Thursday's game

[Stuart Earl]

Countdown recap for Thursday 7th February 2008.

C1: Champion Ian Lamb (2 wins.)
C2: Challenger Nichola Sullings.
DC: Susie Dent and James Whittaker.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: O A E B R G T B S
R02: G D I A T M I E N
R03: E U E M K T F A R
R04: D L P I I U A S R
R05: 10, 8, 1, 2, 3, 4. Target: 404.
TTT: FLAGPOEM - "a fast computer or a terrible film"
R06: T L T E O A E L S
R07: I A I Q Z E S W S
R08: M H P A I O R I D
R09: E A I M R C N E S
R10: 6, 8, 1, 4, 2, 25. Target: 438.
TTT: SORECORN - "Frank and Des in fine voice"
R11: O E A N D L S R U
R12: L H P E D Y I E D
R13: O E O N C T F E N
R14: 10, 7, 1, 2, 9, 50. Target: 666.
R15: S P A M B A L T I (conundrum)


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Round 1: O A E B R G T B S
C1: BARGES (6)
C2: BOATERS (7)
DC: BOASTER (7) STABBER (7)
OT: BOGARTS (7) GOBBETS (7) TOERAGS (7) etc
Score: 0–7 (max 7)

Round 2: G D I A T M I E N
C1: DIETING (7)
C2: IMAGINED (8)
DC: MEDIATING (18)
Score: 0–15 (max 25)

Round 3: E U E M K T F A R
C1: FEATURE (7)
C2: MARKET (6)
DC: MEERKAT (7)
Score: 7–15 (max 32)

Round 4: D L P I I U A S R
C1: PLAID (5)
C2: PLAIDS (6)
DC: PULSAR (6)
OT: DIAPIRS (7)
Score: 7–21 (max 39)

Round 5: 10, 8, 1, 2, 3, 4. Target: 404.
C1: 404.((2+3X8X10)+4 (10)
C2: 404.((2+3X8X10)+4 (10)
Score: 17–31 (max 49)

Teatime teaser: FLAGPOEM -> MEGAFLOP

Round 6: T L T E O A E L S
C1: LATEST (6)
C2: SETTLE (6)
DC: ALLOTS (6) ELATES (6)
OT: ALLOTTEES (18)
Score: 23–37 (max 67)

Round 7: I A I Q Z E S W S
C1: ASSIZE (6)
C2: WISES (5)
Score: 29–37 (max 73)

Round 8: M H P A I O R I D
C1: HAIRDO (6)
C2: IMPAIR (6)
DC: MOHAIR (6)
OT: MORPHIA (7)
Score: 35–43 (max 80)

Round 9: E A I M R C N E S
C1: MINCERS (7)
C2: CINEMAS (7)
DC: CARMINE (7) - carmines?
OT: RACEMISE (8) INCREASE (8) MENACERS (8)
Score: 42–50 (max 88)

Round 10: 6, 8, 1, 4, 2, 25. Target: 438.
C1: 440.((8+1)x2x25)-6-4 (7)
C2: 440.((8+1)x2x25)-6-4 (7)
CV: 438. (((4-1)x25)-2)x6 (10)
Score: 49–57 (max 98)

Teatime teaser: SORECORN -> CROONERS

Round 11: O E A N D L S R U
C1: LOANERS (7)
C2: LANDERS (7)
DC: ROULADES (8) SOLANDER (8)
OT: UNLOADERS (18)
Score: 56–64 (max 116)

Round 12: L H P E D Y I E D
C1: HELPED (6)
C2: DEEPLY (6)
DC: PIDDLY (6)
OT: YIELDED (7)
Score: 62–70 (max 123)

Round 13: O E O N C T F E N
C1: FENCE (5)
C2: TONE (4)
DC: NONCE (5)
OT: CONNOTE (7) ECOTONE (7)
Score: 67–70 (max 130)

Round 14: 10, 7, 1, 2, 9, 50. Target: 666.
C1: 666.((10+2+1)X50)+9+7 (10)
C2: 666.((10+2+1)X50)+9+7 (10)
Score: 77–80 (max 140)

Round 15: S P A M B A L T I
No one buzzes. The answer was BAPTISMAL.
Score: 77–80 (max 150)


Further summaries are at:
http://www.thecountdowncorral.com/cd/se ... ?series=58

[David O'Donnell]

Thought I might have had a perfect game today but missed MORPHIA and ALLOTTEES so nowhere close really!

[Julian Fell]

Yeah like you David - after watching the show, I hadn't been beaten by DC or Carol, and I'd beaten DC four times, so I thought I might have had a perfect game or maybe missed one or two beaters at most. Then I put the selections into CountMax and found that I'd missed four maxima! D'oh! So it sounds like you'd've beaten me David. Couldn't get the conundrum either...

Really tough rounds though, with loads of difficult-to-spot, non-pattern-following maxes - DC had a poor game, but you can hardly blame them.

[David Roe]

You'd expect them to spot "tallest" in round 6. I ran my video back to check I'd got the letters down right!

[Martin Smith]

Yea, relatively poor display from DC. I liked the bonus 'origin of words' for 'croon' being from Dutch to groan - although I don't think Des did....