c4countdown

So, it's another week of Countdown, or rather a curtailed week thanks to the "neigh"-bours, as we're reduced to just 3 episodes this week.

So far, only 3 people have won shows in this series, the very young Rhys Benjamin, and the slightly more mature pair of Pat Lonergan and Judy Bursford. Is this going to be a continuing trend for the series, I wonder.....

Judy's back for her 3rd show in her 2nd run. Can she make it to 5 wins by Wednesday

Carrying on in DC for the 3 shows this week is TV presenter/reporter Helen Fospero.

Join Andy for the recap later.

Alt 1st numbers (2x50-3)x6-9-1

According to ODE3 VERONAL is early 20th Century so hardly likely to be in Shakespeare!

Finally Rachel took the option to complete the contestants method.
Some of the alts involve making 175 and subtracting 3x3 (the standard method).

I was shouting "go for an A" in round 8 and he got it - but sadly the contestants missed the 9.
I was so excited that I messed the next numbers up being 100 out...

A few beaters available in the later rounds.

No wonder Phil was nervous all the way through if he know he had to rap at the end of it.

SIGMOID as a beater in the round before OOW - maybe one of those Tony Atkins spotted.

ESTUFA in R12

Tony Atkins wrote:Finally Rachel took the option to complete the contestants method.
Some of the alts involve making 175 and subtracting 3x3 (the standard method).

I still think it would have been more satisfying for her to say that she could have done 3×3 instead of 3×4 because it's correcting her method and more efficient.

FLAVONE in round 1, PUJARIS in round 4, SIGMATE in round 5 and REDACTOR in round 13.

1st Numbers Alt.: (2 x 6 x 50) - (9 x 3) - 1 = 572
3rd Numbers Alt.: (((50 x 8) - 6) x 2) - 10 + 1 = 779