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Philip Wilson

Johnny Canuck wrote: ↑Thu Oct 26, 2017 1:38 pm Does anyone have confirmation (e.g., via subtitles) of James' word in the LOTTERY/TOILETRY round? I heard it pretty clearly as LITTERS but it could have been LOITERS.

Just checked: Litters

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3rd Numbers Reducing the Number of Numbers Alt.: (50 - 1) * (9 + 3 + 2) Same idea, but did 9 - 3 + 6 + 2 for the 14. I didn't want to reduce the number of numbers! Actually that's a lie, I didn't see your way! I had pompier - as in more pompy - I'm a Pompey supporter so I can, ha ha :-) Doesn't mat...

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I use Lexplorer, but you can only use it if you are a member on the site "Apterous". Alternatively,http://incoherency.co.uk/countdown/ is a quick one which I may use in the break but doesn't have the full dictionary, so you may type the word in and it won't come up on there, but could act...

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David Williams wrote: ↑Thu Oct 12, 2017 11:22 pm Certainly unlucky. A search for SEEDINGS in this forum reveals 207 matches.

Seedings must be the most used word to ever be disallowed on Countdown.

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What do you use to check your words when you play along? The site I thought we used either has the word, says there is no match, or just defaults to another (close) word. In the last case I never know if the word is valid or not.

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Johnny Canuck wrote: ↑Tue Oct 03, 2017 2:10 pm
Zarte Siempre wrote: ↑Tue Oct 03, 2017 1:33 pm BOUVIERS in R7 I think.
BRUNOISE too. Turns out I did in fact learn something from Bellodown.

Souvenir in that round too. (probably on wiki by now but I'm a few days behind,

)

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Little bit of inside info about this game... Jacob was a last minute stand-in player. Someone by the name of Emily (not Cox! ;)) got cold feet and pulled out on the day. So fair play to him for stepping up. When Jacob was being introduced he told us what he was going to be doing next week. I expect...

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The K is back again!

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Mark Kudlowski wrote: ↑Fri Sep 22, 2017 1:37 pm
3rd numbers alt: (100 + 7) x (50 / (5 x 5 ))

Thanks. I spent 28 seconds trying to make a 2 without the 100 or 7!

Philip Wilson

Hi! I just read this whole thread and remember this episode and Jack saying that about the A. I don't think I would have been offended tbh and for me as a viewer it was helpful, telling me there must be a 9 there so look harder! It's like when I haven't seen a numbers solution but see Rachel sitting...

Philip Wilson

Where's the K gone again? Hasn't been out since Monday.

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Zarte Siempre wrote: ↑Tue Sep 12, 2017 1:32 pm Did she just say that MARRIES was a dodgy 7? And was there some dodgy editing around it? Or is that just me?

Sounded like it to me too - and the subtitler.

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My way to 334 was (8x9-5)x5-1

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Ray Wilding wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2017 1:48 pm The K is finally back

Yesssss! And everybody used it! Let's have 2!
Rachel seemed to have a problem with some of the letters going on the board too.

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"You can make 904 with the same ingredients... " That's kind of how the numbers game works, Rachel. Also, did anyone find it kind of strange that she used the 4 without showing the 6 - 2 step? I took Rachel to mean she was using the 4 and the 1 the champ had made but in a different way. T...

Philip Wilson

75 x 10 - (50/25 x 7 + 3) works in the 1st numbers round too.

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My way to 372 was (10 x 75 - 6) / 100/50

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The alternatives being to say "oh no, I'm wrong" or give your corrected answer and then tell Nick you thought it was something else before you buzzed? (somewhat like the case with Richard Whiteley). She had to make her decision quickly and may have regretted it after, specially if it had b...

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Tue Aug 15, 2017 10:14 pm I was totally unaware that FAPS was a word. I mean, literally no-one has ever used it, so why would I know it? It was only after I looked it up that I found out what it was.

Me too! But I wasn't going to admit it! I just assumed they were like 'baps' you get from bakers!

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Can't you order 2 iodines in a restaurant then? Maybe there should be a pharmacy rule.

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Bit of a change of mind on the conundrum? No objection from Nick. Aye, she did seem to take rather a long time to give the actual answer. To me it looked like she thought she had the answer then while Nick was talking realised that was incorrect. Then she worked out the correct answer. I was please...

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Well I just did (25 + 9 - 5) x 10) + 100/50 so I can't believe Rachel didn't get it with the extra time

Philip Wilson · Re: Spoilers for Friday 4 August 2017 (Series 77, Prelim 24) Nope.

Nope.

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I thought it was funny that Rachel did 46 x 6 + 6 instead of 47 x 6, when it was just as "cheap" to get the 47 as it was to get the 46. She did 9x5+7-6 instead of 9x5+8-6. Yes, or even 8 x 5 + 7 or 9 x 6 - 7. Which is what I was trying to say just now, lol :-) Yes, that would be even bett...

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Aug 03, 2017 2:57 pm I thought it was funny that Rachel did 46 x 6 + 6 instead of 47 x 6, when it was just as "cheap" to get the 47 as it was to get the 46. She did 9x5+7-6 instead of 9x5+8-6.

Yes, or even 8 x 5 + 7 or 9 x 6 - 7. Which is what I was trying to say just now, lol

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Tony Atkins wrote: ↑Thu Aug 03, 2017 2:00 pm Like the players, I missed that 6/(9-6) is 2 to add to the 280 and did (5x8-(6/6))x7+9

Spent most of the time looking for 47 for 47 x 6, then 8 x 5 + 7 almost appeared. Then I saw 9 x 6 - 7 too.

Philip Wilson

Has anyone else noticed that Nick's spiel asking people to apply for Countdown (typically read just after the first commercial break) is just a recording? Every time it's played, he makes pauses/hesitations in the same places, most notably saying "If you'd like to become a -- a Countdown conte...

Philip Wilson

Good to see there's life after last Thursday ;) Anyone else think Rachel should show the nearest available in the impossible numbers games? It happens sometimes but not usually. I imagine (((1 + 2) x 3 x 9) + 2) x 7 was her way for 581. It's quite inconsistent. She does it occasionally but most of ...

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Good to see there's life after last Thursday

Anyone else think Rachel should show the nearest available in the impossible numbers games? It happens sometimes but not usually.
I imagine (((1 + 2) x 3 x 9) + 2) x 7 was her way for 581.

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Tony Atkins wrote: ↑Thu Jul 27, 2017 1:55 pm Pleased to not only beat John today but also beat Rachel on the third numbers.

Also did the first numbers the easy way of 69x10-1.

I made use of that handy 69 too - very useful!
Seeing I'm here I may as well declare my last numbers: (75 + 25 - 10 - 7) x 5. Hate 2L!

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Yep, will sort something out. Pretty poor sound quality I have to say but watchable.

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Glen Webb got back on in 2013 after being in the QFs in 1992; thus, logically, I'd think you would have a shot now. The one sticky point is that you were an octochamp on your original appearance, while Webb only won 2 games, and you'd be looking at becoming the first former octochamp to be invited ...

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Johnny Canuck wrote: ↑Mon Jul 24, 2017 1:30 pm 2nd Numbers Alt.: (100 - 6) * (25 - 10 - 6)

Also 100 x 6 + 25 x 10 - 4
and one of the 6s:
((8 + 1) x 8 - 4/4) x 9 = 639

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Ah yes, I wasn't going to mention that!

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As Nick was asking who in the audience could solve the conundrum I said 'Anthony Endsor' ! Ok, I spotted him a few days ago but it was still a bit spooky!

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OMNIBUSES to beat DC's NIMBUSES in R1 TIDELESS in R10 Didn't get omnibuses in the 30 secs tbh, but after SD said it and RR put it up with the O left over, it was pretty hard Not to see it! Rigoletto was in one round, ok, a proper noun, but looking it up found rigolet, which beat DC, but not Laura's...

Philip Wilson

Anyone else noticed that when we see letters selections on tv during the 30 seconds, the outside edges of the end letter tiles are cut off, so those letters don't appear in the middle of their tiles?
Doesn't look right imo

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Waiter: Would you like a dusting of icing sugar on your sponge sir?
Customer: I'd like 2 dustings of icing sugar on my sponge please!
Waiter: Sorry sir, you can have One dusting of icing sugar on your sponge, followed by another dusting of icing sugar on your sponge.

Philip Wilson

875 = 50 × 7 × (8 − 6) × 5 ÷ 4 Maybe Rachel saw this late. Can't help thinking that multiplying by 2 and dividing by 4 is a sub-optimal solution. Maybe showboating? It was basically 50/2 × 35. If you're not showboating you'd divide by 2 first and never go above the target. Maybe she did see it late...

Philip Wilson

In a similar vein, I saw CORRALED a few days ago. If you look it up, it takes you to CORRAL, exactly the same as if you look up CORRALLED. The old print dictionary specifies CORRALLED, and the Introduction to the ODE says that if nothing is specified in the entry for the word, the correct version w...

Philip Wilson

In one of the rounds I saw defamity. Not being sure it's a word I checked on the site I think we use, https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/ - and it defaulted to defamer. It didn't say 'no exact match' though, which I usually see! So was I right or wrong? It's not valid on Apterous but that's not nece...

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In one of the rounds I saw defamity. Not being sure it's a word I checked on the site I think we use, https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/ - and it defaulted to defamer. It didn't say 'no exact match' though, which I usually see! So was I right or wrong?

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Thought that was weird too! I only see clung in an example sentence but I maybe not looking at the right site!
Darrens was in the yonders round for an apteristic seven though, lol

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Looking at the link there, the last letters game is interesting. As in today's last letters game the words offered were 'girates' with an *i* (disallowed) and 'astride'!

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Tony Atkins wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2017 1:59 pm Alt last numbers ((6+1)x25+2+9)x5

The "basic" way, or standard method, was
(((9x(6-2))+1)x25)+5 though, wasn't it?
Probably too many brackets there, lol.

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Could do with avoiding 4 large too, which cost him twice! If Berkan had not missed the first easyish numbers and seen isolated Nick would have lost.
Yep I'm 15 days behind, I need C4 to get the racing back to catch up, lol

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In cases like this it's nice to see what the subtitler put - which was torturous, but then I guess that's not conclusive.
Anyway, Sam was pretty unlucky to come up against the strongest player for a while.
(Only a week behind now!)

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ratwig is not valid by the way in case anyone was wondering. It might seem obvious, but they should have been explicit and not put it on the board! You could see Susie seemingly looking it up but she didn't subsequently say anything after Len rambled on about it. Ragwort was available in that round...

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Moderately surprised unsoaped isn't in for the spawned round.

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2017 3:30 pm Second numbers better method - (75+4)×(8+9-6)=869.

Not necessarily better but seeing we're saying, lol, 1st numbers alternative: ((7+1)x3x10)+9-4.

Philip Wilson

Second numbers without difficult calculations en route would be:
((5 x 2 x 10 - 7) x 10) + 8.

Philip Wilson

IMO, the wiki needs a better system for recording ambiguous words (e.g., METRE/METER and BOARD/BORED from Carl today) than putting them all in notes at the top of the page. We've had four examples in the past two days now. ABLATIVES and ASSARTED as beaters to SALIVATE and whatever the frak DC got i...

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Did Tony call 4 large a "Stelling Selection"? Not sure I've heard that term before, nor can I think of what connections 4L in particular has to Jeff. I wondered about that too, and thought maybe I'd just forgotten. The Jeff connection with 4L is it's the same as "too" small :-)

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Thought I recognised Dave straight away but from another quiz/game show and can't think which.
Sam said he would stick with a 6 in the unsubtle round, maybe that's what he had. DC not mentioning it and only declaring 7s made it look like it wouldn't have been in.

Philip Wilson

Thanks for posting. I don't feel bad at all about not getting that!

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Noticed the hand too, and yesterday. Was going to say it was good of Rachel for once to be seen to refer back to the numbers game she was left with. Not seen that before, even though she didn't actually have homework after all! Are we going to see the solution? :-) My 760 was (25-6) x (50-9-1) but a...

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Only a 6 but there was a heifer in the hewer round

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1st numbers alt.: 75 * 7 - 50 - 6 / 2 Susie mentioned FRAGILE in the FRAILER round but didn't actually note that it was available in the selection. For purposes of the wiki, I've left it un-asterisked. Hope nobody is overly traumatised by this. Had farries in that round but apparently that's not wh...

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Johnny Canuck wrote: ↑Mon Jan 16, 2017 2:25 pm Did Heerpal say LOUDEST in Round 2? A Non-Countdown Acquaintance™ passed by my desk and I had to talk over his word.

He did. Really enjoyable match today too, shame someone had to lose.

Philip Wilson

Paternal from Darren and maternal from Suzy would have been nice in the parental/prenatal round!

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