Spoilers for Tuesday 24th March 2026 (Series 93, Heat 57)

[Philip A]

In Round 1, Susie’s offering of HEMATIC is invalid as it is an American spelling:

haematic
Pronunciation: /hiːˈmatɪk/
(US English hematic)
ADJECTIVE

DATED Medicine
Relating to or affecting the blood.

But THEMATIC was an excellent get. I had ANTHEMIC

In Round 14 I did ((5+4)*9+1)*4=328

Close game!

[Gevin Chapwell]

SONNIES as a beater in one of the rounds.

I thought 41×8 was the obvious way to go for 328. 5×9-4 or 4×9+5 and then 4+5-1.

We started off this series so promisingly with octochamps but now we've completely dried up. Not getting 10 now.

[John Garcia]

In Round 1, Susie’s offering of HEMATIC is invalid as it is an American spelling:

Thanks I missed that error!

But THEMATIC was an excellent get. I had ANTHEMIC

In Round 14 I did ((5+4)*9+1)*4=328

Close game!

I had THEMATIC and did the numbers the same way.

[John Garcia]

SONNIES as a beater in one of the rounds.

I had that as a candidate word too, but it's not valid in the current dictionary. Did it used to be in?

[Gevin Chapwell]

SONNIES as a beater in one of the rounds.

I had that as a candidate word too, but it's not valid in the current dictionary. Did it used to be in?

I presume so. It's on Apterous and this thing.

[John Garcia]

I presume so. It's on Apterous and this thing.

Ok thanks. My bad. SONNIES as a search doesn't lead anywhere in the dictionary, but SONNY is not listed as a mass noun so it should be ok. I was expecting an auto-redirect but I guess the plural needs to be explicitly specified for auto-redirect to work.

[Philip A]

I think the reason why ‘sonnies’ doesn’t direct to ‘sonny’ is because the plural wouldn’t be used very often, but I doubt it’s invalid.