c4countdown

Alt 1st numbers: ((7x5)-10)x25-(9-8)

RONQUIL in R12

PEPTIDES in R11

Alt 3rd numbers: (75x6)+(8x3)-(10-9)

Round 7: D Q T E A I N G A C1: DATING (6) C2: DATING (6) DC: TINGED (6), AGNATE (6) OT: ADNATE (6), AGENDA (6), DETAIN (6), EATING (6), GAINED (6), TAENIA (6), TAGINE (6), TANGED (6), TEAING (6), TIENDA (6) I wonder if there has ever been a letters round where a max was visibly shown in the selecti...

What an extraordinary episode.

Really enjoyed Sean's ebullience!

STOREYED in R4

After consideration, I have decided to make this puzzle a bit easier as several people seem to be struggling with it by including a hint which, like the words in the puzzle, links with the Linkword. The hint will be hidden in case people want to solve the puzzle without it. Note: The hint will never...

Yeah. ROCKET instantly hit me but I wasn't entirely sure how to follow on from that, so I looked at the hints and after thinking long and hard about it, I finally got there in the end.

TIN ROCKET HIT KIND

Linkword: MAN

Correct! Got there in the end.

Just out of curiosity, are there any improvements needed for the puzzle to make it more solvable, as it looks like several people are struggling with it?

Almost. You've got the Linkword right but only 2/4 on the words.

OK. One of the words is LILY. Think of a word that links with it and try to find another word in the puzzle that links with the same word and the rest should be plain sailing.

Any progress yet, Andy?

Just enjoy it and don't put too much pressure on yourself. Play the game, have fun and see what happens. Be as relaxed as possible, smile, bring gifts, frolic, flirt and laugh at Dudley's jokes, because nobody else will. Pretty much what I would say, and pretty much what I did, particularly the lat...

I wonder how long it will be until we see another game where the highest score ever could easily have been broken. Oops. :roll: In my defence, I had never heard of SPOORER and I wouldn't have spotted LATTICED in a million years (terrific spot by my opponent)! So, personally, I wouldn't have beaten ...

I entirely agree with Andy. Ever since I watched Countdown, nearly all of the contestants were of good standard. But today was a bit of a let down regarding Helen. She had some good rounds but in a few, e.g. declaring EGYPT when the rules clearly stated that capitalised words, countries and suchlike...

I wonder how long it will be until we see another game where the highest score ever could easily have been broken.

Andy Platt wrote:Keep picking up two that could be related but going into a dead end, like SKY/ICE (scraper) or CITY/LAKE (geography). kljajwdkawjdkmawd

Keep going, Andy! You'll get there!

First Danny, and now Helen. Where does Damian get these people from?

I think Bobby got a bit too excited in R2.

Well done, Bob! Apologies if I didn't make the rules of the puzzle clear enough.

Here's another one:

O L L A
E A E C
L S Y C
K T G I

I hope this one is easier for everyone and helps you understand the puzzle better.

If there are any queries, feel free to ask!

Is everyone struggling and do you want me to reveal one of the words to get you started?

Johnny Canuck wrote:Do the letters in each word have to be adjacent to each other?

No

I have made this puzzle myself and I hope that you all will enjoy it. It's called "Linkwords" and basically, you have to find 4 words in a 4x4 grid which have a link to another word i.e. the Linkword. The four words are not always of equal length: they can be 5-5-3-3, 6-4-3-3, 5-4-4-3, and...

INHUMANE in R2

I wonder if there would be any chance of Susie allowing GROUNDEST. I wouldn't have gone for it but GROUND is in as an adjective. I was thinking about GROUNDEST too, but I wasn't entirely sure. I checked the ODO and it said that GROUND is an attributive adjective, so I wonder if that has something t...

Is it just me or did Danny keep on saying "continent" instead of "consonant"?

POOFTERS (sorry) in R4

Callum Todd wrote:

Gavin Chipper wrote:

Bradley Cates wrote:WHY WEREN'T WE GIVEN ANY DRESSING GOWNS?!?!

Forget that. Why weren't you given fence panels?

We were, but we all gambled and lost :/

It was a sad moment.

WHY WEREN'T WE GIVEN ANY DRESSING GOWNS?!?!

Undoubtedly the best game of Countdown I have ever seen in my life. It was a privilege to watch the game live and be part of a magnificent series! Deserved congratulations to Callum! I think this final will be immensely difficult to top! Congrats to Callum and commiserations to Dylan. Great final, o...

Thanks, everyone, for all your comments from all my games. It has been a pleasure reading them! The last few months have been a blast and I'll never forget the experience!

By the way, does anyone know whether there will be another Championship of Champions? I would love to take part!