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Philip A

Does anyone know why this episode isn't on catch up? Should be there until Sunday lunchtime I think? I have checked and this episode is definitely available on my Channel 4 app on my iPad. All4 has recently rebranded as simply Channel 4 (or ‘the green 4’) so maybe that’s preventing a few eps from a...

Philip A

Trevor Montague appeared on Fifteen-to-One in 1990, and again in 1992 under a different name and while wearing a disguise. At the time losers couldn’t take part again. He was eventually sued after a viewer spotted his tactic on a Challenge repeat. He did the same tactic on The Krypton Factor but th...

Philip A

I think you actually can have MODULISE, because MODULIZE exists as a rare verb in ODP meaning to render modular, and there’s a sneaky Countdown rule where if the -IZE (Oxford spelling) verb is in the dictionary then you can have the -ISE (rest of Britain) equivalent even if unspecified, which is why...

Philip A

R1: LEGIONARY
R5: MIONITES (commoner spelling MEIONITES)

Philip A

What Susie said about MATIES didn't make sense. "You can spell it EY, in the singular, MATEY, or [same] without the Y, and the regular plural for that is IES." MATEY can also be spelt MATE, for which the plural is IES? (The subtitles said "matie" but this didn't factor into what...

Philip A

What Susie said about MATIES didn't make sense. "You can spell it EY, in the singular, MATEY, or [same] without the Y, and the regular plural for that is IES." MATEY can also be spelt MATE, for which the plural is IES? (The subtitles said "matie" but this didn't factor into what...

Philip A

Adam Dexter wrote: ↑Thu Apr 27, 2023 5:55 pm Kirk was on Eggheads today. Not sure if a repeat, but the value was a lot higher than Lauren/Aidan's show last week so I presume it was.

Yep, a repeat.

Philip A

Cursed by talks of 900. Damn! Beaten in the last 3 numbers and 3 words disallowed cost him. What a shame. Don’t think I can ever remember someone winning their first 3 games (of any series) with centuries and losing their 4th. By the way, I’ve noticed the champion’s chair looks shorter and more wor...

Philip A

Might Ian have emerged as dark horse since his first run? 900 club if he keeps this average up.

Philip A

R4: ADEPTIST
R7: PLUMBATE

Philip A

Over the last 8 episodes, as a homage to the World Snooker Championship, Colin Murray has worn a jumper of colours representing snooker balls of increasing point value: white, red, yellow, green, brown, blue, pink and today black.

Philip A

COARSENED in R13.

CECIL had a day off.

Philip A

R3: 780 can be achieved by 130*6: ((9+1)*3+100)*6

R8: OUTWALES
R10: ROBBINS (and RIBBONS)

Philip A

R5: EPIBLAST
R12: MIJITAS

Philip A

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Fri Apr 21, 2023 4:46 pm
Philip A wrote: ↑Fri Apr 21, 2023 4:39 pm BTW, what’s the current record for fewest octochamps in a 15-round series?
I was thinking about this. We've only had one so far.

Meant to check this on Wiki, but anyway, there have been two 15-round series with just two octochamps, last one being the first 2010 series.

Philip A

Back-and-forth game, numbers V letters battle and the latter won. Good contest.

R12: MIJITAS

BTW, what’s the current record for fewest octochamps in a 15-round series?

Philip A

-YSE is also an Oxford spelling, as well as -IZE. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_spelling I confidently went for paralyze x, but forgot about the -yze Americanism. Easy to mix up. Now I shall note myself that -IZE(R), -ISE(R) and -YSE(R) and inflected forms are generally accepted (there are of...

Philip A

The comical, debonair Justin Moorhouse returns in Dictionary Corner for episode 7997.

Philip A

Seed table is looking interesting with 3 viscounts (6-time winners) with a reasonable chance of making the finals. Well done to Greg for scoring 4 centuries on the trot. Loved your 3-piece suits BTW. Well played, Pouvanen, especially on the numbers. Next week will mark the 8,000th regular recording!

Philip A

Good contest!

Philip A

Howie Myers wrote: ↑Thu Apr 13, 2023 7:21 am I'm not sure what happened in the STARRIEST round?

It was a bit confusing, I agree. The challenger said “starriest” but as he declared 8 instead of 9, and Susie said it needed two Rs, he likely spelled it with one R. Very unfortunate nonetheless.

Philip A

Howie Myers wrote: ↑Wed Apr 12, 2023 4:43 am r7: ENFACING

EFFACING but no enfacing x.

Philip A

R8: RHEOSTAT last second

Philip A

R4: ALGORIST, SLIOTAIR

Didn’t know BEASTMAN.

Philip A

Dirty mind test in Round 1!

Philip A

A phenomenal team on Eggheads on 19 April 6:30 on Channel 5 - Lauren Hamer, Aaron and Aidan Linge, and David Stainer.

Philip A

R11: ALONSOA
R12: went over ambitious with muskette x, but did have MUSETTE.

Philip A

Interestingly, you can slot an M in GERANIUM for GERMANIUM. Didn’t know that. Alex upped his numbers from last time. I was shocked that nobody in the studio spotted GERMANIUM, even more so given that the remaining M was directly below the A (IIRC) when GERANIUM was put up on the board. TBF, germani...

Philip A

R1: SEAFRONT
R3 alt: 8*50+100+4*7=528

Philip A

Interestingly, you can slot an M in GERANIUM for GERMANIUM. Didn’t know that.

Alex upped his numbers from last time.

Philip A

Close game!

(50*6+5*8-9)*3 was my 993 route, and I saw the very rarely used DELIROUS (these days DELIRIOUS) in R10.

Philip A

Class thread this.

Philip A

The Jarrow Arrow, Steve Cram, joins Dictionary Corner.

Philip A

Rhys Benjamin wrote: ↑Fri Mar 31, 2023 1:53 pm 9 x 8 x (8 + 3) - 6 was staring in the face there and everyone missed it?

Different ways of thinking and solving in 30 seconds, so some people incl. experts are going to miss more obvious words/methods. I had SIXTEENS in the SEPTINES round.

Philip A

Unlucky, Dave. Finals still on, though!

ENTRESOLS in R2.

Philip A

R1: AUTODYNES
R3 alt: (75-25-6-4)*8=320
R5 alt: GEMATRIA

Philip A

R7: FOOBAR (can also be spelled FUBAR)

Philip A

R7 alt: ENORMOUS

Philip A

Trevor Montague appeared on Fifteen-to-One in 1990, and again in 1992 under a different name and while wearing a disguise. At the time losers couldn’t take part again. He was eventually sued after a viewer spotted his tactic on a Challenge repeat. I did think of him actually. Considered posting but...

Philip A

Trevor Montague appeared on Fifteen-to-One in 1990, and again in 1992 under a different name and while wearing a disguise. At the time losers couldn’t take part again. He was eventually sued after a viewer spotted his tactic on a Challenge repeat. He did the same tactic on The Krypton Factor but thi...

Philip A

We’re gonna need a bigger teapot.

Philip A

Important news: the bug has now been fixed and the -IER/-IEST words are now back in Oxford Dictionaries Premium.

Philip A

Anyone know why EBONITES seemingly isn't allowed? Susie stuck with the singular form even though it's not listed as a mass noun. Though NOBLEITES was available in the same round so it's kind of moot Because EBONITE is another term for VULCANITE which is given as a mass noun. ebonites x has been dis...

Philip A

Challenger is no stranger to TV: https://www.somanda.org.uk/a-brush-with-tv-quizzing/

Philip A

R2: FELONIES and FELONRIES
R3 alt: (100+8+4)*6+2+1=675

Philip A

R5 alt: ENDGATES
R8: TORTILLA
R10: GORIER

Quite a few obscure entries from Oxford Dictionaries Premium mentioned this episode in RANCOURS, ONSTEEAD (they’ve probably learned its variants from the last CoC) and both teasers.

Philip A

Both contestants are great adverts for Countdown.

No scores of 0 from the winner - a sign of a good player.

Philip A

Toby McDonald wrote: ↑Mon Mar 13, 2023 11:19 pm OLEINES in R8
TUYERES in R13

R13 only letters max I missed. I had MESOLINE.

Philip A

Howie Myers wrote: ↑Mon Mar 13, 2023 6:59 am r1: STORABLES

Not a noun, sadly.

Philip A

As discussed elsewhere, there is currently a bug in Oxford Premium which is preventing dozens of -IER and -IEST from appearing. They have not been removed per se. They do still in appear in ODP’s database. Without the bug, PEATIEST and TANGLIER would have been accepted. Unfortunately, it looks like ...

Philip A

Howie Myers wrote: ↑Sat Mar 11, 2023 7:04 am r7 alt: OUTLEARN and OUTFLARE

‘Outflare’ is not in the dictionary.

Philip A

R13 Alt: FIBULA

RAZORFISH took me a second dead to unravel.

Philip A

Judging by his body language, the winner was taking it way too seriously in my view. Feel sorry for James, especially as he chose a subject that was congruent with his PhD studies.

A few weeks ago, a heat winner previously appeared 45 years ago, and was a fantastic advert for Mastermind.

Philip A

What I like about Countdown is that I can put it on every weekday and see a unique show without fail. Put on Pointless or The Chase and there's always a chance it could be a repeat. I do find this repeat trend very irritating. It’s even more irritating when there are more repeats than new episodes....

Philip A

Sam Cappleman-Lynes wrote: ↑Mon Mar 06, 2023 7:38 pm James Haughton on Mastermind tonight.

His third appearance, I think.

Philip A

Toby McDonald wrote: ↑Mon Mar 06, 2023 10:52 pm
Philip A wrote: ↑Mon Mar 06, 2023 6:53 pm ((100-7)*75+50))/25=278
That makes 281, unfortunately.

Ah yeah, 93*3 is not 276 of course.

Philip A

There was, and as of now still is, a bug in the dictionary which is preventing dozens of -IER/-IEST words from appearing, hence why ‘peatiest’ was disallowed. The bug was noted after recording. Without the bug, the word would have appeared and given valid. Hopefully the bug will be squashed soon. Al...

Philip A

Howie Myers wrote: ↑Sat Mar 04, 2023 6:48 am r1 alt: WOOLIES

American spelling, so not allowed – WOOLLY and inflections have two Ls in the British spelling. Strange but true.

Philip A

DOTAKU in R6 too.

Philip A

samir pilica wrote: ↑Fri Mar 03, 2023 11:52 am consistent in applying 5 year rule re reappearances.

I wish Countdown was like that, as I expressed elsewhere.

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