Countdown recap for Wednesday 26 December 2001.
C1: Champion Terance Carey (1 win, 83 points.)
C2: Challenger Tom Hargreaves.
DC: Clare Pemberton and Geforrey Durham.
CV: Carol Vorderman.
OT: Other words or solutions.
Round 1: D S L E O I R N T
C1: SOLDIER (7)
C2: STEROID (7)
DC: EDITORS (7)
OT: TENDRILS (8)
Score: 7–7 (max 8)
Round 2: G M C V A E O P S
C1: CAMEOS (6)
C2: CAMEOS (6)
DC: POMACE (6)
OT: POMACES (7)
Score: 13–13 (max 15)
Round 3: F B F I E D A T L
C1: DETAIL (6)
C2: DILATE (6)
DC: FLATBED (7)
OT: BAFFLED (7)
Score: 19–19 (max 22)
Round 4: R N S H O E I W M
C1: INSHORE (7)
C2: SHOWIER (7)
DC: HEROISM (7)
OT: MOREISH (7) MENHIRS (7) MERINOS (7) SHOWMEN (7) SNOWIER (7) WHINERS (7) WINSOME (7)
Score: 26–26 (max 29)
Round 5: 25, 7, 1, 9, 4, 10. Target: 408.
C1: 409. 10+7-1=16*25=400+9 (7)
C2: 409. 9+7*25=400+10-1=409 (7)
CV: 408. 25-1=24*(10+7) (10)
Score: 33–33 (max 39)
Round 6: D T P R U A E C D
C1: CAPTURED (8)
C2: CAPTURED (8)
DC: TRADUCED (8)
Score: 41–41 (max 47)
Round 7: S N L G O I A T G
C1: gloatings
C2: GLOATING (8)
OT: ANTILOGS (8)
Score: 41–49 (max 55)
Round 8: R M F B E U A Q S
C1: FRAMES (6)
C2: SQUARE (6)
DC: SUBFRAME (8)
Score: 47–55 (max 63)
Round 9: X T N O E I L P R
C1: POINTER (7)
C2: RETINOL (7)
DC: TRIPLEX (7)
OT: EXPLOIT (7) PROTEIN (7) REPOINT (7) POLITER (7) PROLINE (7)
Score: 54–62 (max 70)
Round 10: 25, 8, 3, 4, 2, 10. Target: 625.
C1: 625. Mistake in working.
C2: 625. 10+8+4+3*25 (10)
Score: 54–72 (max 80)
Round 11: F G V A E O D M S
C1: SAVED (5)
C2: GAMES (5)
DC: DOSAGE (6)
OT: DAGOES (6) DOGMAS (6) FOAMED (6) OMEGAS (6) VADOSE (6) FADGES (6)
Score: 59–77 (max 86)
Round 12: T C H Y A E I N L
C1: ENTAIL (6)
C2: CHATLINE (8)
DC: LATENCY (7)
OT: THYLACINE (18)
Score: 59–85 (max 104)
Round 13: R D S T U A I E P
C1: PASTURED (8)
C2: PASTURED (8)
DC: UPRAISED (8)
OT: DISPUTER (8) STUPIDER (8) TRAIPSED (8)
Score: 67–93 (max 112)
Round 14: 25, 6, 2, 5, 7, 7. Target: 551.
C1: -
C2: 550. 7+7+6+2*25 (7)
CV: 550. (7)
Score: 67–100 (max 119)
Round 15: G I A N T S O C C
C2 buzzes on 2 seconds to say ACCOSTING which is correct.
Score: 67–110 (max 129)
So there you go my first game and I'll get the rest up hopefully by the end of this week, hope you enjoyed reading.
It was a good game this and the scoreline was closer than it seemed. Terry was a half decent oppoent and would probably have won a fair few as would most of my other opponents. The GLOATINGS round was really tough cos I wasn't sure whether to go for it or not.
Thank you Charlie for your advice - much appreciated, must say I was very impressed with the tool
