Spoilers For Friday September 9th 2011

[James Robinson]

So, we've hit the half-century of this series today, and with mystery, intrigue and possible deception lurking in the background, we're going to see if Carl can match or even better his performance of yesterday (basically to bury Wednesday into the ground as much as possible) and see if he can reach half-octochampdom status today.

Mike will be recapping later.

P.S. Can someone send out a distress call to Liam, please

[James Robinson]

DICTATES and STRIATED in round 3, GODLIEST in round 7, LLANERO in round 9 and LITREAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGE in round 12.

2nd Numbers Alts: ((9 + 2) x 3 x 25) - 6 & (((25 + 6) x 3) - 2) x 9 = 819

There's me thinking that the conundrum was HYSTERIAL

[Brian Moore]

LITREAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGE in round 12.

That's one I spotted (in its more conventional spelling) and checked on Lexplorer, which said "This word has an estimated obscurity of 99% (very rare)." Really? Out of interest, how is the rarity calculated? (It's OK, I'm just interested, not looking for an argument.)

Hmm, CAFETIERE has exactly the same obscurity rating, THEREMIN a disappointing 83%, and ABOMASUM is only 71%. At the other end of the scale, COMMON is 0% (ubiquitous), whilst UBIQUITOUS is 29% (common).

[Philip Jarvis]

I'm surprised Carl didn't get BARBELL in round 9.

[Jon Corby]

I'm surprised Carl didn't get BARBELL in round 9.

And STEROID in round 7