Which contestant...?
Which contestant...?
...has the most bountiful name if we were playing some hyper variant with the letters of their name?
JON CORBY is rubbish because it only yields a 6 (BRONCO), but at least I've just given Kai an opportunity to quote the first four words of this sentence and go "lol i no" or something.
I guess some people are going to have quite long surnames which are actually words, but which past contestant's name contains the longest ODE2r-valid word?
(I haven't given this any thought btw)
JON CORBY is rubbish because it only yields a 6 (BRONCO), but at least I've just given Kai an opportunity to quote the first four words of this sentence and go "lol i no" or something.
I guess some people are going to have quite long surnames which are actually words, but which past contestant's name contains the longest ODE2r-valid word?
(I haven't given this any thought btw)
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Re: Which contestant...?
Not a past contestant, but you can only manage sevens from helenandrews anyway (handles, learned, slender, and probably loads more).
chrisdavies is dishier, though
chrisdavies is dishier, though
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I cheated and found CAMELLIA from my name, got to be better than 8 out there, though.
Edit: Or if you take the RACCOONBOY approach (and ignore the obvious), Jon and I can be BRONCO-buddies.
Edit: Or if you take the RACCOONBOY approach (and ignore the obvious), Jon and I can be BRONCO-buddies.
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You're right, not a past contestant so you don't countHelen Andrews wrote:Not a past contestant, but you can only manage sevens from helenandrews anyway (handles, learned, slender, and probably loads more).
There's better than seven out of your name too though.
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Re: Which contestant...?
Way to make a girl feel wanted!Jon Corby wrote:You're right, not a past contestant so you don't countHelen Andrews wrote:Not a past contestant, but you can only manage sevens from helenandrews anyway (handles, learned, slender, and probably loads more).
Oh dear, I thought that might happen, let me have another think...oh, I suppose you can be a handler can't you, so I could have just stuck an r in handles above to manage an 8. Although you'll be telling me there's a 9 in there next.Jon Corby wrote:There's better than seven out of your name too though.
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Re: Which contestant...?
Magda Greensmith yields MAGNETISED.
But I am sure you can do better.
But I am sure you can do better.
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Re: Which contestant...?
Michael MacDonald-Cooper yields MACROECONOMIC.
Beat that.
Methinks another contestant with a double barrelled surname will do it.
Beat that.
Methinks another contestant with a double barrelled surname will do it.
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I wouldn't complain, this is me being nice!Helen Andrews wrote:Way to make a girl feel wanted!
I dunno actually, I just saw HANDLERS and RELEASED at a glance, so I was careful to phrase it as I did rather than say "there are a couple of eights" as some smart(er)-arse would come along and say that there's more in there. I've just seen ENSNARLED for 9 actually.Helen Andrews wrote:Oh dear, I thought that might happen, let me have another think...oh, I suppose you can be a handler can't you, so I could have just stuck an r in handles above to manage an 8. Although you'll be telling me there's a 9 in there next.
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Are you using a solver?Marc Meakin wrote:Michael MacDonald-Cooper yields MACROECONOMIC.
Beat that.
Methinks another contestant with a double barrelled surname will do it.
(Not that that isn't allowed, just wondering how you came up with it)
I'm hoping somebody's gonna feed the entire contestant roll through an ODE2r solver to come up with a definitive answer at some point.
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Oh I see, you must be fighting them off with sticksJon Corby wrote:I wouldn't complain, this is me being nice!Helen Andrews wrote:Way to make a girl feel wanted!
So to summarise, you'll be telling me there's a 9 in there next. Clearly I need to spend more time practising Countdown. I'll give that apterous site another go.Jon Corby wrote:I dunno actually, I just saw HANDLERS and RELEASED at a glance, so I was careful to phrase it as I did rather than say "there are a couple of eights" as some smart(er)-arse would come along and say that there's more in there. I've just seen ENSNARLED for 9 actually.Helen Andrews wrote:Oh dear, I thought that might happen, let me have another think...oh, I suppose you can be a handler can't you, so I could have just stuck an r in handles above to manage an 8. Although you'll be telling me there's a 9 in there next.
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I am indeed using a solver, but my contestant knowledge is based on searches through the Apterous archives on classic games.Jon Corby wrote:Are you using a solver?Marc Meakin wrote:Michael MacDonald-Cooper yields MACROECONOMIC.
Beat that.
Methinks another contestant with a double barrelled surname will do it.
(Not that that isn't allowed, just wondering how you came up with it)
I'm hoping somebody's gonna feed the entire contestant roll through an ODE2r solver to come up with a definitive answer at some point.
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Re: Which contestant...?
Just checked out the anagrams I did in April last year -
http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic. ... t=namagram
There are a couple of 10 letters words at nos 29 and 72 - FORMIDABLE and BAROMETERS. I believe at least one of them is a past contestant.
http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic. ... t=namagram
There are a couple of 10 letters words at nos 29 and 72 - FORMIDABLE and BAROMETERS. I believe at least one of them is a past contestant.
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I read this as "I'll give that apterous shite another go."Helen Andrews wrote: I'll give that apterous site another go.
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Also, whose longest word uses the largest proportion of their name? While the 13 letter MACROECONOMIC is the longest so far, it only uses a feeble 59% of MICHAEL MACDONALD-COOPER's 22 letter name. BRONCO uses 75% of mine
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ADHESION = 80% of JOHN DAVIES
In yo' face Corbster.
In yo' face Corbster.
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Re: Which contestant...?
All I'll say for the moment, until I find something longer, is that I'm AWESOME.
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DON WRIGHT is downright unbeatable at 100%.Marc Meakin wrote:Also Tricia Pay RAPACITY = 89%
(Er, obviously a longer 100%er will actually beat him though.)
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Haha, good work. Beat me to the ol' 100%-er. I like that you barely even have to arrange the letters. Cracking.Jon Corby wrote:DON WRIGHT is downright unbeatable at 100%.Matt Morrison wrote:AMNIOTE = 89% of TIM O'KANE
(Er, obviously a longer 100%er will actually beat him though.)
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Rita Bean is ATABRINE.
Oops CSW only.
Don Gill is DOLLING, for second place.
Oops CSW only.
Don Gill is DOLLING, for second place.
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Re: Which contestant...?
I have the same problem as Jon Corby when it comes to trying to find a 9.
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Is this an erectile dysfunction joke?David Roe wrote:I have the same problem as Jon Corby when it comes to trying to find a 9.
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It says something about us as people that that was my first thought too.Matt Morrison wrote:Is this an erectile dysfunction joke?David Roe wrote:I have the same problem as Jon Corby when it comes to trying to find a 9.
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Yeah, it says that you're all obsessed with my cock.Jon O'Neill wrote:It says something about us as people that that was my first thought too.Matt Morrison wrote:Is this an erectile dysfunction joke?David Roe wrote:I have the same problem as Jon Corby when it comes to trying to find a 9.
My limp, lifeless, insensate cock
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I've heard that Man Utd's PATRICE EVRA could follow in the footsteps of Clarke Carlisle by appearing on the show.
There again ........ he may PREVARICATE.
There again ........ he may PREVARICATE.
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Maybe we should look at biggest statistical freak rather than purely length or percentage. So someone with 100 letters in their name but a 98-word anagram would kick arse in this despite not being a 100%er. I nominate one of you to come up with the formula.Jon Corby wrote:DON WRIGHT is downright unbeatable at 100%.Marc Meakin wrote:Also Tricia Pay RAPACITY = 89%
(Er, obviously a longer 100%er will actually beat him though.)
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I wish I'd gone on the show using my full name (i.e. Michael) now, then I could have claimed CHAIRWOMEN, rather than the more mundane WONKIER (or several other sevens).
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Re: Which contestant...?
KEVINDAVIS yeilds...a really crappy selection. Also, probably the only name on the site that nets you INVASIVE or SKIVVIED.
Oh, cackwires!
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Hahaha, you put "word" instead of "letter". That's the funniest thing ever.Gavin Chipper wrote:Maybe we should look at biggest statistical freak rather than purely length or percentage. So someone with 100 letters in their name but a 98-word anagram would kick arse in this despite not being a 100%er. I nominate one of you to come up with the formula.
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IAN VOLANTE yields VENATIONAL at 100%.
Eat that.
Eat that.
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That is impressive, and I will gladly eat it given how much your name sounds like vol-au-vent.Ian Volante wrote:IAN VOLANTE yields VENATIONAL at 100%.
Eat that.
People seemed to have got sidetracked from the original aim of finding the longest words with all this talk of percentages though (what twat started that?)
Can Michael MacDonald-Cooper's 13 letter MACROECONOMIC not be beaten?
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That's one nickname I've not yet received, although I've heard my dad addressed as such. Same latin root of courseJon Corby wrote:That is impressive, and I will gladly eat it given how much your name sounds like vol-au-vent.Ian Volante wrote:IAN VOLANTE yields VENATIONAL at 100%.
Eat that.
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I'm stunned!Ian Volante wrote:That's one nickname I've not yet received
You must have dozens of hilarious physical characteristics and personality traits for that to have been overlooked!
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I'm probably not the best person to list them all. You can find out if I ever turn up at a CO-event...Jon Corby wrote:I'm stunned!Ian Volante wrote:That's one nickname I've not yet received
You must have dozens of hilarious physical characteristics and personality traits for that to have been overlooked!
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RICHARD PRIEST yields CHARITIES which came in very useful in the series 58 semi
(I have to give credit to my opponent on the day, Peter Davies, for suggesting that one )
(I have to give credit to my opponent on the day, Peter Davies, for suggesting that one )