COGST: Game 2: Sfyris versus O'Donnell

[David O'Donnell]

We had to play this game via msn owing to my crappy Internet problem and with Dinos's constant crashing it made for trying times for young Mr Reams.


Countdown recap for Wednesday 10th September 2008.

C1: Challenger Dinos Sfyris.
C2: Challenger David O'Donnell.
DC: The ever patient Charlie Reams.
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: C I R E S O L N R
R02: A E I P X G Z T P
R03: D O V E S I T C T
R04: I A O M T T R I I
R05: 100, 75, 50, 25, 6, 2. Target: 775.

R06: A U E D F T G A E
R07: N U L I S O A B P
R08: E A O T R S Q N L
R09: D E B A R O J N R
R10: 100, 75, 50, 25, 8, 3. Target: 376.

R11: D U M I K E T S G
R12: A I O L N S R E N
R13: M E N O T A S E E
R14: 100, 75, 50, 25, 8, 6. Target: 559.
R15: F R O N T R I B S (conundrum)


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Round 1: C I R E S O L N R

C1: INCLOSE (7)
C2: LORINERS (8)
OT: LICENSOR (8)
Score: 0–8 (max 8)

Round 2: A E I P X G Z T P

C1: EXPAT (5)
C2: EXPAT (5)
OT: PIETA (5)
Score: 5–13 (max 13)

Round 3: D O V E S I T C T

C1: scottie
C2: COTTISED (8)
Score: 5–21 (max 21)

Round 4: I A O M T T R I I

C1: MOAT (4)
C2: IMITATOR (8)
Score: 5–29 (max 29)

Round 5: 100, 75, 50, 25, 6, 2. Target: 775.

C1: 775. (6+2)*100-25 (10)
C2: 775. 6*(100+25)+(75-50) (10)
Score: 15–39 (max 39)

Teatime teaser: ->

Round 6: A U E D F T G A E

C1: AGATE (5)
C2: DEFEAT (6)
OT: GATEAU (6)
Score: 15–45 (max 45)

Round 7: N U L I S O A B P

C1: ALBINOS (7)
C2: PIANOS (6)
OT: UPSILON (7)
Score: 22–45 (max 52)

Round 8: E A O T R S Q N L

C1: SANTERO (7)
C2: SENATOR (7)
OT: ANTLERS (7) ETALONS (7) LOANERS (7) RENTALS (7) SALTERN (7) STERNAL (7) TREASON (7)
Score: 29–52 (max 59)

Round 9: D E B A R O J N R

C1: BROADEN (7)
C2: BANDORE (7)
OT: ADORNER (7) BOARDER (7) BRANDER (7) BROADER (7) REBOARD (7) REBRAND (7)
Score: 36–59 (max 66)

Round 10: 100, 75, 50, 25, 8, 3. Target: 376.

C1: 375.
C2: 376. 8*(50-75/25) (10)
Score: 36–69 (max 76)

Teatime teaser: ->

Round 11: D U M I K E T S G

C1: KISMET (6)
C2: GUSTED (6)
OT: DUGITES (7) (I, like the coward I am, didn't risk DUGITES after Dinos declared a six first) MIDGETS (7) MIDGUTS (7)
Score: 42–75 (max 83)

Round 12: A I O L N S R E N

C1: LOANERS (7)
C2: ROSALINE (8)
OT: AILERONS (8) ALIENORS (8) SOLANINE (8)
Score: 42–83 (max 91)

Round 13: M E N O T A S E E

C1: MEANEST (7)
C2: EASEMENT (8)
Score: 42–91 (max 99)

Round 14: 100, 75, 50, 25, 8, 6. Target: 559.

C1: 556.
C2: 558. 6*100-50+8 (7)
OT: 559. (75-100/50)*8-25 (10) Bugger!
Score: 42–98 (max 109)

Round 15: F R O N T R I B S

C1 buzzes on 5 seconds to say FIRSTBORN which is correct.
Score: 52–98 (max 119)

I tell Charlie and Dinos how I got this conundrum recently on apterous in a couple of seconds ... Dinos informs me it was against him! Shows what a decent scramble can do to your ability to spot a word. I have to type that Dinos seemed seriously hampered by playing via msn so I hope to delay my next game until such times as I am operational again (meaning able to play via apterous).


Further summaries are at:
http://cdb.apterous.org/series.php?series=-102

[Dinos Sfyris]

Hampered, but not much. There are words like COTTISED, EASEMENT and DUGITES which I never would have spotted in a bzillion years, whereas LORINERS and AILERONS I would normally spot immediately. (This I determined by a precise chemical method) I think its fair to say the better player won today. Well done David.

[Joseph Bolas]

Round 15: F R O N T R I B S

C1 buzzes on 5 seconds to say FIRSTBORN which is correct.
Score: 52–98 (max 119)

I tell Charlie and Dinos how I got this conundrum recently on apterous in a couple of seconds ... Dinos informs me it was against him! Shows what a decent scramble can do to your ability to spot a word. I have to type that Dinos seemed seriously hampered by playing via msn so I hope to delay my next game until such times as I am operational again (meaning able to play via apterous).

I thought this was actually quite a tough conundrum to be honest (and I normally like the harder conundrums) so very well done Dinos for geting it in 5 seconds .

[Dinos Sfyris]

It was me that got the conundrum Think I recognised the scramble from one of birthday boy Jason Cullen's Conundrum Alphabets