Elasticin - never dawned on me about inelastic, which is a crazy word anyway, probably never used more than once a year worldwide.

It's quite important in economics.

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ANORTHITE and ICHNEUMON, I remember that from when the Guardian used to have Countdown on the back of their G2 supplement.

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ANTBEAR.

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SOSATIE's a nice equaller.

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Quick glance, GRAVESIDE, LACQUERED and PERIOSTEA jumped out at me.

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SCIAENID equaller. I missed the opening, did they mention about the challenger being on before when his opponent cheated (saying PROMATE and then claiming she had PRONATE)? They said that he'd been on before but that someone had "miscounted" (or something like that). I was not aware of th...

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does FAUCETS not count for being American? (or have I just mis-seen the letters in round 9?) FAUCETS does count, even though it is an American word. American words count but American spellings of words where there is a different spelling more traditionally used in British English aren't allowed, mo...

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SCIAENID equaller.

I missed the opening, did they mention about the challenger being on before when his opponent cheated (saying PROMATE and then claiming she had PRONATE)?

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Hmm, nice quiz dinos. Shouldn't be too hard. Let's see.. 1. Karl Marx 2. Karl Marx 3. Karl Marx 4. Lenin 5. Trotsky 6. Karl Marx 7. Karl Marx 8. Karl Marx 9. Che Guevara 10. Josef Stalin 11. Che Guevara 12. Karl Marx 13. Karl Marx 14. Uri Geller 15. Rasputin 16. Steven Spielberg 17. Che Guevara 18....

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1. What type of Pokémon is a Blastoise? He's a water Pokemon, Squirtle -> Wartortle -> Blastoise. 2. Which actress plays Willow in the television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"? Alyson Hannigan 3. What is the IUPAC name (standard chemistry nomenclature) for acetone? 4. What's the name o...

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benjpugh@hotmail.com

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ANISES.

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IPOMOEA.

As seen once by Mark Tournoff.

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[Edit: though she always cried at that line "A four foot coffin, a foot for every year" so she probably liked him begrudgingly]. [Edit: I like his poetry but then I think Larkin rocks so it's my kinda thing.] Mid-Term Break isn't that bad but this is a monstrosity: All year the flax-dam f...

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Karen Pearson wrote:CONVICT? Round 8 or 9 or thereabouts.

Only one C

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Jason Larsen wrote:Heather Mills?

Bee bee boo boo, awwwwwwwww!

Ooooooooooh no!

Impressive scat singing.

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19. Which famous poet wrote the poems " Storm On The Island " and " Death of a Naturalist "? A. Simon Armitage B. William Wordsworth C. John Clare D. Seamus Heaney The answer's D. I hate Heaney so much, are you having to do the 4 poems by him in the anthology for GCSE English, J...

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Richard Brittain wrote:Jason, I think Ben Pugh would just cheat by using a calculator. It would never work.

I'm not sure a calculator would really help on the Price is Right (apart from maybe in the final round).

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She did look very strong and I think she could win a few more. Having got only 73 from 117 with such flat selections, I'd be surprised if she made it beyond a third game. It would be nice though if she won a few more as she seemed to enjoy herself, much better than an endless stream of dour old blo...

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David O'Donnell wrote:That conundrum ruined my perfect game .

Mine too. That was the flattest game I've ever watched.

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Yes, she wrote it up there beforehand but I have my doubts that Philippa is the next Jeffrey Hansford.

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Questions 1. How many dots are there in total on a pair of dice? 42[/b] 2. What gas do all fuels need in order to burn? A. Oxygen 3. What is the third book of the Bible? B. Leviticus 4. Who was the first member of the royal family to divorce? B. Henry VIII 5. How many times can a volleyball be touc...

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INTERPOLE as an equaller.

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BARONET

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Ralph wrote:You have contacted them before haven't you Jason? So I assume you have the correct address.

Could you stop pretending to be two different people?

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